diff --git a/server.js b/server.js
index 99daca1..b510414 100644
--- a/server.js
+++ b/server.js
@@ -20,18 +20,8 @@ function asset_request(req, res) {
   var filename = __dirname + "/public/" + req.url.path_list.join("/");
   fs.exists(filename, function(exists) {
     if (exists) {
-      fs.readFile(filename, function(err, file_buffer) {
-        if (err) {
-          res.writeHead(500, {"Content-type" : "text/plain"});
-          res.end("Internal Server Error");
-        } else {
-          res.writeHead(200, {
-            "Content-type" : mime.lookup(filename),
-            "Content-Length": file_buffer.length
-          });
-          res.end(file_buffer);
-        }
-      });
+      res.writeHead(200, { "Content-type" : mime.lookup(filename) });
+      fs.createReadStream(filename).pipe(res);
     } else {
       res.writeHead(404, {
         "Content-type" : "text/plain"
@@ -42,10 +32,8 @@ function asset_request(req, res) {
 }
 
 function requestHandler(req, res) {
-  var query = url.parse(req.url).query;
   var request = req;
-  // we need to use url.parse and give the result to url.parse because nodejs
-  request.url = url.parse(req.url, query);
+  request.url = url.parse(req.url, true);
   request.url.query = request.url.query || {};
 
   // remove trailing and double slashes + other junk
@@ -101,4 +89,4 @@ if (require.main === module) {
 
   // cleaning worker
   setInterval(clean.run, config.cleaning_interval * 1000);
-}
+}
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