diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0bcfac..49a32b3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	d := elton.New()
+	e := elton.New()
 
-	d.Use(bodyparser.NewDefault())
+	e.Use(bodyparser.NewDefault())
 
-	d.POST("/user/login", func(c *elton.Context) (err error) {
+	e.POST("/user/login", func(c *elton.Context) (err error) {
 		c.BodyBuffer = bytes.NewBuffer(c.RequestBody)
 		return
 	})
 
-	d.ListenAndServe(":3000")
+	e.ListenAndServe(":3000")
 }
 ```
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func main() {
 create a new default body parser middleware. It include gzip and json decoder.
 
 ```go
-d.Use(bodyparser.NewDefault())
+e.Use(bodyparser.NewDefault())
 ```
 
 ### NewGzipDecoder
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ create a new gzip decoder
 ```go
 conf := bodyparser.Config{}
 conf.AddDecoder(bodyparser.NewGzipDecoder())
-d.Use(bodyparser.New(conf))
+e.Use(bodyparser.New(conf))
 ```
 
 ### NewJSONDecoder
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ create a new json decoder
 ```go
 conf := bodyparser.Config{}
 conf.AddDecoder(bodyparser.NewJSONDecoder())
-d.Use(bodyparser.New(conf))
+e.Use(bodyparser.New(conf))
 ```
 
 ### NewFormURLEncodedDecoder
@@ -67,5 +67,5 @@ conf := bodyparser.Config{
 	ContentTypeValidate: bodyparser.DefaultJSONAndFormContentTypeValidate
 }
 conf.AddDecoder(bodyparser.NewFormURLEncodedDecoder())
-d.Use(bodyparser.New(conf))
+e.Use(bodyparser.New(conf))
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/body_parser.go b/body_parser.go
index 2e9f422..605200c 100644
--- a/body_parser.go
+++ b/body_parser.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"compress/gzip"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
@@ -193,6 +194,52 @@ func doGunzip(buf []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	return ioutil.ReadAll(r)
 }
 
+type maxBytesReader struct {
+	r   io.ReadCloser // underlying reader
+	n   int64         // max bytes remaining
+	err error         // sticky error
+}
+
+func (l *maxBytesReader) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	if l.err != nil {
+		return 0, l.err
+	}
+	if len(p) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	// If they asked for a 32KB byte read but only 5 bytes are
+	// remaining, no need to read 32KB. 6 bytes will answer the
+	// question of the whether we hit the limit or go past it.
+	if int64(len(p)) > l.n+1 {
+		p = p[:l.n+1]
+	}
+	n, err = l.r.Read(p)
+
+	if int64(n) <= l.n {
+		l.n -= int64(n)
+		l.err = err
+		return n, err
+	}
+
+	l.err = fmt.Errorf("request body is too large, it should be <= %d", l.n)
+
+	n = int(l.n)
+	l.n = 0
+
+	return n, l.err
+}
+
+func (l *maxBytesReader) Close() error {
+	return l.r.Close()
+}
+
+func MaxBytesReader(r io.ReadCloser, n int64) *maxBytesReader {
+	return &maxBytesReader{
+		n: n,
+		r: r,
+	}
+}
+
 // New create a body parser
 func New(config Config) elton.Handler {
 	limit := defaultRequestBodyLimit
@@ -226,7 +273,12 @@ func New(config Config) elton.Handler {
 		}
 		// 如果request body为空，则表示未读取数据
 		if c.RequestBody == nil {
-			body, e := ioutil.ReadAll(c.Request.Body)
+			r := c.Request.Body
+			if limit > 0 {
+				r = MaxBytesReader(r, int64(limit))
+			}
+			defer r.Close()
+			body, e := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
 			if e != nil {
 				// IO 读取失败的认为是 exception
 				err = &hes.Error{
@@ -243,15 +295,6 @@ func New(config Config) elton.Handler {
 		}
 		body := c.RequestBody
 
-		if limit > 0 && len(body) > limit {
-			err = &hes.Error{
-				StatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
-				Message:    fmt.Sprintf("request body is %d bytes, it should be <= %d", len(body), limit),
-				Category:   ErrCategory,
-			}
-			return
-		}
-
 		decodeList := make([]Decode, 0)
 		for _, decoder := range config.Decoders {
 			if decoder.Validate(c) {
diff --git a/body_parser_test.go b/body_parser_test.go
index 202ae84..c9a5eef 100644
--- a/body_parser_test.go
+++ b/body_parser_test.go
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ func TestBodyParser(t *testing.T) {
 		c := elton.NewContext(nil, req)
 		err := bodyParser(c)
 		assert.NotNil(err)
-		assert.Equal(err.Error(), "category=elton-body-parser, message=request body is 3 bytes, it should be <= 1")
+		assert.Equal(err.Error(), "category=elton-body-parser, message=request body is too large, it should be <= 1")
 	})
 
 	t.Run("parse json success", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/example/main.go b/example/main.go
index 1a7fcaf..ad3dfdb 100644
--- a/example/main.go
+++ b/example/main.go
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ import (
 )
 
 func main() {
-	d := elton.New()
+	e := elton.New()
 
-	d.Use(bodyparser.NewDefault())
+	e.Use(bodyparser.NewDefault())
 
-	d.POST("/user/login", func(c *elton.Context) (err error) {
+	e.POST("/user/login", func(c *elton.Context) (err error) {
 		c.BodyBuffer = bytes.NewBuffer(c.RequestBody)
 		return
 	})
 
-	err := d.ListenAndServe(":3000")
+	err := e.ListenAndServe(":3000")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index af55017..b42de63 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ go 1.12
 
 require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
-	github.com/vicanso/elton v0.2.2
+	github.com/vicanso/elton v0.2.3
 	github.com/vicanso/hes v0.2.1
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5cd9e0b..be84897 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
-github.com/vicanso/elton v0.2.2 h1:MZ5nfJFKBWDWnFPO8wRyPat8kZz3KoNBY0scemo7RFQ=
-github.com/vicanso/elton v0.2.2/go.mod h1:QFZ+Un4LLBANtl0mExkqLD4uqw3JLA2ZCWUHaCsHOUg=
+github.com/vicanso/elton v0.2.3 h1:XQskGFtw/hhtNXRU7dLX0OFcpG64pK4PMXh9CVjHVbA=
+github.com/vicanso/elton v0.2.3/go.mod h1:QFZ+Un4LLBANtl0mExkqLD4uqw3JLA2ZCWUHaCsHOUg=
 github.com/vicanso/hes v0.2.1 h1:jRFEADmiQ30koVY/sKwlkhyXM5B3QbVVizLqrjNJgPw=
 github.com/vicanso/hes v0.2.1/go.mod h1:QcxOFmFfBQMhASTaLgnFayXYCgevdSeBVprt+o+3eKo=
 github.com/vicanso/intranet-ip v0.0.1 h1:cYS+mExFsKqewWSuHtFwAqw/CO66GsheB/P1BPmSTx0=