diff --git a/middlewares/index.js b/middlewares/index.js
index 6368d791a..e727202ba 100644
--- a/middlewares/index.js
+++ b/middlewares/index.js
@@ -1,56 +1,9 @@
 ;(function () {
   'use strict'
 
-  var ursa = require('ursa')
-  var fs = require('fs')
-
-  var logger = require('../src/logger')
-  var utils = require('../src/utils')
-  var PodsDB = require('../src/database').PodsDB
-
-  var middleware = {}
-
-  middleware.cache = function (cache) {
-    return function (req, res, next) {
-      // If we want explicitly a cache
-      // Or if we don't specify if we want a cache or no and we are in production
-      if (cache === true || (cache !== false && process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production')) {
-        res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public')
-      } else {
-        res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate')
-      }
-
-      next()
-    }
-  }
-
-  middleware.decryptBody = function (req, res, next) {
-    logger.debug('Decrypting body.')
-
-    PodsDB.findOne({ url: req.body.signature.url }, function (err, pod) {
-      if (err) {
-        logger.error('Cannot get signed url in decryptBody.', { error: err })
-        res.sendStatus(500)
-      }
-
-      logger.debug('Found one pod which could send the message.', { pod: pod.publicKey, url: req.body.signature.url })
-
-      var crt = ursa.createPublicKey(pod.publicKey)
-      var signature_ok = crt.hashAndVerify('sha256', new Buffer(req.body.signature.url).toString('hex'), req.body.signature.signature, 'hex')
-
-      if (signature_ok === true) {
-        var myKey = ursa.createPrivateKey(fs.readFileSync(utils.certDir + 'peertube.key.pem'))
-        var decryptedKey = myKey.decrypt(req.body.key, 'hex', 'utf8')
-        logger.debug(decryptedKey)
-        req.body.data = JSON.parse(utils.symetricDecrypt(req.body.data, decryptedKey))
-        logger.debug('Decrypted.', { body: req.body })
-      } else {
-        logger.error('Signature is not okay in decryptBody for %s.', req.body.signature.url)
-        res.sendStatus(500)
-      }
-
-      next()
-    })
+  var middleware = {
+    reqValidators: require('./reqValidators'),
+    misc: require('./misc')
   }
 
   module.exports = middleware
diff --git a/middlewares/misc.js b/middlewares/misc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69e8d78c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/middlewares/misc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+;(function () {
+  'use strict'
+
+  var ursa = require('ursa')
+  var fs = require('fs')
+
+  var logger = require('../src/logger')
+  var utils = require('../src/utils')
+  var PodsDB = require('../src/database').PodsDB
+
+  var misc = {}
+
+  misc.cache = function (cache) {
+    return function (req, res, next) {
+      // If we want explicitly a cache
+      // Or if we don't specify if we want a cache or no and we are in production
+      if (cache === true || (cache !== false && process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production')) {
+        res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public')
+      } else {
+        res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, no-store, max-age=0, must-revalidate')
+      }
+
+      next()
+    }
+  }
+
+  misc.decryptBody = function (req, res, next) {
+    logger.debug('Decrypting body.')
+
+    PodsDB.findOne({ url: req.body.signature.url }, function (err, pod) {
+      if (err) {
+        logger.error('Cannot get signed url in decryptBody.', { error: err })
+        res.sendStatus(500)
+      }
+
+      logger.debug('Found one pod which could send the message.', { pod: pod.publicKey, url: req.body.signature.url })
+
+      var crt = ursa.createPublicKey(pod.publicKey)
+      var signature_ok = crt.hashAndVerify('sha256', new Buffer(req.body.signature.url).toString('hex'), req.body.signature.signature, 'hex')
+
+      if (signature_ok === true) {
+        var myKey = ursa.createPrivateKey(fs.readFileSync(utils.certDir + 'peertube.key.pem'))
+        var decryptedKey = myKey.decrypt(req.body.key, 'hex', 'utf8')
+        logger.debug(decryptedKey)
+        req.body.data = JSON.parse(utils.symetricDecrypt(req.body.data, decryptedKey))
+        logger.debug('Decrypted.', { body: req.body })
+      } else {
+        logger.error('Signature is not okay in decryptBody for %s.', req.body.signature.url)
+        res.sendStatus(500)
+      }
+
+      next()
+    })
+  }
+
+  module.exports = misc
+})()
diff --git a/routes/api/v1/pods.js b/routes/api/v1/pods.js
index 8ae676834..2bb8f89ab 100644
--- a/routes/api/v1/pods.js
+++ b/routes/api/v1/pods.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   var express = require('express')
   var router = express.Router()
   var middleware = require('../../../middlewares')
-  var reqValidator = require('../../../middlewares/reqValidators').pods
+  var miscMiddleware = middleware.misc
+  var reqValidator = middleware.reqValidators.pods
   var pods = require('../../../src/pods')
 
