diff --git a/Spock.cabal b/Spock.cabal
--- a/Spock.cabal
+++ b/Spock.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                Spock
-version:             0.4.2.3
+version:             0.4.2.4
 synopsis:            Another Haskell web toolkit based on scotty
 description:         This toolbox provides everything you need to get a quick start into web hacking with haskell: sessions, database helper, authentication and the power of scotty
 Homepage:            https://github.com/agrafix/Spock
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
                        time ==1.4.*,
                        monad-control ==0.3.*,
                        transformers ==0.3.*,
+                       transformers-base ==0.4.*,
                        xsd ==0.4.*,
                        aeson >=0.6,
                        resource-pool ==0.2.*,
diff --git a/Web/Spock/Types.hs b/Web/Spock/Types.hs
--- a/Web/Spock/Types.hs
+++ b/Web/Spock/Types.hs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilies #-}
 module Web.Spock.Types where
 
 import Web.Scotty.Trans
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as HM
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
+import Control.Monad.Trans.Control
+import Control.Monad.Base
 
 type SpockError e = ScottyError e
 
@@ -82,6 +85,14 @@
 
 newtype WebStateM conn sess st a = WebStateM { runWebStateM :: ReaderT (WebState conn sess st) (ResourceT IO) a }
     deriving (Monad, Functor, Applicative, MonadIO, MonadReader (WebState conn sess st))
+
+instance MonadBase IO (WebStateM conn sess st) where
+    liftBase = WebStateM . liftBase
+
+instance MonadBaseControl IO (WebStateM conn sess st) where
+    newtype StM (WebStateM conn sess st) a = WStM { unWStM :: StM (ReaderT (WebState conn sess st) (ResourceT IO)) a }
+    liftBaseWith f = WebStateM . liftBaseWith $ \runInBase -> f $ liftM WStM . runInBase . runWebStateM
+    restoreM = WebStateM . restoreM . unWStM
 
 type SessionId = T.Text
 data Session a