diff --git a/reactor.js b/reactor.js
index 975f90a..6e4c240 100644
--- a/reactor.js
+++ b/reactor.js
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ var typer = require('content-type')
 
 var arrayed = require('./arrayed')
 
-function Constructor (object, dispatch) {
+function Constructor (object, dispatch, turnstile) {
     this._object = object
     this._dispatch = dispatch
     this._use = []
     this._defaultUse = true
+    this.turnstile = turnstile
     this.logger = function (entry) {
         if (entry.error) {
             console.log(entry.error.stack)
@@ -63,6 +64,12 @@ Constructor.prototype.use = function () {
     }
 }
 
+Constructor.prototype.routes = function (routes) {
+    for (var key in routes) {
+        this.dispatch(key, routes[key])
+    }
+}
+
 Constructor.prototype.dispatch = function () {
     var vargs = []
     vargs.push.apply(vargs, arguments)
@@ -108,14 +115,10 @@ function handler (queue, before, operation) {
     }
 }
 
-function Reactor (object, configurator) {
-    var constructor = new Constructor(object, this._dispatch = {})
+function Reactor (object, configurator, turnstile) {
+    this.turnstile = turnstile || new Turnstile
+    var constructor = new Constructor(object, this._dispatch = {}, this.turnstile)
     configurator(constructor)
-    this.turnstile = new Turnstile({
-        Date: coalesce(constructor.Date, Date),
-        turnstiles: coalesce(constructor.turnstiles, 24),
-        timeout: coalesce(constructor.timeout)
-    })
     this._queue = new Turnstile.Queue(this, '_respond', this.turnstile)
     this._logger = constructor.logger
     this._completed = coalesce(constructor.completed, noop)
@@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ function Reactor (object, configurator) {
     for (var pattern in this._dispatch) {
         dispatcher[pattern] = handler(this._queue, before, this._dispatch[pattern])
     }
-    this.middleware = require('connect')().use(dispatch(dispatcher))
+    this.middleware = require('connect')().use(this._middleware = dispatch(dispatcher))
 }
 
 Reactor.prototype._canceled = cadence(function () { throw 503 })
@@ -293,6 +296,22 @@ Reactor.prototype._respond = cadence(function (async, envelope) {
     })
 })
 
+Reactor.json = function () {
+    return require('body-parser').json({ limit: '64mb' })
+}
+
+Reactor.auth = function () {
+    return require('express-auth-parser')
+}
+
+Reactor.urlencoded = function () {
+    return require('body-parser').urlencoded({ extended: false, limit: '64mb' })
+}
+
+Reactor.reactor = function (object, configure, turnstile) {
+    return new Reactor(object, configure, turnstile)._middleware
+}
+
 Reactor.resend = function (statusCode, headers, body) {
     return Reactor.send({ statusCode: statusCode, headers: headers }, body)
 }
diff --git a/t/reactor.t.js b/t/reactor.t.js
index 9fb1345..e5eb6c7 100644
--- a/t/reactor.t.js
+++ b/t/reactor.t.js
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ function prove (async, okay) {
     var coalesce = require('extant')
     var stream = require('stream')
 
+    var Turnstile = require('turnstile')
+
     // Defaults, but we call the default functions below as well.
     new Reactor(this, function (constructor) {})
 
     var now = 0, logs = []
     function Service () {
         this.reactor = new Reactor(this, function (constructor) {
-            constructor.turnstiles = 1
-            constructor.timeout = 5
-
             var logger = constructor.logger
             constructor.logger = function (entry) {
                 if (logs.length != 0) {
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ function prove (async, okay) {
                 logger(entry)
             }
 
-            constructor.Date = { now: function () { return now } }
-
             constructor.useDefault()
             constructor.use([ function (request, response, next) {
                 next()
@@ -46,7 +43,11 @@ function prove (async, okay) {
             constructor.dispatch('GET /callbacky', 'callbacky')
             constructor.dispatch('GET /resources/:id', 'resource')
             constructor.dispatch('POST /post', 'post')
-        })
+        }, new Turnstile({
+            Date: { now: function () { return now } },
+            turnstiles: 1,
+            timeout: 5
+        }))
     }
 
     Service.prototype.index = cadence(function () {
diff --git a/t/shorthand.t.js b/t/shorthand.t.js
index d14e307..0e5a298 100644
--- a/t/shorthand.t.js
+++ b/t/shorthand.t.js
@@ -7,12 +7,56 @@ function prove (okay, callback) {
     destructible.completed.wait(callback)
 
     var connect = require('connect')
+    var Reactor = require('..')
 
     var cadence = require('cadence')
+    var delta = require('delta')
+
+    var http = require('http')
+
+    var UserAgent = require('vizsla')
+    var ua = new UserAgent
 
     cadence(function (async) {
         async(function () {
-        }, function () {
+            // Maybe `turnstile` is exposed as a property of the request? That
+            // way you can log it in response to a `curl`. Could also expose it
+            // to the logger itself as a second property, but then why not place
+            // it in .
+            var app = connect()
+                .use(Reactor.json())
+                .use(Reactor.auth())
+                .use(Reactor.urlencoded())
+                .use(Reactor.reactor({
+                    object: 0
+                }, function (configurator) {
+                    configurator.turnstile.health.turnstiles = 24
+                    setInterval(function () {
+                        console.log('turnstile', configurator.turnstile.health)
+                    }, 1000).unref()
+                    configurator.routes({
+                        'GET /': cadence(function () {
+                            return [ { 'content-type': 'text/plain' }, 'API Index\n' ]
+                        })
+                    })
+                    configurator.logger = function (entry) {
+                        console.log(entry)
+                    }
+                }))
+            var server = http.createServer(app)
+            async(function () {
+                server.listen(8888)
+                delta(async()).ee(server).on('listening')
+            }, [function () {
+                server.close()
+            }], function () {
+                ua.fetch({
+                    url: 'http://127.0.0.1:8888/',
+                    parse: 'text'
+                }, async())
+            }, function (body) {
+                okay(body, 'API Index\n', 'got')
+            })
         })
     })(destructible.durable('test'))
 }