diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa13cae..41f50f9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 *.dSYM
 .DS_Store
 /lualib/rax.lua
+.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lualib/util/file.lua b/lualib/util/file.lua
index 06774de..fc9169d 100644
--- a/lualib/util/file.lua
+++ b/lualib/util/file.lua
@@ -56,8 +56,12 @@ local function read_filecache(_, filepath)
     if f then
         local content = f:read "a"
         f:close()
-        local mimetype = via_content(content, filepath)
-        filecache[filepath] = { content, mimetype }
+		if content then
+			local mimetype = via_content(content, filepath)
+			filecache[filepath] = { content, mimetype }
+		else
+			filecache[filepath] = {}
+		end
     else
         filecache[filepath] = {}
     end
diff --git a/lualib/wlua/request.lua b/lualib/wlua/request.lua
index 2375fe0..ca0b4f7 100644
--- a/lualib/wlua/request.lua
+++ b/lualib/wlua/request.lua
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ function M:new(id, interface)
         body_raw = body_raw,
         url = url,
         origin_uri = url,
-        uri = url,
         headers = headers, -- request headers
         code = code,