diff --git a/benches/end_to_end.rs b/benches/end_to_end.rs
index 05ebe676..efad83d3 100644
--- a/benches/end_to_end.rs
+++ b/benches/end_to_end.rs
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ fn spawn_hello(handle: &Handle) -> SocketAddr {
     let addr = listener.local_addr().unwrap();
 
     let handle2 = handle.clone();
+    let http = hyper::server::Http::new();
     handle.spawn(listener.incoming().for_each(move |(socket, addr)| {
-        let http = hyper::server::Http::new();
         http.bind_connection(&handle2, socket, addr, Hello);
         Ok(())
     }).then(|_| Ok(())));
diff --git a/src/server/mod.rs b/src/server/mod.rs
index 9bc6c7b2..eb87a622 100644
--- a/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ mod response;
 /// This structure is used to create instances of `Server` or to spawn off tasks
 /// which handle a connection to an HTTP server. Each instance of `Http` can be
 /// configured with various protocol-level options such as keepalive.
-pub struct Http<B> {
+pub struct Http<B = ::Chunk> {
     keep_alive: bool,
     _marker: PhantomData<B>,
 }