   function listPods (req, res, next) {
@@ -31,9 +32,9 @@
     })
   }
 
-  router.get('/', middleware.cache(false), listPods)
-  router.get('/makefriends', middleware.cache(false), makeFriends)
-  router.post('/', reqValidator.podsAdd, middleware.cache(false), addPods)
+  router.get('/', miscMiddleware.cache(false), listPods)
+  router.get('/makefriends', miscMiddleware.cache(false), makeFriends)
+  router.post('/', reqValidator.podsAdd, miscMiddleware.cache(false), addPods)
 
   module.exports = router
 })()
diff --git a/routes/api/v1/remoteVideos.js b/routes/api/v1/remoteVideos.js
index 23bdcbe24..10793b2b4 100644
--- a/routes/api/v1/remoteVideos.js
+++ b/routes/api/v1/remoteVideos.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   var express = require('express')
   var router = express.Router()
   var middleware = require('../../../middlewares')
-  var requestValidator = require('../../../middlewares/reqValidators').remote
+  var miscMiddleware = middleware.misc
+  var reqValidator = middleware.reqValidators.remote
   var videos = require('../../../src/videos')
 
   function addRemoteVideos (req, res, next) {
@@ -23,8 +24,8 @@
     })
   }
 
-  router.post('/add', requestValidator.secureRequest, middleware.decryptBody, requestValidator.remoteVideosAdd, middleware.cache(false), addRemoteVideos)
-  router.post('/remove', requestValidator.secureRequest, middleware.decryptBody, requestValidator.remoteVideosRemove, middleware.cache(false), removeRemoteVideo)
+  router.post('/add', reqValidator.secureRequest, miscMiddleware.decryptBody, reqValidator.remoteVideosAdd, miscMiddleware.cache(false), addRemoteVideos)
+  router.post('/remove', reqValidator.secureRequest, miscMiddleware.decryptBody, reqValidator.remoteVideosRemove, miscMiddleware.cache(false), removeRemoteVideo)
 
   module.exports = router
 })()
diff --git a/routes/api/v1/videos.js b/routes/api/v1/videos.js
index 06b248244..33c565437 100644
--- a/routes/api/v1/videos.js
+++ b/routes/api/v1/videos.js
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   var express = require('express')
   var router = express.Router()
   var middleware = require('../../../middlewares')
-  var reqValidator = require('../../../middlewares/reqValidators').videos
+  var miscMiddleware = middleware.misc
+  var reqValidator = middleware.reqValidators.videos
   var videos = require('../../../src/videos')
 
   function listVideos (req, res, next) {
@@ -52,11 +53,11 @@
     })
   }
 
-  router.get('/', middleware.cache(false), listVideos)
-  router.post('/', reqValidator.videosAdd, middleware.cache(false), addVideos)
-  router.get('/search/:name', reqValidator.videosSearch, middleware.cache(false), searchVideos)
-  router.get('/:id', reqValidator.videosGet, middleware.cache(false), getVideos)
-  router.delete('/:id', reqValidator.videosRemove, middleware.cache(false), removeVideo)
+  router.get('/', miscMiddleware.cache(false), listVideos)
+  router.post('/', reqValidator.videosAdd, miscMiddleware.cache(false), addVideos)
+  router.get('/search/:name', reqValidator.videosSearch, miscMiddleware.cache(false), searchVideos)
+  router.get('/:id', reqValidator.videosGet, miscMiddleware.cache(false), getVideos)
+  router.delete('/:id', reqValidator.videosRemove, miscMiddleware.cache(false), removeVideo)
 
   module.exports = router
 })()
diff --git a/routes/views.js b/routes/views.js
index 690913a84..ebd97380e 100644
--- a/routes/views.js
+++ b/routes/views.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   }
 
   var express = require('express')
-  var middleware = require('../middlewares')
+  var middleware = require('../middlewares').misc
 
   var router = express.Router()