diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 218ae16..52ad004 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
     "type": "phonetic"
   },
 
+  "rateLimits": {
+    "categories": {
+      "normal": {
+        "totalRequests": 500,
+        "every": 60000
+      }
+    }
+  },
+
   "storage": {
     "type": "redis",
     "host": "0.0.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6bf128b..5d5bcc2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
   },
   "main": "haste",
   "dependencies": {
+    "connect-ratelimit": "0.0.7",
+    "connect-route": "0.1.5",
+    "connect": "3.4.1",
+    "st": "1.1.0",
     "winston": "0.6.2",
-    "connect": "1.9.2",
     "redis-url": "0.1.0",
     "redis": "0.8.1",
     "uglify-js": "1.3.3",
diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 9daa6e7..2e138f2 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 
 var winston = require('winston');
 var connect = require('connect');
+var route = require('connect-route');
+var connect_st = require('st');
+var connect_rate_limit = require('connect-ratelimit');
 
 var DocumentHandler = require('./lib/document_handler');
 
@@ -99,42 +102,61 @@ var documentHandler = new DocumentHandler({
   keyGenerator: keyGenerator
 });
 
-// Set the server up with a static cache
-connect.createServer(
-  // First look for api calls
-  connect.router(function(app) {
-    // get raw documents - support getting with extension
-    app.get('/raw/:id', function(request, response, next) {
-      var skipExpire = !!config.documents[request.params.id];
-      var key = request.params.id.split('.')[0];
-      return documentHandler.handleRawGet(key, response, skipExpire);
-    });
-    // add documents
-    app.post('/documents', function(request, response, next) {
-      return documentHandler.handlePost(request, response);
-    });
-    // get documents
-    app.get('/documents/:id', function(request, response, next) {
-      var skipExpire = !!config.documents[request.params.id];
-      return documentHandler.handleGet(
-        request.params.id,
-        response,
-        skipExpire
-      );
-    });
-  }),
-  // Otherwise, static
-  connect.staticCache(),
-  connect.static(__dirname + '/static', { maxAge: config.staticMaxAge }),
-  // Then we can loop back - and everything else should be a token,
-  // so route it back to /index.html
-  connect.router(function(app) {
-    app.get('/:id', function(request, response, next) {
-      request.url = request.originalUrl = '/index.html';
-      next();
-    });
-  }),
-  connect.static(__dirname + '/static', { maxAge: config.staticMaxAge })
-).listen(config.port, config.host);
+var app = connect();
+
+// Rate limit all requests
+if (config.rateLimits) {
+  config.rateLimits.end = true;
+  app.use(connect_rate_limit(config.rateLimits));
+}
+
+// first look at API calls
+app.use(route(function(router) {
+  // get raw documents - support getting with extension
+  router.get('/raw/:id', function(request, response, next) {
+    var skipExpire = !!config.documents[request.params.id];
+    var key = request.params.id.split('.')[0];
+    return documentHandler.handleRawGet(key, response, skipExpire);
+  });
+  // add documents
+  router.post('/documents', function(request, response, next) {
+    return documentHandler.handlePost(request, response);
+  });
+  // get documents
+  router.get('/documents/:id', function(request, response, next) {
+    var skipExpire = !!config.documents[request.params.id];
+    return documentHandler.handleGet(
+      request.params.id,
+      response,
+      skipExpire
+    );
+  });
+}));
+
+// Otherwise, try to match static files
+app.use(connect_st({
+  path: __dirname + '/static',
+  content: { maxAge: config.staticMaxAge },
+  passthrough: true,
+  index: false
+}));
+
+// Then we can loop back - and everything else should be a token,
+// so route it back to /
+app.use(route(function(router) {
+  router.get('/:id', function(request, response, next) {
+    request.sturl = '/';
+    next();
+  });
+}));
+
+// And match index
+app.use(connect_st({
+  path: __dirname + '/static',
+  content: { maxAge: config.staticMaxAge },
+  index: 'index.html'
+}));
+
+http.createServer(app).listen(config.port, config.host);
 
 winston.info('listening on ' + config.host + ':' + config.port);