diff --git a/demo/Post/Post.requestHandler.js b/demo/Post/Post.requestHandler.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59b0a0b06d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/Post/Post.requestHandler.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import Post from './Post.model';
+import httpStatus from 'http-status';
+
+const destroy = (req, res) => {
+  // Do something unique to deleting this model
+  Post.findOneAndDelete({_id: req.params.id}, (err, doc) => {
+    if (err)
+      return res.status(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({error: err});
+
+    if (!doc)
+      return res.status(httpStatus.NOT_FOUND).send('Not Found');
+
+    return res.send();
+  });
+};
+
+export {destroy};
diff --git a/demo/Post/Post.routes.js b/demo/Post/Post.routes.js
index 30c47aebb3..6081dac9c9 100644
--- a/demo/Post/Post.routes.js
+++ b/demo/Post/Post.routes.js
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import express from 'express';
-import postPolicy from './Post.policy';
+import {query, create, find} from '../../src/requestHandlers'; // payload implementations
+
+import update from '../shared/requestHandlers/update'; // application implementations
+import {destroy} from './Post.requestHandler'; // model specific implementations
 import Post from './Post.model';
-import requestHandler from '../../src/requestHandlers';
+import postPolicy from './Post.policy';
 
 const router = express.Router(); // eslint-disable-line new-cap
 
@@ -14,13 +17,13 @@ router.all('', (req, res, next) => {
 
 router
   .route('')
-  .get(postPolicy.query, requestHandler.query)
-  .post(postPolicy.post, requestHandler.post);
+  .get(postPolicy.query, query)
+  .post(postPolicy.post, create);
 
 router
   .route('/:id')
-  .get(postPolicy.find, requestHandler.find)
-  .put(postPolicy.update, requestHandler.update)
-  .delete(postPolicy.delete, requestHandler.delete);
+  .get(postPolicy.find, find)
+  .put(postPolicy.update, update)
+  .delete(postPolicy.delete, destroy);
 
 export default router;
diff --git a/demo/shared/requestHandlers/update.js b/demo/shared/requestHandlers/update.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4ccdd18d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/shared/requestHandlers/update.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import httpStatus from '../../../src/requestHandlers';
+
+export default (req, res) => {
+  // do something custom specific to this app
+  req.model.setDefaultLanguage(req.locale);
+  req.model.findOne({_id: req.params.id}, '', {}, (err, doc) => {
+    if (!doc)
+      return res.status(httpStatus.NOT_FOUND).send('Not Found');
+
+    Object.keys(req.body).forEach(e => {
+      doc[e] = req.body[e];
+    });
+
+    doc.save((err) => {
+      if (err)
+        return res.status(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({error: err});
+
+      return res.json({
+        message: 'success',
+        result: doc.toJSON({virtuals: true})
+      });
+    });
+  });
+};
diff --git a/src/requestHandlers/index.js b/src/requestHandlers/index.js
index 5f0d12a4ad..32d9ee3c33 100644
--- a/src/requestHandlers/index.js
+++ b/src/requestHandlers/index.js
@@ -1,82 +1,80 @@
 import httpStatus from 'http-status';
 
-const requestHandler = {
-  query(req, res) {
-    if (req.query.locale)
-      req.model.setDefaultLanguage(req.query.locale);
+const query = (req, res) => {
+  if (req.query.locale)
+    req.model.setDefaultLanguage(req.query.locale);
 
-    req.model.apiQuery(req.query, (err, pages) => {
-      if (err)
-        return res.status(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({error: err});
+  req.model.apiQuery(req.query, (err, pages) => {
+    if (err)
+      return res.status(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({error: err});
 
-      return res.json(pages.map(page => page.toJSON({virtuals: !!req.locale})));
-    });
-  },
-
-  find(req, res) {
-    req.model.findById(req.params.id, (err, doc) => {
-      if (err)
-        return res.status(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({error: err});
-
-      if (!doc)
-        return res.status(httpStatus.NOT_FOUND).send('Not Found');
-
-      if (req.locale) {
-        doc.setLanguage(req.locale);
-        return res.json(doc.toJSON({virtuals: true}));
-      }
-
-      return res.json(doc);
-    });
-  },
-
-  post(req, res) {
-    req.model.setDefaultLanguage(req.locale);
-    req.model.create(req.body, (err, result) => {
-      if (err)
-        return res.send(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, {error: err});
-
-      return res.status(httpStatus.CREATED)
-        .json({
-          message: 'success',
-          result: result.toJSON({virtuals: true})
-        });
-    });
-  },
-
-  update(req, res) {
-    req.model.setDefaultLanguage(req.locale);
-    req.model.findOne({_id: req.params.id}, '', {}, (err, doc) => {
-      if (!doc)
-        return res.status(httpStatus.NOT_FOUND).send('Not Found');
-
-      Object.keys(req.body).forEach(e => {
-        doc[e] = req.body[e];
-      });
-
-      doc.save((err) => {
-        if (err)
-          return res.status(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({error: err});
-
-        return res.json({
-          message: 'success',
-          result: doc.toJSON({virtuals: true})
-        });
-      });
-    });
-  },
-
-  delete(req, res) {
-    req.model.findOneAndDelete({_id: req.params.id}, (err, doc) => {
-      if (err)
-        return res.status(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({error: err});
-
-      if (!doc)
-        return res.status(httpStatus.NOT_FOUND).send('Not Found');
-
-      return res.send();
-    });
-  },
+    return res.json(pages.map(page => page.toJSON({virtuals: !!req.locale})));
+  });
 };
 
-export default requestHandler;
+const find = (req, res) => {
+  req.model.findById(req.params.id, (err, doc) => {
+    if (err)
+      return res.status(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({error: err});
+
+    if (!doc)
+      return res.status(httpStatus.NOT_FOUND).send('Not Found');
+
+    if (req.locale) {
+      doc.setLanguage(req.locale);
+      return res.json(doc.toJSON({virtuals: true}));
+    }
+
+    return res.json(doc);
+  });
+};
+
+const create = (req, res) => {
+  req.model.setDefaultLanguage(req.locale);
+  req.model.create(req.body, (err, result) => {
+    if (err)
+      return res.send(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, {error: err});
+
+    return res.status(httpStatus.CREATED)
+      .json({
+        message: 'success',
+        result: result.toJSON({virtuals: true})
+      });
+  });
+};
+
+const update = (req, res) => {
+  req.model.setDefaultLanguage(req.locale);
+  req.model.findOne({_id: req.params.id}, '', {}, (err, doc) => {
+    if (!doc)
+      return res.status(httpStatus.NOT_FOUND).send('Not Found');
+
+    Object.keys(req.body).forEach(e => {
+      doc[e] = req.body[e];
+    });
+
+    doc.save((err) => {
+      if (err)
+        return res.status(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({error: err});
+
+      return res.json({
+        message: 'success',
+        result: doc.toJSON({virtuals: true})
+      });
+    });
+  });
+};
+
+const destroy = (req, res) => {
+  req.model.findOneAndDelete({_id: req.params.id}, (err, doc) => {
+    if (err)
+      return res.status(httpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR).json({error: err});
+
+    if (!doc)
+      return res.status(httpStatus.NOT_FOUND).send('Not Found');
+
+    return res.send();
+  });
+};
+
+export {query, find, create, update, destroy};