diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 86e7ff746..e5b38566b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,6 +45,43 @@ You can easily add a `pass` (stages) into both the pipelines (XXX: ADD API).
 
 In addition, every stage emits a corresponding event so introspection during the process is always available.
 
+#### Setup a basic stand-alone proxy server
+
+var http = require('http'),
+    caronte = require('caronte');
+//
+// Create your proxy server
+//
+caronte.createProxyServer({target:'http://localhost:9000'}).listen(8000);
+
+//
+// Create your target server
+//
+http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+  res.write('request successfully proxied!' + '\n' + JSON.stringify(req.headers, true, 2));
+  res.end();
+}).listen(9000);
+
+#### Setup a stand-alone proxy server with custom server logic
+
+``` js
+var http = require('http'),
+    caronte = require('caronte');
+    
+//
+// Create a proxy server with custom application logic
+//
+var proxy = caronte.createProxyServer({});
+
+var server = require('http').createServer(function(req, res) {
+  proxy.web(req, res, { target: 'http://127.0.0.1:5060' });
+});
+
+console.log("listening on port 5050")
+server.listen(5050);
+```
+
 ### Contributing and Issues
 
 * Search on Google/Github 
@@ -53,6 +90,17 @@ In addition, every stage emits a corresponding event so introspection during the
 * Commit to your local branch (which must be different from `master`)
 * Submit your Pull Request (be sure to include tests and update documentation)
 
+### Options
+
+`caronte.createProxyServer` supports the following options:
+
+ *  **target**: url string to be parsed with the url module 
+ *  **forward**: url string to be parsed with the url module
+ *  **ssl**: object to be passed to https.createServer()
+ *  **ws**: true/false, if you want to proxy websockets
+ *  **xfwd**: true/false, adds x-forward headers
+ *  **maxSock**: maximum number of sockets
+
 ### Test
 
 ```
diff --git a/examples/stand-alone.js b/examples/stand-alone.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3848abf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/stand-alone.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+var http = require('http'),
+    caronte = require('caronte');
+//
+// Create your proxy server
+//
+caronte.createProxyServer({target:'http://localhost:9000'}).listen(8000);
+
+//
+// Create your target server
+//
+http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+  res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+  res.write('request successfully proxied!' + '\n' + JSON.stringify(req.headers, true, 2));
+  res.end();
+}).listen(9000);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/caronte/index.js b/lib/caronte/index.js
index 30db143f5..ef0187fa9 100644
--- a/lib/caronte/index.js
+++ b/lib/caronte/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 var caronte = exports,
-    web     = require('./passes/web-incoming');
+    extend  = require('util')._extend,
+    parse_url = require('url').parse,
+    web     = require('./passes/web-incoming'),
     ws      = require('./passes/ws-incoming');
 
 caronte.createWebProxy = createRightProxy('web');
@@ -41,7 +43,11 @@ function createRightProxy(type) {
         !(args[cntr] instanceof Buffer) &&
         args[cntr] !== res
       ) {  
-        options = args[cntr]; 
+        //Copy global options
+        options = extend({}, options);
+        //Overwrite with request options
+        extend(options, args[cntr]);
+        
         cntr--;
       } 
       
@@ -51,7 +57,12 @@ function createRightProxy(type) {
 
       options.ee.emit(ev + 'begin', req, res); 
 
-      
+      ['target', 'forward'].forEach(
+        function(e) { 
+          if (typeof options[e] === 'string')
+            options[e] = parse_url(options[e]); 
+      });
+
       passes.some(function(pass) {
         var evnt = ev + pass.name.toLowerCase() + ':';
         
diff --git a/lib/caronte/passes/web-incoming.js b/lib/caronte/passes/web-incoming.js
index 6906ae873..66beb011c 100644
--- a/lib/caronte/passes/web-incoming.js
+++ b/lib/caronte/passes/web-incoming.js
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ function stream(req, res, options) {
     common.setupOutgoing(options.ssl || {}, options, req)
   );
 
+  proxyReq.on('error', function(err){
+    var ev   = 'caronte:outgoing:web:';
+    if (options.ee.listeners(ev + 'error').length == 0){
+        throw err;
+    }
+    options.ee.emit(ev + 'error', err, req, res); 
+  });
+  
   req.pipe(proxyReq);
 
   proxyReq.on('response', function(proxyRes) {
diff --git a/lib/caronte/passes/ws-incoming.js b/lib/caronte/passes/ws-incoming.js
index 1fd3fd780..3b5e1f525 100644
--- a/lib/caronte/passes/ws-incoming.js
+++ b/lib/caronte/passes/ws-incoming.js
@@ -78,6 +78,13 @@ function stream(req, socket, options, head) {
   var proxyReq = (~['https:', 'wss:'].indexOf(options.target.protocol) ? https : http).request(
     common.setupOutgoing(options.ssl || {}, options, req)
   );
+  proxyReq.on('error', function(err){
+    var ev   = 'caronte:outgoing:ws:';
+    if (options.ee.listeners(ev + 'error').length == 0){
+        throw err;
+    }
+    options.ee.emit(ev + 'error', err, req, res); 
+  });
 
   proxyReq.on('upgrade', function(proxyRes, proxySocket, proxyHead) {
     common.setupSocket(proxySocket);