diff --git a/src/Genie.jl b/src/Genie.jl
index 7ca132355..0a6384ab5 100755
--- a/src/Genie.jl
+++ b/src/Genie.jl
@@ -67,11 +67,11 @@ end
 
 
 """
-    newapp(path = "."; autostart = true, fullstack = true, dbsupport = true) :: Nothing
+    newapp(path = "."; autostart = true, fullstack = false, dbsupport = true) :: Nothing
 
 Scaffolds a new Genie app.
 """
-function newapp(path = "."; autostart = true, fullstack = true, dbsupport = true) :: Nothing
+function newapp(path = "."; autostart = true, fullstack = false, dbsupport = true) :: Nothing
   REPL.newapp(path, autostart = autostart, fullstack = fullstack, dbsupport = dbsupport)
 end
 const new_app = newapp
diff --git a/src/Plugins.jl b/src/Plugins.jl
index b8f9edb9b..5251c4625 100644
--- a/src/Plugins.jl
+++ b/src/Plugins.jl
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ const APP_FOLDER = Genie.APP_PATH
 const path_prefix = joinpath(@__DIR__, "..", FILES_FOLDER, "new_app") |> normpath |> relpath
 const FOLDERS = [ joinpath(path_prefix, APP_FOLDER),
                   joinpath(path_prefix, "db"),
-                  joinpath(path_prefix, "lib"),
+                  joinpath(path_prefix, Genie.LIB_PATH),
                   joinpath(path_prefix, PLUGINS_FOLDER),
-                  joinpath(path_prefix, TASKS_FOLDER) ]
+                  joinpath(path_prefix, TASKS_FOLDER),
+                  joinpath(path_prefix, Genie.DOC_ROOT_PATH) ]
 
 
 function recursive_copy(path::String, dest::String; only_hidden = true, force = false)
diff --git a/src/Renderer.jl b/src/Renderer.jl
index f0428aa2a..85b55862f 100755
--- a/src/Renderer.jl
+++ b/src/Renderer.jl
@@ -24,24 +24,28 @@ const DEFAULT_CONTENT_TYPE = :html
 
 """
 """
-function html(resource::Union{Symbol,String}, action::Union{Symbol,String}; layout::Union{Symbol,String} = Genie.config.renderer_default_layout_file, context::Module = @__MODULE__, vars...) :: Dict{Symbol,HTMLString}
+function html(resource::Union{Symbol,String}, action::Union{Symbol,String}; layout::Union{Symbol,String} = Genie.config.renderer_default_layout_file,
+              context::Module = @__MODULE__, vars...) :: Dict{Symbol,HTMLString}
   Dict(:html => (Flax.html_renderer(resource, action; layout = layout, mod = context, vars...) |> Base.invokelatest))
 end
 function html(data::String; context::Module = @__MODULE__, vars...) :: Dict{Symbol,HTMLString}
   Dict(:html => (Flax.html_renderer(data; mod = context, vars...) |> Base.invokelatest))
 end
-function html!(resource::Union{Symbol,String}, action::Union{Symbol,String}; layout::Union{Symbol,String} = Genie.config.renderer_default_layout_file, context::Module = @__MODULE__, vars...) :: HTTP.Response
-  html(resource, action; layout = layout, context = context, vars...) |> respond
+
+
+"""
+"""
+function html!( resource::Union{Symbol,String}, action::Union{Symbol,String}; layout::Union{Symbol,String} = Genie.config.renderer_default_layout_file,
+                context::Module = @__MODULE__, status::Int = 200, headers::Dict{String,String} = Dict{String,String}(), vars...) :: HTTP.Response
+  respond(html(resource, action; layout = layout, context = context, vars...), status, headers)
 end
-function html!(data::String; context::Module = @__MODULE__, vars...) :: HTTP.Response
-  html(data; context = context, vars...) |> respond
+function html!(data::String; context::Module = @__MODULE__, status::Int = 200, headers::Dict{String,String} = Dict{String,String}(), vars...) :: HTTP.Response
+  respond(html(data; context = context, vars...), status, headers)
 end
 
