diff --git a/lib/sugar/request/https_only.ex b/lib/sugar/request/https_only.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52d473c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sugar/request/https_only.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+defmodule Sugar.Request.HttpsOnly do
+  @moduledoc false
+  import Plug.Conn
+
+  def init(opts), do: opts
+
+  def call(conn, _opts) do
+    conn |> send_resp(403, "Forbidden")
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/sugar/request/parsers/xml.ex b/lib/sugar/request/parsers/xml.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..462d796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sugar/request/parsers/xml.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+defmodule Sugar.Request.Parsers.XML do
+  @moduledoc false
+  alias Plug.Conn
+
+  @types [ "application", "text" ]
+
+  @type conn    :: map
+  @type headers :: map
+  @type opts    :: Keyword.t
+
+  @spec parse(conn, binary, binary, headers, opts) :: {:ok | :error, map | atom, conn}
+  def parse(%Conn{} = conn, type, "xml", _headers, opts) when type in @types do
+    case Conn.read_body(conn, opts) do
+      { :ok, body, conn } ->
+        { :ok, %{ xml: body |> do_parse }, conn }
+      { :more, _data, conn } ->
+        { :error, :too_large, conn }
+    end
+  end
+  def parse(conn, _type, _subtype, _headers, _opts) do
+    { :next, conn }
+  end
+
+  defp do_parse(xml) do
+    :erlang.bitstring_to_list(xml)
+      |> :xmerl_scan.string
+      |> elem(0)
+      |> do_parse_nodes
+  end
+
+  defp do_parse_nodes([]), do: []
+  defp do_parse_nodes([ h | t ]) do
+    do_parse_nodes(h) ++ do_parse_nodes(t)
+  end
+  defp do_parse_nodes({ :xmlAttribute, name, _, _, _, _, _, _, value, _ }) do
+    [ { name, value |> to_string } ]
+  end
+  defp do_parse_nodes({ :xmlElement, name, _, _, _, _, _, attrs, els, _, _, _ }) do
+    value = els 
+            |> do_parse_nodes 
+            |> flatten
+    [ %{ name: name, 
+         attr: attrs |> do_parse_nodes, 
+         value: value } ]
+  end
+  defp do_parse_nodes({ :xmlText, _, _, _, value, _ }) do
+    string_value = value 
+                   |> to_string 
+                   |> String.strip
+    if string_value |> String.length > 0 do
+      [ string_value ]
+    else
+      []
+    end
+  end
+
+  defp flatten([]), do: []
+  defp flatten(values) do
+    if Enum.all?(values, &(is_binary(&1))) do
+      [ values |> List.to_string ]
+    else
+      values
+    end
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/sugar/router.ex b/lib/sugar/router.ex
index 6609c4c..645103e 100644
--- a/lib/sugar/router.ex
+++ b/lib/sugar/router.ex
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ defmodule Sugar.Router do
                                     :urlencoded, 
                                     :multipart ],
                          json_decoder: JSEX
+      plug :copy_req_content_type
     end
   end
 
@@ -87,11 +88,10 @@ defmodule Sugar.Router do
     # Plugs we want predefined but aren't necessary to be before
     # user-defined plugs
     defaults = [ { Plug.Head, [], true },
-                 { Plug.MethodOverride, [], true },  
-                 { :copy_req_content_type, [], true }, 
+                 { Plug.MethodOverride, [], true },
                  { :match, [], true },
                  { :dispatch, [], true } ]
-    { conn, body } = Enum.reverse(defaults) ++ 
+    { conn, body } = Enum.reverse(defaults) ++
                      Module.get_attribute(env.module, :plugs)
                      |> Plug.Builder.compile
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ defmodule Sugar.Router do
       defoverridable [init: 1, call: 2]
 
       def copy_req_content_type(conn, _opts) do
-        default = Application.get_env(:sugar, :default_content_type, "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+        default = Application.get_env(:sugar, :default_content_type, "text/html; charset=utf-8")
         content_type = case Plug.Conn.get_req_header conn, "content-type" do
             [content_type] -> content_type
             _ -> default
diff --git a/test/sugar/request/https_only_test.exs b/test/sugar/request/https_only_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4ddfff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sugar/request/https_only_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+defmodule Sugar.Request.HttpsOnlyTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+  import Plug.Test
+
+  test "translates json extension" do
+    opts = Sugar.Request.HttpsOnly.init([])
+    conn = conn(:get, "/get.json")
+            |> Sugar.Request.HttpsOnly.call(opts)
+
+    assert conn.status === 403
+    assert conn.resp_body === "Forbidden"
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/test/sugar/request/parsers_test.exs b/test/sugar/request/parsers_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6a6ea44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sugar/request/parsers_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+defmodule Sugar.Request.ParsersTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case, async: true
+  import Plug.Test
+
+  @parsers [ Sugar.Request.Parsers.XML ]
+
+  def parse(conn, opts \\ []) do
+    opts = Keyword.put_new(opts, :parsers, @parsers)
+    Plug.Parsers.call(conn, Plug.Parsers.init(opts))
+  end
+
+  test "parses xml encoded bodies" do
+    headers = [{"content-type", "application/xml"}]
+    conn = parse(conn(:post, "/post", "<foo>baz</foo>", headers: headers))
+    foo = conn.params.xml
+          |> Enum.find(fn node ->
+            node.name === :foo
+          end)
+
+    assert foo.value |> hd === "baz"
+  end
+
+  test "parses xml encoded bodies with xml nodes" do
+    headers = [{"content-type", "application/xml"}]
+    conn = parse(conn(:post, "/post", "<foo><bar/><baz/></foo>", headers: headers))
+    foo = conn.params.xml
+          |> Enum.find(fn node ->
+            node.name === :foo
+          end)
+    bar = foo.value |> hd
+
+    assert foo.value |> Enum.count === 2
+    assert bar.name === :bar
+  end
+
+  test "parses xml encoded bodies with attributes" do
+    headers = [{"content-type", "application/xml"}]
+    conn = parse(conn(:post, "/post", "<foo bar=\"baz\" id=\"1\" />", headers: headers))
+    foo = conn.params.xml
+          |> Enum.find(fn node ->
+            node.name === :foo
+          end)
+
+    assert foo.attr[:bar] === "baz"
+    assert foo.attr[:id] === "1"
+  end
+
+  test "xml parser errors when body too large" do
+    exception = assert_raise Plug.Parsers.RequestTooLargeError, fn ->
+      headers = [{"content-type", "application/xml"}]
+      parse(conn(:post, "/post", "<foo>baz</foo>", headers: headers), length: 5)
+    end
+    
+    assert Plug.Exception.status(exception) === 413
+  end
+end
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