diff --git a/plugins/router_access/router_access.c b/plugins/router_access/router_access.c
index 073a9f2e..44e24443 100644
--- a/plugins/router_access/router_access.c
+++ b/plugins/router_access/router_access.c
@@ -9,54 +9,85 @@ int deny_severity = LOG_WARNING;
 
 int uwsgi_routing_func_access(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, struct uwsgi_route *ur){
 	int pass = 0;
-	char *action;
-	char *host;
+	char *access_data = malloc(0xff);
+	char *access_action = malloc(0xff);
+	char *access_param = malloc(0xff);
+	char *access_addr = malloc(0xff);
 
-	if (strchr((char *)ur->data, ',')){
-		action = strtok((char *)ur->data, ",");
-		host = strtok(NULL, "");
-	}
-
-	else {
-		action = "access:hosts";
-	}
+	bzero(access_data, 0xff);
+	bzero(access_action, 0xff);
+	bzero(access_param, 0xff);
+	bzero(access_addr, 0xff);
 
 	if (uwsgi_parse_vars(wsgi_req)) {
-		return -1;
+		return UWSGI_ROUTE_BREAK;
 	}
 
-	if (!strcmp(action, "access:hosts")){
-		// syntax access:hosts to use hosts.allow, hosts.deny
-		char *remote_addr = uwsgi_concat2n(wsgi_req->remote_addr, wsgi_req->remote_addr_len, "", 0);
+#ifdef UWSGI_DEBUG
+    uwsgi_log("Access: Parsing router: %s\n", ur->data);
+    strncpy(access_data, ur->data, 0xff);
+#endif
 
-		pass = hosts_ctl("uwsgi", STRING_UNKNOWN, remote_addr, STRING_UNKNOWN);
+	if (strchr(access_data, '=')){
+	    // parse router config: action=param
+		access_action = strtok(access_data, "=");
+		access_param = strtok(NULL, "");
+
+		uwsgi_log("Access: access_param = %d\n", access_param);
+
+		if (!access_param){
+    	    // config syntax error if no access_param
+    	    uwsgi_log("Access: syntax error - no paramater specified after action\n");
+    	    return UWSGI_ROUTE_BREAK;
+        }
+
+	} else {
+	    // set default access_action, access_param if no colon found
+		access_action = "hosts";
+		access_param = "uwsgi";
+
+#ifdef UWSGI_DEBUG
+        uwsgi_log("Access: Using defaults: access_action = %s, access_param = %s\n", access_action, access_param);
+#endif
 
-		free(remote_addr);
 	}
 	
-	else if (!strcmp(action, "access:allow")){
-		// implement hosts allow check on syntax access:allow,addr
+	if (!strncmp(access_action, "hosts", 4)){
+		// syntax access:hosts=svcname to use hosts.allow, hosts.deny with svcname as daemon name
+		access_addr = uwsgi_concat2n(wsgi_req->remote_addr, wsgi_req->remote_addr_len, "", 0);
+		pass = hosts_ctl(access_param, STRING_UNKNOWN, access_addr, STRING_UNKNOWN);
+	} else if (!strncmp(access_action, "allow", 4)){
+		// implement hosts allow check on syntax access:allow=addr
+	} else if (!strncmp(access_action, "deny", 3)){
+		// implement hosts deny check on syntax access:deny=addr
 	}
+	
+	free(access_data);
 
-	else if (!strcmp(host, "access:deny")){
-		// implement hosts deny check on syntax access:deny,addr
-	}
+	if (pass == 1){
 
-	if (pass){
 #ifdef UWSGI_DEBUG
-		uwsgi_log("Access: allowing access from %s\n", wsgi_req->remote_addr);
+		uwsgi_log("Access: allowing access from %s\n", access_addr);
 #endif
+        free(access_addr);
 		return UWSGI_ROUTE_NEXT;
-	}
-	else {
+	} else if (pass == 0){
 #ifdef UWSGI_DEBUG
-		uwsgi_log("Access: denying access from %s\n", wsgi_req->remote_addr);
+		uwsgi_log("Access: denying access from %s\n", access_addr);
 #endif
 		wsgi_req->status = 403;
 		wsgi_req->headers_size += wsgi_req->socket->proto_write_header(wsgi_req, "HTTP/1.0 403 Forbidden\r\nContent-Type: text/html\r\n\r\n", 51);
 		wsgi_req->response_size += wsgi_req->socket->proto_write(wsgi_req,"<h1>403 Forbidden</h1>", 23);
+
+		free(access_addr);
 		return UWSGI_ROUTE_BREAK;
 	}
+
+#ifdef UWSGI_DEBUG
+	uwsgi_log("Access: Something went wrong: %d\n", pass);
+#endif
+
+    free(access_addr);
 	return UWSGI_ROUTE_BREAK;
 }
 
@@ -75,4 +106,3 @@ struct uwsgi_plugin router_access_plugin = {
 	.name = "router_access",
 	.on_load = router_access_register,
 };
-