 ### JSON RENDERING ###
 
 """
-    json(resource::Symbol, action::Symbol, check_nulls::Vector{Pair{Symbol,Nullable}} = Vector{Pair{Symbol,Nullable}}(); vars...) :: Dict{Symbol,String}
-
 Invokes the JSON renderer of the underlying configured templating library.
 """
 function json(resource::Union{Symbol,String}, action::Union{Symbol,String}; context::Module = @__MODULE__, vars...) :: Dict{Symbol,JSONString}
@@ -50,11 +54,15 @@ end
 function json(data) :: Dict{Symbol,JSONString}
   Dict(:json => JSON.json(data))
 end
-function json!(resource::Union{Symbol,String}, action::Union{Symbol,String}; context::Module = @__MODULE__, vars...) :: HTTP.Response
-  json(resource, action; mod = context, vars...) |> respond
+
+
+"""
+"""
+function json!(resource::Union{Symbol,String}, action::Union{Symbol,String}; context::Module = @__MODULE__, status::Int = 200, headers::Dict{String,String} = Dict{String,String}(), vars...) :: HTTP.Response
+  respond(json(resource, action; mod = context, vars...), status, headers)
 end
-function json!(data) :: HTTP.Response
-  json(data) |> respond
+function json!(data; status::Int = 200, headers::Dict{String,String} = Dict{String,String}()) :: HTTP.Response
+  respond(json(data), status, headers)
 end
 
 ### REDIRECT RESPONSES ###
@@ -64,11 +72,11 @@ end
 
 Sets redirect headers and prepares the `Response`.
 """
-function redirect_to(location::String, code = 302, headers = Dict{String,String}()) :: HTTP.Response
+function redirect_to(location::String, code::Int = 302, headers::Dict{String,String} = Dict{String,String}()) :: HTTP.Response
   headers["Location"] = location
   respond(Dict{Symbol,String}(:plain => "Redirecting you to $location"), code, headers)
 end
-function redirect_to(named_route::Symbol, code = 302, headers = Dict{String,String}()) :: HTTP.Response
+function redirect_to(named_route::Symbol, code::Int = 302, headers::Dict{String,String} = Dict{String,String}()) :: HTTP.Response
   redirect_to(Genie.Router.link_to(named_route), code, headers)
 end
 
@@ -89,7 +97,7 @@ end
 
 Constructs a `Response` corresponding to the content-type of the request.
 """
-function respond(body::Dict{Symbol,T}, code::Int = 200, headers = Dict{String,String}())::HTTP.Response where {T}
+function respond(body::Dict{Symbol,T}, code::Int = 200, headers::Dict{String,String} = Dict{String,String}())::HTTP.Response where {T}
   sbody::String =   if haskey(body, :json)
                       headers["Content-Type"] = CONTENT_TYPES[:json]
                       body[:json]
@@ -123,19 +131,22 @@ end
 function respond(err::T, content_type::Union{Symbol,String} = Genie.Router.response_type(), code::Int = 500)::HTTP.Response where {T<:Exception}
   HTTP.Response(code, (isa(content_type, Symbol) ? ["Content-Type" => CONTENT_TYPES[content_type]] : ["Content-Type" => content_type]), body = string(err))
 end
-
 function respond(body::String, content_type::Union{Symbol,String} = Genie.Router.response_type(), code::Int = 200) :: HTTP.Response
   HTTP.Response(code, (isa(content_type, Symbol) ? ["Content-Type" => CONTENT_TYPES[content_type]] : ["Content-Type" => content_type]), body = body)
 end
+function respond(body, code::Int = 200, headers = Dict{String,String}())
+  HTTP.Response(code, [h for h in headers], body = string(body))
+end
+function respond(f::Function, code::Int = 200, headers = Dict{String,String}())
+  respond(f(), code, headers)
+end
 
 ### ASSETS ###
 
 """
-    http_error(status_code; id = "resource_not_found", code = "404-0001", title = "Not found", detail = "The requested resource was not found")
-
 Constructs an error `Response`.
 """
-function http_error(status_code; id = "", code = "", title = "", msg = "") :: HTTP.Response
+function http_error(status_code; id = "", code = "", title = "", msg = "") :: HTTP.Response # TODO: check this!
   respond(Dict(Genie.Router.response_type() => msg), status_code, Dict{String,String}())
 end
 const error! = http_error
diff --git a/src/Router.jl b/src/Router.jl
index 75334ee9d..4a2b31e29 100755
--- a/src/Router.jl
+++ b/src/Router.jl
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ end
 """
 """
 function extract_request_params(req::HTTP.Request, params::Params) :: Nothing
-  req.method != POST && return nothing
+  req.method in [POST, PUT, PATCH] || return nothing
 
   params.collection[Genie.PARAMS_RAW_PAYLOAD] = String(req.body)
 
