diff --git a/lib/Server.js b/lib/Server.js
index 8a46d66..4b847f6 100644
--- a/lib/Server.js
+++ b/lib/Server.js
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ Server.prototype._on_new_request = function(requestContext) {
     requestContext.requestRead = false;
     requestContext.server = this;
     requestContext.headers = {};
+    requestContext.statusCode = 200;
+    requestContext.reason = 'OK';
     requestContext.socket = new Socket(requestContext);
     requestContext.req = new ServerRequest(requestContext.socket);    
 
diff --git a/lib/Socket.js b/lib/Socket.js
index a934165..ad45161 100644
--- a/lib/Socket.js
+++ b/lib/Socket.js
@@ -89,9 +89,6 @@ Socket.prototype._writeHead = function (statusCode, reasonPhrase, headers) {
 };
 
 Socket.prototype.write = function(chunk, encoding, isEnd) {
-    if (!this._requestContext.headers)
-        throw new Error('The writeHead method must be called before the write method.');
-
     if (!this._requestContext.knownHeaders) {
 
         // First call to write prepares the cached response headers
diff --git a/samples/101_server.js b/samples/101_server.js
index b26495b..d8d6a70 100644
--- a/samples/101_server.js
+++ b/samples/101_server.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// var http = require('http');
+//var http = require('http');
 var http = require('../lib/httpsys').http();
 
 http.createServer(function (req, res) {