diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2015, Athan Clark
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Athan Clark nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/src/Network/Wai/Trans.hs b/src/Network/Wai/Trans.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE
+    FlexibleContexts
+  , OverloadedStrings
+  #-}
+
+-- |
+-- Module      : Network.Wai.Trans
+-- Copyright   : (c) 2015 Athan Clark
+-- License     : BSD-style
+-- Maintainer  : athan.clark@gmail.com
+-- Stability   : experimental
+-- Portability : GHC
+--
+-- Simple utilities for embedding a monad transformer stack in an @Application@
+-- or @Middleware@ - with @MiddlewareT@, your transformer stack is shared
+-- across all attached middlewares until run. You can also lift existing @Middleware@
+-- to @MiddlewareT@, given some extraction function.
+
+
+module Network.Wai.Trans
+  ( module X
+  , ApplicationT
+  , MiddlewareT
+  , liftApplication
+  , liftMiddleware
+  ) where
+
+
+import           Network.Wai as X
+
+import           Data.Function.Syntax
+import           Control.Monad.IO.Class
+
+
+type ApplicationT m = Request -> (Response -> IO ResponseReceived) -> m ResponseReceived
+type MiddlewareT m = ApplicationT m -> ApplicationT m
+
+
+liftApplication :: MonadIO m => Application -> ApplicationT m
+liftApplication app = liftIO .* app
+
+liftMiddleware :: MonadIO m => (ApplicationT m -> Application) -> Middleware -> MiddlewareT m
+liftMiddleware runAppT mid app = liftApplication $ mid (runAppT app)
+
diff --git a/wai-transformers.cabal b/wai-transformers.cabal
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+Name:                   wai-transformers
+Version:                0.0.1
+Author:                 Athan Clark <athan.clark@gmail.com>
+Maintainer:             Athan Clark <athan.clark@gmail.com>
+License:                BSD3
+License-File:           LICENSE
+Synopsis:               Simple parameterization of Wai's Application type
+-- Description:
+Cabal-Version:          >= 1.10
+Build-Type:             Simple
+Category:               Web
+
+Library
+  Default-Language:     Haskell2010
+  HS-Source-Dirs:       src
+  GHC-Options:          -Wall
+  Exposed-Modules:      Network.Wai.Trans
+  Build-Depends:        base >= 4.6 && < 5
+                      , composition-extra >= 2.0.0
+                      , wai
+                      , transformers
+
+Source-Repository head
+  Type:                 git
+  Location:             https://github.com/athanclark/wai-transformers.git