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ end
 """
 """
 function content_type(req::HTTP.Request) :: String
-  get(HTTPUtils.req_headers_to_dict(req), "content-type", "")
+  get(Genie.HTTPUtils.req_headers_to_dict(req), "content-type", "")
 end
 function content_type() :: String
   content_type(_params_(Genie.PARAMS_REQUEST_KEY))
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ end
 """
 """
 function content_length(req::HTTP.Request) :: Int
-  parse(Int, get(HTTPUtils.req_headers_to_dict(req), "content-length", "0"))
+  parse(Int, get(Genie.HTTPUtils.req_headers_to_dict(req), "content-length", "0"))
 end
 function content_length() :: Int
   content_length(_params_(Genie.PARAMS_REQUEST_KEY))
diff --git a/src/WebChannels.jl b/src/WebChannels.jl
index 933aa7243..afe2e0593 100755
--- a/src/WebChannels.jl
+++ b/src/WebChannels.jl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ using Genie.Loggers
 
 
 const ClientId =                          UInt # web socket hash
-const ChannelName =                       Union{String,Symbol}
+const ChannelName =                       String
 
 mutable struct ChannelClient
   client::HTTP.WebSockets.WebSocket
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ end
 Unsubscribes a web socket client `ws` from `channel`.
 """
 function unsubscribe(ws::HTTP.WebSockets.WebSocket, channel::ChannelName) :: ChannelClientsCollection
-  haskey(CLIENTS, id(ws)) && delete!(CLIENTS[id(ws)].channels, channel)
+  haskey(CLIENTS, id(ws)) && deleteat!(CLIENTS[id(ws)].channels, CLIENTS[id(ws)].channels .== channel)
   pop_subscription(id(ws), channel)
 
   CLIENTS
@@ -126,9 +126,13 @@ function unsubscribe_client(ws::HTTP.WebSockets.WebSocket) :: ChannelClientsColl
 end
 function unsubscribe_client(client_id::ClientId) :: ChannelClientsCollection
   unsubscribe_client(CLIENTS[client_id].client)
+
+  CLIENTS
 end
 function unsubscribe_client(channel_client::ChannelClient) :: ChannelClientsCollection
   unsubscribe_client(channel_client.client)
+
+  CLIENTS
 end
 
 
@@ -136,11 +140,15 @@ function unsubscribe_disconnected_clients() :: ChannelClientsCollection
   for channel_client in disconnected_clients()
     unsubscribe_client(channel_client)
   end
+
+  CLIENTS
 end
 function unsubscribe_disconnected_clients(channel::ChannelName) :: ChannelClientsCollection
   for channel_client in disconnected_clients(channel)
     unsubscribe(channel_client, channel)
   end
+
+  CLIENTS
 end
 
 
@@ -197,23 +205,29 @@ Pushes `msg` (and `payload`) to all the clients subscribed to the channels in `c
 function broadcast(channels::Union{ChannelName,Vector{ChannelName}}, msg::String) :: Bool
   isa(channels, Array) || (channels = ChannelName[channels])
 
-  @sync @distributed for channel in channels
-    for client in SUBSCRIPTIONS[channel]
-      message(client, msg)
+  try
+    for channel in channels
+      for client in SUBSCRIPTIONS[channel]
+        message(client, msg)
+      end
     end
+  catch
   end
 
   true
 end
 function broadcast(channels::Union{ChannelName,Vector{ChannelName}}, msg::String, payload::Dict) :: Bool
-  isa(channels, Array) || (channels = ChannelName[channels])
+  isa(channels, Array) || (channels = [channels])
 
-  @sync @distributed for channel in channels
-    in(channel, keys(SUBSCRIPTIONS)) || continue
+  try
+    for channel in channels
+      in(channel, keys(SUBSCRIPTIONS)) || continue
 
-    for client in SUBSCRIPTIONS[channel]
-      message(client, ChannelMessage(channel, client, msg, payload) |> JSON.json)
+      for client in SUBSCRIPTIONS[channel]
+        message(client, ChannelMessage(channel, client, msg, payload) |> JSON.json)
+      end
     end
+  catch
   end
 
   true
@@ -233,10 +247,10 @@ end
 """
 Pushes `msg` (and `payload`) to `channel`.
 """
-function message(channel::ChannelName, msg::String, payload::Union{Dict,Nothing} = nothing) :: Nothing
+function message(channel::ChannelName, msg::String, payload::Union{Dict,Nothing} = nothing) :: Bool
   payload == nothing ?
-    broadcast(ChannelName[channel], msg) :
-    broadcast(ChannelName[channel], msg, payload)
+    broadcast(channel, msg) :
+    broadcast(channel, msg, payload)
 end