diff --git a/bin/attentive b/bin/attentive
index 4b709e7..d11d266 100755
--- a/bin/attentive
+++ b/bin/attentive
@@ -26,17 +26,7 @@ class Attentive::CLI < Thor
   method_options [ :port, '-p' ] => 9393
   def start
     if Attentive.has_presentation?
-      require 'rack'
-      require 'pygments'
-      require 'coffee_script'
-      require 'sass'
-
-      # make sure pygments is ready
-      Pygments.highlight("attentive")
-
-      Rack::Handler::WEBrick.run(Attentive::Server, :Port => options[:port]) do |server|
-        trap(:INT) { server.shutdown }
-      end
+      Attentive::Server.start!
     else
       raise Attentive::NoPresentationError
     end
diff --git a/lib/attentive.rb b/lib/attentive.rb
index 85007b1..c759be5 100644
--- a/lib/attentive.rb
+++ b/lib/attentive.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ module Attentive
     def has_presentation?
       @has_presentation == true
     end
+
+    def middleware
+      @middleware ||= []
+    end
   end
 
   def self.configure
@@ -23,3 +27,4 @@ module Attentive
 
   class NoPresentationError < StandardError ; end
 end
+
diff --git a/lib/attentive/server.rb b/lib/attentive/server.rb
index d11983a..79fe9ff 100644
--- a/lib/attentive/server.rb
+++ b/lib/attentive/server.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,20 @@ require 'forwardable'
 
 module Attentive
   class Server < Rack::Builder
+    def start!
+      require 'rack'
+      require 'pygments'
+      require 'coffee_script'
+      require 'sass'
+
+      # make sure pygments is ready
+      Pygments.highlight("attentive")
+
+      Rack::Handler::WEBrick.run(Attentive::Server, :Port => options[:port]) do |server|
+        trap(:INT) { server.shutdown }
+      end
+    end
+
     def self.call(env)
       @app ||= Rack::Builder.new do
         map '/assets' do
@@ -28,6 +42,10 @@ module Attentive
         end
 
         map '/' do
+          Attentive.middleware.each do |opts|
+            use(*opts)
+          end
+
           run Attentive::Sinatra
         end
       end
diff --git a/skel/presentation.rb b/skel/presentation.rb
index 7d55b7e..d18d353 100644
--- a/skel/presentation.rb
+++ b/skel/presentation.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 Attentive.configure do |c|
   c.title = "My presentation"
+
+  # add rack middleware here
+  # require 'rack-livereload'
+  # c.middleware << Rack::LiveReload
 end