diff --git a/auth/auth.go b/auth/auth.go
index d7223ca..7c43865 100644
--- a/auth/auth.go
+++ b/auth/auth.go
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	ModuleName = "auth"
-
 	methodGET  = "GET"
 	methodPOST = "POST"
 
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	authboss.RegisterModule(ModuleName, &Auth{})
+	authboss.RegisterModule("auth", &Auth{})
 }
 
 // Auth module
diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 569859c..96c0c9e 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	RootURL string
 	// BCryptCost is the cost of the bcrypt password hashing function.
 	BCryptCost int
-	// If true, authboss won't use any goroutines. Dependencies of authboss may or may not use goroutines.
-	DisableGoroutines bool
 
 	// PrimaryID is the primary identifier of the user. Set to one of:
 	// authboss.StoreEmail, authboss.StoreUsername (StoreEmail is default)
@@ -106,7 +104,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// a Storer on demand from the current http request. Unless you have an exceedingly unusual
 	// special requirement, defining Storer directly is the preferred pattern; literally the only
 	// known use case at the time of this property being added is Google App Engine, which requires
-	// the current context as an argument to its datastore API methods.
+	// the current context as an argument to its datastore API methods. To avoid passing StoreMaker
+	// an expired request object, where relevant, calls to this function will never be spun off as
+	// goroutines.
 	StoreMaker StoreMaker
 	// OAuth2Storer is a different kind of storer only meant for OAuth2.
 	OAuth2Storer OAuth2Storer
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// a OAuth2Storer on demand from the current http request. Unless you have an exceedingly unusual
 	// special requirement, defining OAuth2Storer directly is the preferred pattern; literally the only
 	// known use case at the time of this property being added is Google App Engine, which requires
-	// the current context as an argument to its datastore API methods.
+	// the current context as an argument to its datastore API methods. To avoid passing OAuth2StoreMaker
+	// an expired request object, where relevant, calls to this function will never be spun off as
+	// goroutines.
 	OAuth2StoreMaker OAuth2StoreMaker
 	// CookieStoreMaker must be defined to provide an interface capapable of storing cookies
 	// for the given response, and reading them from the request.
@@ -129,7 +131,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// a LogWriter on demand from the current http request. Unless you have an exceedingly unusual
 	// special requirement, defining LogWriter directly is the preferred pattern; literally the only
 	// known use case at the time of this property being added is Google App Engine, which requires
-	// the current context as an argument to its logging API methods.
+	// the current context as an argument to its logging API methods. To avoid passing LogWriteMaker
+	// an expired request object, where relevant, calls to this function will never be spun off as
+	// goroutines.
 	LogWriteMaker LogWriteMaker
 	// Mailer is the mailer being used to send e-mails out. Authboss defines two loggers for use
 	// LogMailer and SMTPMailer, the default is a LogMailer to io.Discard.
@@ -138,7 +142,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// a Mailer on demand from the current http request. Unless you have an exceedingly unusual
 	// special requirement, defining Mailer directly is the preferred pattern; literally the only
 	// known use case at the time of this property being added is Google App Engine, which requires
-	// the current context as an argument to its mail API methods.
+	// the current context as an argument to its mail API methods. To avoid passing MailMaker
+	// an expired request object, where relevant, calls to this function will never be spun off as
+	// goroutines.
 	MailMaker MailMaker
 	// ContextProvider provides a context for a given request
 	ContextProvider func(*http.Request) context.Context
diff --git a/confirm/confirm.go b/confirm/confirm.go
index 2dc176c..689bf8c 100644
--- a/confirm/confirm.go
+++ b/confirm/confirm.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ import (
 
 // Storer and FormValue constants
 const (
-	ModuleName = "confirm"
-
 	StoreConfirmToken = "confirm_token"
 	StoreConfirmed    = "confirmed"
 
@@ -43,7 +41,7 @@ type ConfirmStorer interface {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	authboss.RegisterModule(ModuleName, &Confirm{})
+	authboss.RegisterModule("confirm", &Confirm{})
 }
 
