diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0f856b5..d7b70cc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prepublish": "npm run build",
     "build": "tsc",
-    "test": "mocha -r ts-node/register src/**/*.spec.ts",
-    "testwatch": "mocha -r ts-node/register -w --watch-extensions ts src/**/*.spec.ts",
-    "lint": "tslint src/**/*.ts"
+    "test": "./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha -r ts-node/register src/**/*.spec.ts",
+    "testwatch": "./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha -r ts-node/register -w --watch-extensions ts src/**/*.spec.ts",
+    "lint": "./node_modules/tslint/bin/tslint src/**/*.ts"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
     "serverless"
   ],
   "author": "Krishna Kant Sharma <kks@krishnakantsharma.com>",
+  "contributors": [
+    "Ifiok Idiang <ifiok@ifiok.com>"
+  ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/kksharma1618/lambda-restify/issues"
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@
     "nodemon": "^1.11.0",
     "npm-run-series": "^1.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^3.0.4",
+    "tslint": "^5.10.0",
     "typescript": "^2.3.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/lib/body_parser.ts b/src/lib/body_parser.ts
index 1045aee..33d922a 100644
--- a/src/lib/body_parser.ts
+++ b/src/lib/body_parser.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ export default function(req, res, next) {
     if (!req.body) {
         return next()
     }
-    const contentType = req.header('content-type')
+    let contentType = req.header('content-type')
     if (!contentType) {
         return next()
     }
+    const jsonPatternMatcher = new RegExp('^application/[a-zA-Z.]+\\+json');
+    // map any +json to application/json
+    if (jsonPatternMatcher.test(contentType)) {
+        contentType = 'application/json';
+    }
+
     switch (contentType) {
         case 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded':
             req.body = qs.parse(req.rawBody)
@@ -23,4 +29,4 @@ export default function(req, res, next) {
             break
     }
     next()
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/router.ts b/src/lib/router.ts
index f58dc8a..c6bc346 100644
--- a/src/lib/router.ts
+++ b/src/lib/router.ts
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ export default class Router extends EventEmitter {
             return
         }
 
-        for (let i = 0; i < routes.length; i++) {
+        for (const route of routes) {
             try {
-                params = matchURL(routes[i].path, req.path())
+                params = matchURL(route.path, req.path())
                 // console.log('p', params, req.path())
             } catch (e) {
                 this.log.trace({ err: e }, 'error parsing URL')
@@ -170,12 +170,12 @@ export default class Router extends EventEmitter {
                 continue
             }
 
-            reverse = this.reverse[routes[i].path.source]
+            reverse = this.reverse[route.path.source]
 
-            if (routes[i].types.length && req.isUpload()) {
+            if (route.types.length && req.isUpload()) {
                 candidates.push({
                     p: params,
-                    r: routes[i]
+                    r: route
                 })
                 typed = true
                 continue
@@ -185,15 +185,15 @@ export default class Router extends EventEmitter {
             // not the first one.  However, if neither the client nor
             // server specified any version, we're done, because neither
             // cared
-            if (routes[i].versions.length === 0 && req.version() === '*') {
-                r = routes[i]
+            if (route.versions.length === 0 && req.version() === '*') {
+                r = route
                 break
             }
 
-            if (routes[i].versions.length > 0) {
+            if (route.versions.length > 0) {
                 candidates.push({
                     p: params,
-                    r: routes[i]
+                    r: route
                 })
                 versioned = true
             }