diff --git a/lib/utopia/request.rb b/lib/utopia/request.rb
index 6685a0c6..f087cc37 100644
--- a/lib/utopia/request.rb
+++ b/lib/utopia/request.rb
@@ -117,28 +117,13 @@ def query_parameters
 			@query_parameters ||= parse_query_parameters(self.url.query)
 		end
 		
-		private def parse_cookies(cookie_header)
-			cookies = {}
-			
-			return cookies unless cookie_header
-			
-			if cookie_header.respond_to?(:to_str)
-				cookie_header = cookie_header.to_str
-			else
-				cookie_header = cookie_header.to_s
-			end
-			
-			cookie_header.split(/;\s*/).each do |pair|
-				key, value = pair.split("=", 2)
-				cookies[key] = value || ""
-			end
-			
-			return cookies
-		end
-		
 		# Decoded request cookies.
 		def cookies
-			@cookies ||= parse_cookies(self.headers["cookie"])
+			@cookies ||= if cookie_header = self.headers["cookie"]
+				cookie_header.to_h.transform_values(&:value)
+			else
+				{}
+			end
 		end
 		
 		# The request user agent.
diff --git a/test/utopia/application.rb b/test/utopia/application.rb
index 906bf59d..902d8670 100644
--- a/test/utopia/application.rb
+++ b/test/utopia/application.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,17 @@
 		expect(response.headers["content-type"]).to be == "text/plain; charset=utf-8"
 	end
 	
+	it "yields the builder to blocks accepting arguments" do
+		application = subject.build do |builder|
+			builder.run Protocol::HTTP::Middleware.for{|request| Utopia::Response.text("Hello")}
+		end
+		
+		response = application.call(http_request)
+		
+		expect(response.status).to be == 200
+		expect(response.read).to be == "Hello"
+	end
+	
 	it "normalizes protocol response objects" do
 		response_object = Object.new
 		
diff --git a/test/utopia/middleware.rb b/test/utopia/middleware.rb
index a9692b22..52afbe92 100644
--- a/test/utopia/middleware.rb
+++ b/test/utopia/middleware.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 # Released under the MIT License.
-# Copyright, 2015-2025, by Samuel Williams.
+# Copyright, 2015-2026, by Samuel Williams.
 
 require "utopia/middleware"
 
@@ -9,4 +9,10 @@
 	it "should give a default path relative to the cwd" do
 		expect(File).to be(:exist?, Utopia.default_root(".content", __dir__))
 	end
+	
+	it "constructs the default application path" do
+		path = Utopia.default_path(".content", __dir__)
+		
+		expect(path).to be == Utopia::Path[Utopia.default_root(".content", __dir__)]
+	end
 end
diff --git a/test/utopia/request.rb b/test/utopia/request.rb
index 3e63ec3c..0e12629e 100644
--- a/test/utopia/request.rb
+++ b/test/utopia/request.rb
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@
 		expect(request.post?).to be == false
 	end
 	
+	it "identifies QUERY requests" do
+		request.method = "QUERY"
+		expect(request).to be(:query?)
+		
+		request.method = "GET"
+		expect(request).not.to be(:query?)
+	end
+	
 	it "provides decoded query arguments" do
 		expect(request.query_parameters).to be == {
 			"q" => "utopia",
@@ -90,7 +98,8 @@
 		expect(request).not.to be(:respond_to?, :parsed_body)
 	end
 	
-	it "provides decoded cookies" do
+	it "provides cookie values" do
+		expect(request.headers["cookie"]).to be_a(Protocol::HTTP::Header::Cookie)
 		expect(request.cookies).to be == {"a" => "1", "b" => "2"}
 	end
 	
diff --git a/test/utopia/response.rb b/test/utopia/response.rb
index d8f8094e..2e1fbe18 100644
--- a/test/utopia/response.rb
+++ b/test/utopia/response.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
 		expect(response.headers["location"]).to be == "/target"
 	end
 	
+	it "builds HTML responses" do
+		response = subject.html("<h1>Hello</h1>", 201)
+		
+		expect(response.status).to be == 201
+		expect(response.headers["content-type"]).to be == "text/html; charset=utf-8"
+		expect(response.read).to be == "<h1>Hello</h1>"
+	end
+	
 	it "passes through protocol responses" do
 		response = Protocol::HTTP::Response[204]
 		
diff --git a/utopia.gemspec b/utopia.gemspec
index cda1c90e..8db5da26 100644
--- a/utopia.gemspec
+++ b/utopia.gemspec
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
 	spec.add_dependency "msgpack"
 	spec.add_dependency "net-smtp"
 	spec.add_dependency "protocol-content", "~> 0.1"
-	spec.add_dependency "protocol-http", "~> 0.70"
+	spec.add_dependency "protocol-http", "~> 0.71"
 	spec.add_dependency "protocol-media", "~> 0.3"
 	spec.add_dependency "protocol-media-registry", "~> 0.1"
 	spec.add_dependency "protocol-url", "~> 0.18"