diff --git a/hyde.rb b/hyde.rb
index 416e249..32bf320 100644
--- a/hyde.rb
+++ b/hyde.rb
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ module Hyde
       @response = response
       @handles = {}
       @indexlist = []
+      @vars = {}
     end
     attr_reader :request
     attr_reader :response
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ module Hyde
     attr_accessor :path
     attr_accessor :handles
     attr_accessor :indexlist
+    attr_accessor :vars
   end
 
   # Context object with safe path encapsulation
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ module Hyde
       @request = request.request
       @response = request.response
       @handles = request.handles
+      @indexlist = request.indexlist
+      @vars = request.vars
     end
     undef :path=
     undef :filepath=
@@ -237,8 +241,12 @@ module Hyde
     def handle(code, &block)
       @handles[code] = block
     end
+    def preprocess(&block) 
+      @preprocessor = block
+    end
     def match(request) 
       raise Exception, "Not permitted" if @lock_methods
+      self.instance_exec request, &@preprocessor if @preprocessor
       if match? request.path then
         match_path = normalize_input(request.path).match(@path)
         next_path = match_path[0]
diff --git a/test_combined.rb b/test_combined.rb
index 79babb8..863f29a 100644
--- a/test_combined.rb
+++ b/test_combined.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,18 @@ server = Hyde::Server.new Port: 8000 do
     end
   end
   path "uploads" do
+    preprocess { |request| puts request.inspect }
     index ["index.html"]
-    serve "**/*.md", match_full_path: true
-    serve ["*.html","**/*.html"], match_full_path: true
+    serve ["**/*.md","*.html","**/*.html"], match_full_path: true
+  end
+  path ["vars_1","vars_2"] do
+    preprocess do |request|
+      request.vars["flag"] = "yes" if request.filepath.match "vars_1"
+    end
+    serve "view" do |ctx|
+      ctx.response.body = "Flag: #{ctx.vars["flag"]}"
+      ctx.response['Content-Type'] = "text/plain"
+    end
   end
 end