diff --git a/src/server/index.coffee b/src/server/index.coffee
index 8a1b29826b..ad845d0599 100644
--- a/src/server/index.coffee
+++ b/src/server/index.coffee
@@ -3,16 +3,17 @@ path = require 'path'
 express = require 'express'
 gzippo = require 'gzippo'
 derby = require 'derby'
+racer = require 'racer'
+auth = require 'derby-auth'
 app = require '../app'
 serverError = require './serverError'
 MongoStore = require('connect-mongo')(express)
-auth = require 'derby-auth'
 priv = require './private'
-habitrpgStore = require('./store')
+habitrpgStore = require './store'
+middleware = require './middleware'
 
 ## RACER CONFIGURATION ##
 
-racer = require 'racer'
 racer.io.set('transports', ['xhr-polling'])
 racer.ioClient.set('reconnection limit', 300000) # max reconect timeout to 5 minutes
 racer.set('bundleTimeout', 40000)
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ expressApp = express()
 server = http.createServer expressApp
 module.exports = server
 
-derby.use(require 'racer-db-mongo')
+derby.use require('racer-db-mongo')
 store = derby.createStore
   db: {type: 'Mongo', uri: process.env.NODE_DB_URI, safe:true}
   listen: server
@@ -53,57 +54,27 @@ auth.store(store, habitrpgStore.customAccessControl)
 
 mongo_store = new MongoStore {url: process.env.NODE_DB_URI}, ->
   expressApp
-    #.use (req, res, next) ->
-    #  if toobusy()
-    #    return res.redirect 307, '/500.html'
-    #  else
-    #    next()
-
     .use(express.favicon())
     # Gzip static files and serve from memory
-    .use(gzippo.staticGzip publicPath, maxAge: ONE_YEAR)
+    .use(gzippo.staticGzip(publicPath, maxAge: ONE_YEAR))
     # Gzip dynamically rendered content
     .use(express.compress())
-
-    # Uncomment to add form data parsing support
     .use(express.bodyParser())
     .use(express.methodOverride())
-
     # Uncomment and supply secret to add Derby session handling
     # Derby session middleware creates req.session and socket.io sessions
     .use(express.cookieParser())
     .use(store.sessionMiddleware
       secret: process.env.SESSION_SECRET || 'YOUR SECRET HERE'
-      cookie: {maxAge: TWO_WEEKS} # defaults to 2 weeks? aka, can delete this line?
+      cookie: { maxAge: TWO_WEEKS } # defaults to 2 weeks? aka, can delete this line?
       store: mongo_store
     )
-
-    #show splash page for newcomers
-    .use (req, res, next) ->
-      # This was an API call, not a page load
-      return next() if req.is('json')
-
-      if !req.session.userId? and !req.query?.play? and req.url == '/'
-        return res.redirect('/splash.html')
-      else
-        next()
-
+    # Show splash page for newcomers
+    .use(middleware.splash)
     # Adds req.getModel method
     .use(store.modelMiddleware())
-    # Middelware can be inserted after the modelMiddleware and before
-    # the app router to pass server accessible data to a model
     .use(priv.middleware)
-
-    # HabitRPG Custom Middleware
-    .use (req, res, next) ->
-      model = req.getModel()
-      _view = model.get('_view') || {}
-      ## Set _mobileDevice to true or false so view can exclude portions from mobile device
-      _view.mobileDevice = /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry/i.test(req.header 'User-Agent')
-      _view.nodeEnv = process.env.NODE_ENV
-      model.set '_view', _view
-      next()
-
+    .use(middleware.view)
     .use(auth.middleware(strategies, options))
     # Creates an express middleware from the app's routes
     .use(app.router())
@@ -111,10 +82,10 @@ mongo_store = new MongoStore {url: process.env.NODE_DB_URI}, ->
     .use(require('./static').middleware)
     .use(require('./deprecated').middleware)
     .use(expressApp.router)
-    .use(serverError root)
+    .use(serverError(root))
 
   priv.routes(expressApp)
 
   # Errors
   expressApp.all '*', (req) ->
-    throw "404: #{req.url}"
\ No newline at end of file
+    throw "404: #{req.url}"
diff --git a/src/server/middleware.coffee b/src/server/middleware.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44f53b90d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/middleware.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module.exports.splash = (req, res, next) ->
+  # This was an API call, not a page load
+  return next() if req.is('json')
+
+  if !req.session.userId? and !req.query?.play?
+    res.redirect('/splash.html')
+  else
+    next()
+
+module.exports.view = (req, res, next) ->
+    model = req.getModel()
+    _view = model.get('_view') || {}
+    ## Set _mobileDevice to true or false so view can exclude portions from mobile device
+    _view.mobileDevice = /Android|webOS|iPhone|iPad|iPod|BlackBerry/i.test(req.header 'User-Agent')
+    _view.nodeEnv = process.env.NODE_ENV
+    model.set '_view', _view
+    next()