diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 5bfed343..3a64469c 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## 1.0.39
+## 1.0.39 & 1.0.40
 
 Fix the ReactiveMongo module
 
diff --git a/project/Acolyte.scala b/project/Acolyte.scala
index 1bdc1095..2725b65e 100644
--- a/project/Acolyte.scala
+++ b/project/Acolyte.scala
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ object Acolyte extends Build with Dependencies with Format
       jdbcDriver, jdbcScala, jdbcClojure, studio).
     settings(
       organization in ThisBuild := "org.eu.acolyte",
-      version in ThisBuild := s"1.0.40${versionVariant}",
+      version in ThisBuild := s"1.0.41${versionVariant}",
       javaOptions in ThisBuild ++= Seq(
         "-source", javaVersion, "-target", javaVersion),
       scalaVersion in ThisBuild := "2.11.8",
diff --git a/reactive-mongo/src/main/scala/Akka.scala b/reactive-mongo/src/main/scala/Akka.scala
index e1124c96..eb09ac80 100644
--- a/reactive-mongo/src/main/scala/Akka.scala
+++ b/reactive-mongo/src/main/scala/Akka.scala
@@ -125,19 +125,26 @@ private[reactivemongo] class Actor(handler: ConnectionHandler)
           )
         }
 
-        case _ ⇒ Try(handler.queryHandler(cid, req)) match {
-          case Failure(cause) ⇒ InvalidQueryHandler(cid, cause.getMessage)
+        case Request(coln, SimpleBody(ps)) ⇒ {
+          val qreq = new Request {
+            val collection = coln
+            val body = ps.collectFirst {
+              case ("$query", q @ BSONDocument(_)) ⇒ q
+            }.fold(req.body)(List(_))
+          }
+
+          Try(handler.queryHandler(cid, qreq)) match {
+            case Failure(cause) ⇒ InvalidQueryHandler(cid, cause.getMessage)
 
-          case Success(res) ⇒ res.fold(
-            NoQueryResponse(cid, msg.toString)
-          )(_ match {
+            case Success(res) ⇒ res.fold(NoQueryResponse(cid, msg.toString)) {
               case Success(r) ⇒ r
               case Failure(e) ⇒ MongoDB.QueryError(cid, Option(e.getMessage).
                 getOrElse(e.getClass.getName)) match {
                 case Success(err) ⇒ err
                 case _            ⇒ MongoDB.MkQueryError(cid)
               }
-            })
+            }
+          }
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/reactive-mongo/src/test/scala/DriverSpec.scala b/reactive-mongo/src/test/scala/DriverSpec.scala
index 9126435c..48cf8571 100644
--- a/reactive-mongo/src/test/scala/DriverSpec.scala
+++ b/reactive-mongo/src/test/scala/DriverSpec.scala
@@ -298,13 +298,15 @@ class DriverSpec extends org.specs2.mutable.Specification
       "as error when query handler returns no query result" in {
         implicit ee: EE ⇒
           withFlatDriver { implicit drv: MongoDriver ⇒
-            AcolyteDSL.withFlatQueryHandler(
-              { _: Request ⇒ QueryResponse.empty }
-            ) { con: MongoConnection ⇒
-                AcolyteDSL.withFlatCollection(con, query3.collection) {
-                  _.find(query3.body.head).cursor[BSONDocument]().collect[List]()
-                }
+            AcolyteDSL.withFlatQueryHandler({
+              case Request("acolyte.test3", SimpleBody(
+                ("filter", BSONString("valC")) :: Nil)) ⇒ QueryResponse.empty
+            }) { con: MongoConnection ⇒
+              AcolyteDSL.withFlatCollection(con, query3.collection) {
+                _.find(query3.body.head).
+                  cursor[BSONDocument]().collect[List]()
               }
+            }
           }.map(_.isEmpty) aka "query result" must beTrue.await(0, timeout)
       }
 
diff --git a/site.xml b/site.xml
index 992dd81e..23914311 100644
--- a/site.xml
+++ b/site.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>org.eu.acolyte</groupId>
   <artifactId>acolyte</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.40</version>
+  <version>1.0.41</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <name>Acolyte</name>
 
diff --git a/studio/pom.xml b/studio/pom.xml
index 4207f071..cad7d4b9 100644
--- a/studio/pom.xml
+++ b/studio/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <artifactId>studio</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
   <name>Acolyte Studio</name>
-  <version>1.0.40</version>
+  <version>1.0.41</version>
   <url>https://github.com/cchantep/acolyte/</url>
 
   <scm>