diff --git a/CRUD/service/mime_types.hpp b/CRUD/service/mime_types.hpp
index 09865d3..bc887e2 100644
--- a/CRUD/service/mime_types.hpp
+++ b/CRUD/service/mime_types.hpp
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ struct mapping
   { "jpg", "image/jpeg" },
   { "png", "image/png" },
   { "json", "application/json"},
-  { "css", "text/css"}
+  { "css", "text/css"},
+  { "txt", "text/plain"}
 };
 
 
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ constexpr const char* JPG  = mime_types::extension_to_type("jpg");
 constexpr const char* PNG  = mime_types::extension_to_type("png");
 constexpr const char* JSON = mime_types::extension_to_type("json");
 constexpr const char* CSS  = mime_types::extension_to_type("css");
+constexpr const char* TXT  = mime_types::extension_to_type("txt");
 
 /// Convert a file extension into a MIME type.
 std::string extension_to_type(const std::string& extension);
diff --git a/CRUD/service/reply.cpp b/CRUD/service/reply.cpp
index 9f08589..64a56a2 100644
--- a/CRUD/service/reply.cpp
+++ b/CRUD/service/reply.cpp
@@ -247,11 +247,22 @@ reply reply::stock_reply(reply::status_type status, const char* mime)
   rep.status = status;
   if ( status != reply::no_content) {
     rep.content = stock_replies::to_string(status);
-    rep.headers.resize(2);
-    rep.headers[0].name = "Content-Length";
-    rep.headers[0].value = std::to_string(rep.content.size());
-    rep.headers[1].name = "Content-Type";
-    rep.headers[1].value = mime;
+    rep.headers.reserve(2);
+    rep.headers.emplace_back("Content-Length", std::to_string(rep.content.size()));
+    rep.headers.emplace_back("Content-Type", mime);
+  }
+  return rep;
+}
+
+reply reply::custom_reply(reply::status_type status, const char* mime, std::string_view payload)
+{
+  reply rep;
+  rep.status = status;
+  if ( status != reply::no_content) {
+    rep.content = payload;
+    rep.headers.reserve(2);
+    rep.headers.emplace_back("Content-Length", std::to_string(rep.content.size()));
+    rep.headers.emplace_back("Content-Type", mime);
   }
   return rep;
 }
diff --git a/CRUD/service/reply.hpp b/CRUD/service/reply.hpp
index b38c3b0..d9c8187 100644
--- a/CRUD/service/reply.hpp
+++ b/CRUD/service/reply.hpp
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ struct reply
 
   /// Get a stock reply.
   static reply stock_reply(status_type status, const char* mime = mime_types::HTML);
+  
+  /// Build a custom reply.
+  static reply custom_reply(status_type status, const char* mime, std::string_view payload);
 
   /// flush function to be used by reply & operator<<(reply &r , const reply::flush &) 
   template<typename FlushT>