diff --git a/caddy.go b/caddy.go
index 3b7aee21..20e2d6c5 100644
--- a/caddy.go
+++ b/caddy.go
@@ -17,11 +17,7 @@ func Start(cfg Config) error {
 	cfg.runners = make(map[string]Runner)
 
 	for modName, rawMsg := range cfg.Modules {
-		mod, ok := modules[modName]
-		if !ok {
-			return fmt.Errorf("unrecognized module: %s", modName)
-		}
-		val, err := LoadModule(mod, rawMsg)
+		val, err := LoadModule(modName, rawMsg)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("loading module '%s': %v", modName, err)
 		}
@@ -68,14 +64,17 @@ type Config struct {
 type Duration time.Duration
 
 // UnmarshalJSON satisfies json.Unmarshaler.
-func (d *Duration) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) (err error) {
+func (d *Duration) UnmarshalJSON(b []byte) error {
 	dd, err := time.ParseDuration(strings.Trim(string(b), `"`))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	cd := Duration(dd)
 	d = &cd
-	return
+	return nil
 }
 
 // MarshalJSON satisfies json.Marshaler.
-func (d Duration) MarshalJSON() (b []byte, err error) {
+func (d Duration) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf(`"%s"`, time.Duration(d).String())), nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/caddy2/main.go b/cmd/caddy2/main.go
index 234a88dd..9ec32f96 100644
--- a/cmd/caddy2/main.go
+++ b/cmd/caddy2/main.go
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import (
 
 	// this is where modules get plugged in
 	_ "bitbucket.org/lightcodelabs/caddy2/modules/caddyhttp"
+	_ "bitbucket.org/lightcodelabs/caddy2/modules/caddyhttp/caddylog"
+	_ "bitbucket.org/lightcodelabs/caddy2/modules/caddyhttp/staticfiles"
 	_ "bitbucket.org/lightcodelabs/dynamicconfig"
 )
 
diff --git a/listeners.go b/listeners.go
index 0a2fe1c2..a3efc9ef 100644
--- a/listeners.go
+++ b/listeners.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Listen returns a listener suitable for use in a Caddy module.
-func Listen(proto, addr string) (net.Listener, error) {
-	lnKey := proto + "/" + addr
+func Listen(network, addr string) (net.Listener, error) {
+	lnKey := network + "/" + addr
 
 	listenersMu.Lock()
 	defer listenersMu.Unlock()
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func Listen(proto, addr string) (net.Listener, error) {
 	}
 
 	// or, create new one and save it
-	ln, err := net.Listen(proto, addr)
+	ln, err := net.Listen(network, addr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/modules.go b/modules.go
index 4a396d42..efd5d4ab 100644
--- a/modules.go
+++ b/modules.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func GetModule(name string) (Module, error) {
 
 // GetModules returns all modules in the given scope/namespace.
 // For example, a scope of "foo" returns modules named "foo.bar",
-// "foo.lor", but not "bar", "foo.bar.lor", etc. An empty scope
+// "foo.lee", but not "bar", "foo.bar.lee", etc. An empty scope
 // returns top-level modules, for example "foo" or "bar". Partial
 // scopes are not matched (i.e. scope "foo.ba" does not match
 // name "foo.bar").
@@ -111,9 +111,16 @@ func Modules() []string {
 // value, it is converted to one so that it is unmarshaled
 // into the underlying concrete type. If mod.New is nil, an
 // error is returned.
-func LoadModule(mod Module, rawMsg json.RawMessage) (interface{}, error) {
+func LoadModule(name string, rawMsg json.RawMessage) (interface{}, error) {
+	modulesMu.Lock()
+	mod, ok := modules[name]
+	modulesMu.Unlock()
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown module: %s", name)
+	}
+
 	if mod.New == nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no constructor")
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("module '%s' has no constructor", mod.Name)
 	}
 
 	val, err := mod.New()
@@ -134,6 +141,35 @@ func LoadModule(mod Module, rawMsg json.RawMessage) (interface{}, error) {
 	return val, nil
 }
 
