diff --git a/lib/restful.js b/lib/restful.js
index f9f7ca8..f75300f 100644
--- a/lib/restful.js
+++ b/lib/restful.js
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ function _extend (router, resources, options, respond, routeInfo) {
             req    = this.req;
 
         if (!options.strict) {
-          preprocessRequest(req, resource);
+          preprocessRequest(req, resource, 'create');
         }
         var cloned = utile.clone(options);
 
@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@ function _extend (router, resources, options, respond, routeInfo) {
           var req = this.req,
               res = this.res;
 
+          req.restful = {};
+          req.restful.action = 'delete';
+          
           var _id = exports.buildResourceId(routeInfo, arguments);
           resource.destroy(_id, function (err, result) {
             return err
@@ -428,7 +431,7 @@ function _extend (router, resources, options, respond, routeInfo) {
               res = this.res;
 
           if (!options.strict)
-            preprocessRequest(req, resource);
+            preprocessRequest(req, resource, 'update');
 
           var _id = exports.buildResourceId(routeInfo, arguments);
           resource.update(_id, req.body, function (err, result) {