diff --git a/lib/http/base.js b/lib/http/base.js
index beb2b345..733f0d5f 100644
--- a/lib/http/base.js
+++ b/lib/http/base.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 var AsyncObject = require('../utils/async');
 var utils = require('../utils/utils');
 var assert = require('assert');
+var url = require('url');
 
 /**
  * HTTPBase
@@ -92,12 +93,12 @@ HTTPBase.prototype._initRouter = function _initRouter() {
 
     function done(err) {
       if (err) {
-        send(res, 400, { error: err.message + '' });
+        send(res, err.statusCode || 400, { error: err.message + '' });
         try {
           req.destroy();
           req.socket.destroy();
         } catch (e) {
-          self.emit('error', e);
+          ;
         }
         self.emit('error', err);
       }
@@ -512,35 +513,40 @@ function parseBody(req, callback) {
   });
 }
 
-function parsePairs(str, del, eq) {
-  var out, s, i, parts;
+function parsePairs(str) {
+  var parts = str.split('&');
+  var data = {};
+  var i, index, pair, key, value;
 
-  if (!str)
-    return {};
+  for (i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
+    pair = parts[i];
+    index = pair.indexOf('=');
 
-  if (!del)
-    del = '&';
-
-  if (!eq)
-    eq = '=';
-
-  out = {};
-  s = str.split(del);
-
-  for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
-    parts = s[i].split(eq);
-    if (parts[0]) {
-      parts[0] = unescape(parts[0]);
-      parts[1] = parts[1] ? unescape(parts[1]) : '';
-      out[parts[0]] = parts[1];
+    if (index === -1) {
+      key = pair;
+      value = '';
+    } else {
+      key = pair.substring(0, index);
+      value = pair.substring(index + 1);
     }
+
+    key = unescape(key);
+
+    if (key.length === 0)
+      continue;
+
+    value = unescape(value);
+
+    if (value.length === 0)
+      continue;
+
+    data[key] = value;
   }
 
-  return out;
+  return data;
 }
 
 function parsePath(req) {
-  var url = require('url');
   var uri = url.parse(req.url);
   var pathname = uri.pathname || '/';