diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 495afc2d..700f3a09 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -109,14 +109,14 @@ There are 3 kinds of useful handlers to manipulate the behavior, as follows:
 ```go
 // handler called after receiving HTTP CONNECT from the client, and before proxy establish connection 
 // with destination host
-httpsHandlers   []HttpsHandler
+HttpsHandlers   []HttpsHandler
     
 // handler called before proxy send HTTP request to destination host
-reqHandlers     []ReqHandler 
+ReqHandlers     []ReqHandler 
     
 // handler called after proxy receives HTTP Response from destination host, and before proxy forward 
 // the Response to the client.
-respHandlers    []RespHandler 
+RespHandlers    []RespHandler 
 ```
 
 Depending on what you want to manipulate, the ways to add handlers to each handler list are:
diff --git a/dispatcher.go b/dispatcher.go
index 25c949c0..bf51b504 100644
--- a/dispatcher.go
+++ b/dispatcher.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (pcond *ReqProxyConds) DoFunc(f func(req *http.Request, ctx *ProxyCtx) (*ht
 //	// given request to the proxy, will test if cond1.HandleReq(req,ctx) && cond2.HandleReq(req,ctx) are true
 //	// if they are, will call handler.Handle(req,ctx)
 func (pcond *ReqProxyConds) Do(h ReqHandler) {
-	pcond.proxy.reqHandlers = append(pcond.proxy.reqHandlers,
+	*pcond.proxy.ReqHandlers = append(*pcond.proxy.ReqHandlers,
 		FuncReqHandler(func(r *http.Request, ctx *ProxyCtx) (*http.Request, *http.Response) {
 			for _, cond := range pcond.reqConds {
 				if !cond.HandleReq(r, ctx) {
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func (pcond *ReqProxyConds) Do(h ReqHandler) {
 // will use the default tls configuration.
 //	proxy.OnRequest().HandleConnect(goproxy.AlwaysReject) // rejects all CONNECT requests
 func (pcond *ReqProxyConds) HandleConnect(h HttpsHandler) {
-	pcond.proxy.httpsHandlers = append(pcond.proxy.httpsHandlers,
+	*pcond.proxy.HttpsHandlers = append(*pcond.proxy.HttpsHandlers,
 		FuncHttpsHandler(func(host string, ctx *ProxyCtx) (*ConnectAction, string) {
 			for _, cond := range pcond.reqConds {
 				if !cond.HandleReq(ctx.Req, ctx) {
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ func (pcond *ReqProxyConds) HandleConnectFunc(f func(host string, ctx *ProxyCtx)
 }
 
 func (pcond *ReqProxyConds) HijackConnect(f func(req *http.Request, client net.Conn, ctx *ProxyCtx)) {
-	pcond.proxy.httpsHandlers = append(pcond.proxy.httpsHandlers,
+	*pcond.proxy.HttpsHandlers = append(*pcond.proxy.HttpsHandlers,
 		FuncHttpsHandler(func(host string, ctx *ProxyCtx) (*ConnectAction, string) {
 			for _, cond := range pcond.reqConds {
 				if !cond.HandleReq(ctx.Req, ctx) {
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func (pcond *ProxyConds) DoFunc(f func(resp *http.Response, ctx *ProxyCtx) *http
 // ProxyConds.Do will register the RespHandler on the proxy, h.Handle(resp,ctx) will be called on every
 // request that matches the conditions aggregated in pcond.
 func (pcond *ProxyConds) Do(h RespHandler) {
-	pcond.proxy.respHandlers = append(pcond.proxy.respHandlers,
+	*pcond.proxy.RespHandlers = append(*pcond.proxy.RespHandlers,
 		FuncRespHandler(func(resp *http.Response, ctx *ProxyCtx) *http.Response {
 			for _, cond := range pcond.reqConds {
 				if !cond.HandleReq(ctx.Req, ctx) {
diff --git a/https.go b/https.go
index 608863fa..52a0632e 100644
--- a/https.go
+++ b/https.go
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) handleHttps(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request
 		panic("Cannot hijack connection " + e.Error())
 	}
 
-	ctx.Logf("Running %d CONNECT handlers", len(proxy.httpsHandlers))
+	ctx.Logf("Running %d CONNECT handlers", len(*proxy.HttpsHandlers))
 	todo, host := OkConnect, r.URL.Host
-	for i, h := range proxy.httpsHandlers {
+	for i, h := range *proxy.HttpsHandlers {
 		newtodo, newhost := h.HandleConnect(host, ctx)
 
 		// If found a result, break the loop immediately
diff --git a/proxy.go b/proxy.go
index fa5494c6..af684683 100644
--- a/proxy.go
+++ b/proxy.go
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ type ProxyHttpServer struct {
 	Verbose         bool
 	Logger          Logger
 	NonproxyHandler http.Handler
-	reqHandlers     []ReqHandler
-	respHandlers    []RespHandler
-	httpsHandlers   []HttpsHandler
+	ReqHandlers     *[]ReqHandler
+	RespHandlers    *[]RespHandler
+	HttpsHandlers   *[]HttpsHandler
 	Tr              *http.Transport
 	// ConnectDial will be used to create TCP connections for CONNECT requests
 	// if nil Tr.Dial will be used
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ func isEof(r *bufio.Reader) bool {
 
 func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) filterRequest(r *http.Request, ctx *ProxyCtx) (req *http.Request, resp *http.Response) {
 	req = r
-	for _, h := range proxy.reqHandlers {
+	for _, h := range *proxy.ReqHandlers {
 		req, resp = h.Handle(r, ctx)
 		// non-nil resp means the handler decided to skip sending the request
 		// and return canned response instead.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) filterRequest(r *http.Request, ctx *ProxyCtx) (req
 }
 func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) filterResponse(respOrig *http.Response, ctx *ProxyCtx) (resp *http.Response) {
 	resp = respOrig
-	for _, h := range proxy.respHandlers {
+	for _, h := range *proxy.RespHandlers {
 		ctx.Resp = resp
 		resp = h.Handle(resp, ctx)
 	}
@@ -210,9 +210,9 @@ func (proxy *ProxyHttpServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 func NewProxyHttpServer() *ProxyHttpServer {
 	proxy := ProxyHttpServer{
 		Logger:        log.New(os.Stderr, "", log.LstdFlags),
-		reqHandlers:   []ReqHandler{},
-		respHandlers:  []RespHandler{},
-		httpsHandlers: []HttpsHandler{},
+		ReqHandlers:   &[]ReqHandler{},
+		RespHandlers:  &[]RespHandler{},
+		HttpsHandlers: &[]HttpsHandler{},
 		NonproxyHandler: http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 			http.Error(w, "This is a proxy server. Does not respond to non-proxy requests.", 500)
 		}),