diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f888d77..f8895bd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "matador",
   "description": "an MVC framework for Node",
-  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.8",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha.9",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Medium/matador",
   "main": "src/matador.js",
   "authors": [
diff --git a/src/matador.js b/src/matador.js
index 846d942..95156bb 100644
--- a/src/matador.js
+++ b/src/matador.js
@@ -258,14 +258,14 @@ var createApp = function (baseDir, configuration) {
 
     // stupid body parser is stupid (doesn't check for http method in current
     // connect version, manually create body parser from the 3 child methods)
-    var jsonParser = connect.json({limit: '10mb'})
+    var jsonParser = connect.json(app.get('configMiddlewareJson', {limit: '10mb'}))
     app.use(function (req, res, next) {
       req.body = {}
       if (req.method == 'GET' || req.method == 'HEAD') return next()
       return jsonParser(req, res, next)
     })
-    app.use(connect.urlencoded({limit: '10mb'}))
-    app.use(connect.multipart())
+    app.use(connect.urlencoded(app.get('configMiddlewareUrlEncoded', {limit: '10mb'})))
+    app.use(connect.multipart(app.get('configMiddlewareMultipart', null)))
 
     app.use(preRouter.bind(null, app))