+// LoadModuleInlineName loads a module from a JSON raw message which
+// decodes to a map[string]interface{}, and where one of the keys is
+// "_module", which indicates the module name and which be found in
+// the given scope.
+//
+// This allows modules to be decoded into their concrete types and
+// used when their names cannot be the unique key in a map, such as
+// when there are multiple instances in the map or it appears in an
+// array (where there are no custom keys).
+func LoadModuleInlineName(moduleScope string, raw json.RawMessage) (interface{}, error) {
+	var tmp map[string]interface{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(raw, &tmp)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	moduleName, ok := tmp["_module"].(string)
+	if !ok || moduleName == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("module name not specified")
+	}
+
+	val, err := LoadModule(moduleScope+"."+moduleName, raw)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("loading module '%s': %v", moduleName, err)
+	}
+
+	return val, nil
+}
+
 var (
 	modules   = make(map[string]Module)
 	modulesMu sync.Mutex
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/caddyhttp.go b/modules/caddyhttp/caddyhttp.go
index 529c1f79..059af62f 100644
--- a/modules/caddyhttp/caddyhttp.go
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/caddyhttp.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package caddyhttp
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"net"
@@ -30,23 +31,56 @@ type httpModuleConfig struct {
 }
 
 func (hc *httpModuleConfig) Run() error {
-	// fmt.Printf("RUNNING: %#v\n", hc)
+	// TODO: Either prevent overlapping listeners on different servers, or combine them into one
+
+	// TODO: A way to loop requests back through, so have them start the matching over again, but keeping any mutations
 
 	for _, srv := range hc.Servers {
+		// set up the routes
+		for i, route := range srv.Routes {
+			// matchers
+			for modName, rawMsg := range route.Matchers {
+				val, err := caddy2.LoadModule("http.matchers."+modName, rawMsg)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("loading matcher module '%s': %v", modName, err)
+				}
+				srv.Routes[i].matchers = append(srv.Routes[i].matchers, val.(RouteMatcher))
+			}
+
+			// middleware
+			for j, rawMsg := range route.Apply {
+				mid, err := caddy2.LoadModuleInlineName("http.middleware", rawMsg)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("loading middleware module in position %d: %v", j, err)
+				}
+				srv.Routes[i].middleware = append(srv.Routes[i].middleware, mid.(MiddlewareHandler))
+			}
+
+			// responder
+			if route.Respond != nil {
+				resp, err := caddy2.LoadModuleInlineName("http.responders", route.Respond)
+				if err != nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("loading responder module: %v", err)
+				}
+				srv.Routes[i].responder = resp.(Handler)
+			}
+		}
+
 		s := &http.Server{
 			ReadTimeout:       time.Duration(srv.ReadTimeout),
 			ReadHeaderTimeout: time.Duration(srv.ReadHeaderTimeout),
+			Handler:           srv,
 		}
 
