diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index fdbd1b518..47d307241 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ gem "jruby-openssl", :platforms => :jruby # For enabling SSL support, CPL/GPL 2.
 
 gem "minitest" # License: Ruby
 gem "rack" # License: MIT
-gem "mizuno", :platforms => :jruby # License: Apache 2.0
+gem "ftw", "~> 0.0.11"  # License: Apache 2.0
 gem "sinatra" # License: MIT-style
 gem "haml" # License: MIT
 gem "sass" # License: MIT
diff --git a/lib/logstash/test.rb b/lib/logstash/test.rb
index 2bdfb20fc..547d890b8 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/test.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/test.rb
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class LogStash::Test
       check_lib("statsd", "statsd-ruby", :optional, "required for statsd output"),
 
       # logstash web
-      check_lib("mizuno", "mizuno", :required, "needed for logstash web"),
+      check_lib("ftw", "ftw", :required, "needed for logstash web"),
       check_lib("rack", "rack", :required, "needed for logstash web"),
       check_lib("sinatra", "sinatra", :required, "needed for logstash web"),
       check_lib("sass", "sass", :required, "needed for logstash web"),
diff --git a/lib/logstash/web/controllers/static_files.rb b/lib/logstash/web/controllers/static_files.rb
index 94b32d149..7b37b05f9 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/web/controllers/static_files.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/web/controllers/static_files.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,13 @@
 require "sinatra/base"
 
 class LogStash::Web::Server < Sinatra::Base
-  # Mizuno can't serve static files from a jar
-  # https://github.com/matadon/mizuno/issues/9
-  #if __FILE__ =~ /^file:.+!.+$/
-    get '/js/*' do static_file end
-    get '/css/*' do static_file end
-    get '/media/*' do static_file end
-    get '/ws/*' do static_file end
-  #else
-    ## If here, we aren't running from a jar; safe to serve files
-    ## through the normal public handler.
-    #set :public, "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/public"
-  #end
+  get '/js/*' do static_file end
+  get '/css/*' do static_file end
+  get '/media/*' do static_file end
+  get '/ws/*' do static_file end
+  ## If here, we aren't running from a jar; safe to serve files
+  ## through the normal public handler.
+  #set :public, "#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/public"
 
   def static_file
     # request.path_info is the full path of the request.
diff --git a/lib/logstash/web/runner.rb b/lib/logstash/web/runner.rb
index fc521d9d0..89c23abb1 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/web/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/web/runner.rb
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 require "logstash/namespace"
-require "mizuno" # gem mizuno
+require "ftw" # gem ftw
+require "rack/handler/ftw" # gem ftw
 
 class LogStash::Web::Runner
-  Settings = Struct.new(:logfile, :address, :port,
-                        :backend_url, :bind_host)
+  Settings = Struct.new(:logfile, :address, :port, :backend_url, :bind_host)
 
   public
   def run(args)
@@ -59,12 +59,13 @@ class LogStash::Web::Runner
       STDOUT.reopen(logfile)
       STDERR.reopen(logfile)
     end
+    Cabin::Channel.get.subscribe(STDOUT)
 
     @thread = Thread.new do
-      Mizuno::HttpServer.run(
-        LogStash::Web::Server.new(settings),
-        :port => settings.port,
-        :host => settings.address)
+      Cabin::Channel.get.info("Starting web server", :settings => settings)
+      Rack::Handler::FTW.run(LogStash::Web::Server.new(settings),
+                             :Host => settings.address,
+                             :Port => settings.port)
     end
 
     return args
diff --git a/lib/logstash/web/server.rb b/lib/logstash/web/server.rb
index 5e900a45c..186ca3035 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/web/server.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/web/server.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env ruby
-# I don't want folks to have to learn to use yet another tool (rackup)
-# just to launch logstash-web. So let's work like a standard ruby
-# library.
-
 
 $:.unshift("%s/../lib" % File.dirname(__FILE__))
 $:.unshift(File.dirname(__FILE__))
@@ -16,6 +12,7 @@ require "logstash/web/controllers/search"
 require "logstash/web/controllers/static_files"
 require "logstash/web/helpers/require_param"
 require "optparse"
+require "cabin" # gem cabin
 require "rack" # gem rack
 require "sinatra/base" # gem sinatra
 require "haml"
@@ -24,6 +21,12 @@ require "sass"
 Encoding.default_external = Encoding::UTF_8
 Encoding.default_internal = Encoding::UTF_8
 
+class FTW::Connection
+  def rewind
+    # Rack::Request (Or sinatra?) calls #rewind. fake it.
+  end
+end
+
 class LogStash::Web::Server < Sinatra::Base
 
   mime_type :html, "text/html"
@@ -61,6 +64,8 @@ class LogStash::Web::Server < Sinatra::Base
 
   def initialize(settings)
     super()
+    logger = Cabin::Channel.get
+    logger.info("settings", :settings => settings)
 
     # TODO(sissel): Make this better.
     backend_url = URI.parse(settings.backend_url)
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ class LogStash::Web::Server < Sinatra::Base
           :port => backend_url.port
         )
     end # backend_url.scheme
+    logger.info("init done")
   end
 
   get '/style.css' do