diff --git a/docs/components.md b/docs/components.md
index e98224f8..7aca51a9 100644
--- a/docs/components.md
+++ b/docs/components.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ var Contact = function(data) {
 	this.email = m.prop(data.email)
 }
 Contact.list = function(data) {
-	return m.request({method: "GET", url: "/api/contact", data: data})
+	return m.request({method: "GET", url: "/api/contact", type: Contact})
 }
 Contact.save = function(data) {
 	return m.request({method: "POST", url: "/api/contact", data: data})
diff --git a/docs/mithril.component.md b/docs/mithril.component.md
index b6396d7a..4995a880 100644
--- a/docs/mithril.component.md
+++ b/docs/mithril.component.md
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Components can be placed anywhere a regular element can. If you have components
 
 ```javascript
 var App = {
-	ctrl: function() {
+	controller: function() {
 		return {data: [1, 2, 3]}
 	}
 	view: function(ctrl) {
diff --git a/docs/mithril.route.md b/docs/mithril.route.md
index 87715abc..f46e3034 100644
--- a/docs/mithril.route.md
+++ b/docs/mithril.route.md
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ m.route(document.body, "/", {
 });
 
 //re-route to dashboard
-m.route("/dashboard"); // logs "unloading home"
+m.route("/dashboard"); // logs "unloading home component"
 ```
 
 This mechanism is useful to clear timers and unsubscribe event handlers. If you have a hierarchy of components, you can recursively call `onunload` on all the components in the tree or use a [pubsub](http://microjs.com/#pubsub) library to unload specific components on demand.
diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index 707d09aa..d5e55d84 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -859,6 +859,7 @@ var m = (function app(window, undefined) {
 		prop.then = function(resolve, reject) {
 			return propify(promise.then(resolve, reject), initialValue)
 		};
+		prop.catch = prop.then.bind(null, null)
 		return prop
 	}
 	//Promiz.mithril.js | Zolmeister | MIT
diff --git a/tests/mithril-tests.js b/tests/mithril-tests.js
index 8374bd3e..436b61f7 100644
--- a/tests/mithril-tests.js
+++ b/tests/mithril-tests.js
@@ -3872,6 +3872,12 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 		mock.XMLHttpRequest.$instances.pop().onreadystatechange()
 		return prop().message === "error occurred" && error().message === "error occurred"
 	})
+	test(function() {
+		var error = m.prop("no error")
+		var prop = m.request({method: "GET", url: "test", deserialize: function() {throw new Error("error occurred")}}).catch(error)
+		mock.XMLHttpRequest.$instances.pop().onreadystatechange()
+		return prop().message === "error occurred" && error().message === "error occurred"
+	})
 	test(function() {
 		var error = m.prop("no error"), exception
 		var prop = m.request({method: "GET", url: "test", deserialize: function() {throw new TypeError("error occurred")}}).then(null, error)
@@ -4052,6 +4058,13 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 		deferred.reject("test")
 		return value === "test"
 	})
+	test(function() {
+		var value
+		var deferred = m.deferred()
+		deferred.promise.catch(function(data) {value = data})
+		deferred.reject("test")
+		return value === "test"
+	})
 	test(function() {
 		var value
 		var deferred = m.deferred()
@@ -4059,6 +4072,13 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 		deferred.reject("test")
 		return value === "foo"
 	})
+	test(function() {
+		var value
+		var deferred = m.deferred()
+		deferred.promise.catch(function(data) {return "foo"}).then(function(data) {value = data})
+		deferred.reject("test")
+		return value === "foo"
+	})
 	test(function() {
 		var value1, value2
 		var deferred = m.deferred()
@@ -4224,6 +4244,13 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 		deferred1.resolve("test")
 		return value[0] === "test" && value[1] === "foo"
 	})
+	test(function() {
+		var value
+		var deferred = m.deferred()
+		m.sync([deferred.promise]).catch(function(data) {value = data})
+		deferred.reject("fail")
+		return value[0] === "fail"
+	})
 	test(function() {
 		var value = 1
 		m.sync([]).then(function() {value = 2})