 		for _, lnAddr := range srv.Listen {
-			proto, addrs, err := parseListenAddr(lnAddr)
+			network, addrs, err := parseListenAddr(lnAddr)
 			if err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("parsing listen address '%s': %v", lnAddr, err)
 			}
 			for _, addr := range addrs {
-				ln, err := caddy2.Listen(proto, addr)
+				ln, err := caddy2.Listen(network, addr)
 				if err != nil {
-					return fmt.Errorf("%s: listening on %s: %v", proto, addr, err)
+					return fmt.Errorf("%s: listening on %s: %v", network, addr, err)
 				}
 				go s.Serve(ln)
 				hc.servers = append(hc.servers, s)
@@ -67,10 +101,117 @@ func (hc *httpModuleConfig) Cancel() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func parseListenAddr(a string) (proto string, addrs []string, err error) {
-	proto = "tcp"
+type httpServerConfig struct {
+	Listen            []string        `json:"listen"`
+	ReadTimeout       caddy2.Duration `json:"read_timeout"`
+	ReadHeaderTimeout caddy2.Duration `json:"read_header_timeout"`
+	HiddenFiles       []string        `json:"hidden_files"` // TODO:... experimenting with shared/common state
+	Routes            []serverRoute   `json:"routes"`
+}
+
+func (s httpServerConfig) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var mid []Middleware // TODO: see about using make() for performance reasons
+	var responder Handler
+	mrw := &middlewareResponseWriter{ResponseWriterWrapper: &ResponseWriterWrapper{w}}
+
+	for _, route := range s.Routes {
+		matched := len(route.matchers) == 0
+		for _, m := range route.matchers {
+			if m.Match(r) {
+				matched = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !matched {
+			continue
+		}
+		for _, m := range route.middleware {
+			mid = append(mid, func(next HandlerFunc) HandlerFunc {
+				return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+					return m.ServeHTTP(mrw, r, next)
+				}
+			})
+		}
+		if responder == nil {
+			responder = route.responder
+		}
+	}
+
+	// build the middleware stack, with the responder at the end
+	stack := HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+		if responder == nil {
+			return nil
+		}
+		mrw.allowWrites = true
+		return responder.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
+	for i := len(mid) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
+		stack = mid[i](stack)
+	}
+
+	err := stack.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	if err != nil {
+		// TODO: error handling
+		log.Printf("[ERROR] TODO: error handling: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+type serverRoute struct {
+	Matchers map[string]json.RawMessage `json:"match"`
+	Apply    []json.RawMessage          `json:"apply"`
+	Respond  json.RawMessage            `json:"respond"`
+
+	// decoded values
+	matchers   []RouteMatcher
+	middleware []MiddlewareHandler
+	responder  Handler
+}
+
+// RouteMatcher is a type that can match to a request.
+// A route matcher MUST NOT modify the request.
+type RouteMatcher interface {
+	Match(*http.Request) bool
+}
+
+// Middleware chains one Handler to the next by being passed
+// the next Handler in the chain.
+type Middleware func(HandlerFunc) HandlerFunc
+
+// MiddlewareHandler is a Handler that includes a reference
+// to the next middleware handler in the chain. Middleware
+// handlers MUST NOT call Write() or WriteHeader() on the
+// response writer; doing so will panic. See Handler godoc
+// for more information.
+type MiddlewareHandler interface {
+	ServeHTTP(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request, Handler) error
+}
+
+// Handler is like http.Handler except ServeHTTP may return an error.
+//
+// Middleware and responder handlers both implement this method.
+// Middleware must not call Write or WriteHeader on the ResponseWriter;
+// doing so will cause a panic. Responders should write to the response
+// if there was not an error.
+//
+// If any handler encounters an error, it should be returned for proper
+// handling. Return values should be propagated down the middleware chain
+// by returning it unchanged.
+type Handler interface {
+	ServeHTTP(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) error
+}
+
+// HandlerFunc is a convenience type like http.HandlerFunc.
+type HandlerFunc func(http.ResponseWriter, *http.Request) error
+
+// ServeHTTP implements the Handler interface.
+func (f HandlerFunc) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+	return f(w, r)
+}
+
+func parseListenAddr(a string) (network string, addrs []string, err error) {
+	network = "tcp"
 	if idx := strings.Index(a, "/"); idx >= 0 {
-		proto = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(a[:idx]))
+		network = strings.ToLower(strings.TrimSpace(a[:idx]))
 		a = a[idx+1:]
 	}
 	var host, port string
@@ -101,8 +242,24 @@ func parseListenAddr(a string) (proto string, addrs []string, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-type httpServerConfig struct {
-	Listen            []string        `json:"listen"`
-	ReadTimeout       caddy2.Duration `json:"read_timeout"`
-	ReadHeaderTimeout caddy2.Duration `json:"read_header_timeout"`
+type middlewareResponseWriter struct {
+	*ResponseWriterWrapper
+	allowWrites bool
 }
+
+func (mrw middlewareResponseWriter) WriteHeader(statusCode int) {
+	if !mrw.allowWrites {
+		panic("WriteHeader: middleware cannot write to the response")
+	}
+	mrw.ResponseWriterWrapper.WriteHeader(statusCode)
+}
+
+func (mrw middlewareResponseWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
+	if !mrw.allowWrites {
+		panic("Write: middleware cannot write to the response")
+	}
+	return mrw.ResponseWriterWrapper.Write(b)
+}
+
+// Interface guards
+var _ HTTPInterfaces = middlewareResponseWriter{}
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/caddylog/log.go b/modules/caddyhttp/caddylog/log.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bbab2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/caddylog/log.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package caddylog
+
+import (
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
+	"bitbucket.org/lightcodelabs/caddy2"
+	"bitbucket.org/lightcodelabs/caddy2/modules/caddyhttp"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	caddy2.RegisterModule(caddy2.Module{
+		Name: "http.middleware.log",
+		New:  func() (interface{}, error) { return &Log{}, nil },
+	})
+}
+
+// Log implements a simple logging middleware.
+type Log struct {
+	Filename string
+}
+
