diff --git a/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim b/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
index f40090c64e..e0f3b6fc2e 100644
--- a/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
+++ b/lib/pure/asynchttpserver.nim
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ proc respond*(req: TRequest, code: THttpCode,
 
 proc newRequest(): TRequest =
   result.headers = newStringTable(modeCaseInsensitive)
+  result.hostname = ""
+  result.body = ""
 
 proc parseHeader(line: string): tuple[key, value: string] =
   var i = 0