diff --git a/src/middleware/req-bootstrap.js b/src/middleware/req-bootstrap.js
index 6151c99..1c63aea 100644
--- a/src/middleware/req-bootstrap.js
+++ b/src/middleware/req-bootstrap.js
@@ -1,14 +1,26 @@
 const debug = require("debug")("Blocks:BootstrapMiddleware")
 
 import cuid from "cuid"
+import contentType from "content-type"
 import { pick } from "@mutantlove/m"
 
 module.exports = () => (req, res, next) => {
   req.ctx = {
     id: cuid(),
     startAt: process.hrtime(),
+    body: {},
     ...pick(["query", "pathname"])(req._parsedUrl),
   }
+
+  try {
+    req.headers["x-content-type"] = contentType.parse(
+      req.headers["content-type"]
+    ).type
+  } catch (error) {
+    // do nothing, let JSON schemas do the validation
+    req.headers["x-content-type"] = req.headers["content-type"]
+  }
+
   res.ctx = {}
 
   next()
diff --git a/src/plugins/route-default.schema.js b/src/plugins/route-default.schema.js
index 799793a..1050c9c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/route-default.schema.js
+++ b/src/plugins/route-default.schema.js
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 module.exports = {
   headers: {
     type: "object",
-    required: ["content-type"],
+    required: ["x-content-type"],
     properties: {
-      "content-type": {
-        enum: ["application/json; charset=UTF-8", "application/json"],
+      "x-content-type": {
+        enum: [
+          "application/json",
+          "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
+          "multipart/form-data",
+        ],
       },
     },
   },