+func (l *Log) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, next caddyhttp.Handler) error {
+	start := time.Now()
+
+	if err := next.ServeHTTP(w, r); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Println("latency:", time.Now().Sub(start))
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Interface guard
+var _ caddyhttp.MiddlewareHandler = &Log{}
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go b/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59f18386
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/matchers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package caddyhttp
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	"bitbucket.org/lightcodelabs/caddy2"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	caddy2.RegisterModule(caddy2.Module{
+		Name: "http.matchers.host",
+		New:  func() (interface{}, error) { return matchHost{}, nil },
+	})
+	caddy2.RegisterModule(caddy2.Module{
+		Name: "http.matchers.path",
+		New:  func() (interface{}, error) { return matchPath{}, nil },
+	})
+	caddy2.RegisterModule(caddy2.Module{
+		Name: "http.matchers.method",
+		New:  func() (interface{}, error) { return matchMethod{}, nil },
+	})
+	caddy2.RegisterModule(caddy2.Module{
+		Name: "http.matchers.query",
+		New:  func() (interface{}, error) { return matchQuery{}, nil },
+	})
+	caddy2.RegisterModule(caddy2.Module{
+		Name: "http.matchers.header",
+		New:  func() (interface{}, error) { return matchHeader{}, nil },
+	})
+}
+
+// TODO: Matchers should probably support regex of some sort... performance trade-offs?
+
+type (
+	matchHost   []string
+	matchPath   []string
+	matchMethod []string
+	matchQuery  map[string][]string
+	matchHeader map[string][]string
+)
+
+func (m matchHost) Match(r *http.Request) bool {
+	for _, host := range m {
+		if r.Host == host {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (m matchPath) Match(r *http.Request) bool {
+	for _, path := range m {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(r.URL.Path, path) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (m matchMethod) Match(r *http.Request) bool {
+	for _, method := range m {
+		if r.Method == method {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (m matchQuery) Match(r *http.Request) bool {
+	for param, vals := range m {
+		paramVal := r.URL.Query().Get(param)
+		for _, v := range vals {
+			if paramVal == v {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func (m matchHeader) Match(r *http.Request) bool {
+	for field, vals := range m {
+		fieldVals := r.Header[field]
+		for _, fieldVal := range fieldVals {
+			for _, v := range vals {
+				if fieldVal == v {
+					return true
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+var (
+	_ RouteMatcher = matchHost{}
+	_ RouteMatcher = matchPath{}
+	_ RouteMatcher = matchMethod{}
+	_ RouteMatcher = matchQuery{}
+	_ RouteMatcher = matchHeader{}
+)
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/responsewriter.go b/modules/caddyhttp/responsewriter.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..587d9f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/responsewriter.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+package caddyhttp
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// ResponseWriterWrapper wraps an underlying ResponseWriter and
+// promotes its Pusher/Flusher/CloseNotifier/Hijacker methods
+// as well. To use this type, embed a pointer to it within your
+// own struct type that implements the http.ResponseWriter
+// interface, then call methods on the embedded value. You can
+// make sure your type wraps correctly by asserting that it
+// implements the HTTPInterfaces interface.
+type ResponseWriterWrapper struct {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+}
+
+// Hijack implements http.Hijacker. It simply calls the underlying
+// ResponseWriter's Hijack method if there is one, or returns an error.
+func (rww *ResponseWriterWrapper) Hijack() (net.Conn, *bufio.ReadWriter, error) {
+	if hj, ok := rww.ResponseWriter.(http.Hijacker); ok {
+		return hj.Hijack()
+	}
+	return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("not a hijacker")
+}
+
+// Flush implements http.Flusher. It simply calls the underlying
+// ResponseWriter's Flush method if there is one, or panics.
+func (rww *ResponseWriterWrapper) Flush() {
+	if f, ok := rww.ResponseWriter.(http.Flusher); ok {
+		f.Flush()
+	} else {
+		panic("not a flusher")
+	}
+}
+
+// CloseNotify implements http.CloseNotifier. It simply calls the underlying
+// ResponseWriter's CloseNotify method if there is one, or panics.
+func (rww *ResponseWriterWrapper) CloseNotify() <-chan bool {
+	if cn, ok := rww.ResponseWriter.(http.CloseNotifier); ok {
+		return cn.CloseNotify()
+	}
+	panic("not a close notifier")
+}
+
+// Push implements http.Pusher. It simply calls the underlying
+// ResponseWriter's Push method if there is one, or returns an error.
+func (rww *ResponseWriterWrapper) Push(target string, opts *http.PushOptions) error {
+	if pusher, hasPusher := rww.ResponseWriter.(http.Pusher); hasPusher {
+		return pusher.Push(target, opts)
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("not a pusher")
+}
+
+// HTTPInterfaces mix all the interfaces that middleware ResponseWriters need to support.
+type HTTPInterfaces interface {
+	http.ResponseWriter
+	http.Pusher
+	http.Flusher
+	http.CloseNotifier
+	http.Hijacker
+}
+
+// Interface guards
+var _ HTTPInterfaces = (*ResponseWriterWrapper)(nil)
diff --git a/modules/caddyhttp/staticfiles/staticfiles.go b/modules/caddyhttp/staticfiles/staticfiles.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1a7a7e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/caddyhttp/staticfiles/staticfiles.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package staticfiles
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	"bitbucket.org/lightcodelabs/caddy2"
+	"bitbucket.org/lightcodelabs/caddy2/modules/caddyhttp"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	caddy2.RegisterModule(caddy2.Module{
+		Name: "http.responders.static_files",
+		New:  func() (interface{}, error) { return &StaticFiles{}, nil },
+	})
+}
+
+// StaticFiles implements a static file server responder for Caddy.
+type StaticFiles struct {
+	Root string
+}
+
+func (sf StaticFiles) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
+	http.FileServer(http.Dir(sf.Root)).ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Interface guard
+var _ caddyhttp.Handler = StaticFiles{}