 // Confirm module
@@ -138,7 +136,7 @@ func (c *Confirm) afterRegister(ctx *authboss.Context) error {
 }
 
 var goConfirmEmail = func(c *Confirm, ctx *authboss.Context, to, token string) {
-	if ctx.DisableGoroutines {
+	if ctx.MailMaker != nil {
 		c.confirmEmail(ctx, to, token)
 	} else {
 		go c.confirmEmail(ctx, to, token)
diff --git a/lock/lock.go b/lock/lock.go
index 249f9ca..41a56fd 100644
--- a/lock/lock.go
+++ b/lock/lock.go
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 
 // Storage key constants
 const (
-	ModuleName = "Lock"
-
 	StoreAttemptNumber = "attempt_number"
 	StoreAttemptTime   = "attempt_time"
 	StoreLocked        = "locked"
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	authboss.RegisterModule(ModuleName, &Lock{})
+	authboss.RegisterModule("lock", &Lock{})
 }
 
 // Lock module
diff --git a/oauth2/oauth2.go b/oauth2/oauth2.go
index 5bc6141..cae969c 100644
--- a/oauth2/oauth2.go
+++ b/oauth2/oauth2.go
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"gopkg.in/authboss.v0/internal/response"
 )
 
-const (
-	ModuleName = "oauth2"
-)
-
 var (
 	errOAuthStateValidation = errors.New("Could not validate oauth2 state param")
 )
@@ -31,7 +27,7 @@ type OAuth2 struct {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	authboss.RegisterModule(ModuleName, &OAuth2{})
+	authboss.RegisterModule("oauth2", &OAuth2{})
 }
 
 // Initialize module
diff --git a/recover/recover.go b/recover/recover.go
index afa664f..bcb300c 100644
--- a/recover/recover.go
+++ b/recover/recover.go
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 const (
-	ModuleName = "recover"
-
 	methodGET  = "GET"
 	methodPOST = "POST"
 
@@ -58,7 +56,7 @@ type RecoverStorer interface {
 
 func init() {
 	m := &Recover{}
-	authboss.RegisterModule(ModuleName, m)
+	authboss.RegisterModule("recover", m)
 }
 
 // Recover module
@@ -197,7 +195,7 @@ func newToken() (encodedToken, encodedChecksum string, err error) {
 }
 
 var goRecoverEmail = func(r *Recover, ctx *authboss.Context, to, encodedToken string) {
-	if ctx.DisableGoroutines {
+	if ctx.MailMaker != nil {
 		r.sendRecoverEmail(ctx, to, encodedToken)
 	} else {
 		go r.sendRecoverEmail(ctx, to, encodedToken)
diff --git a/recover/recover_test.go b/recover/recover_test.go
index 42642c7..ab77eba 100644
--- a/recover/recover_test.go
+++ b/recover/recover_test.go
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ func TestRecover_sendRecoverMail_FailToSend(t *testing.T) {
 	mailer.SendErr = "failed to send"
 	r.Mailer = mailer
 
-	r.sendRecoverEmail("", "")
+	r.sendRecoverEmail(r.NewContext(), "", "")
 
 	if !strings.Contains(logger.String(), "failed to send") {
 		t.Error("Expected logged to have msg:", "failed to send")
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ func TestRecover_sendRecoverEmail(t *testing.T) {
 	r.RootURL = "bar"
 	r.Mailer = mailer
 
-	r.sendRecoverEmail("a@b.c", "abc=")
+	r.sendRecoverEmail(r.NewContext(), "a@b.c", "abc=")
 	if len(mailer.Last.To) != 1 {
 		t.Error("Expected 1 to email")
 	}
diff --git a/register/register.go b/register/register.go
index ad85af6..a1ecf8e 100644
--- a/register/register.go
+++ b/register/register.go
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	ModuleName = "register"
-
 	tplRegister = "register.html.tpl"
 )
 
@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@ type RegisterStorer interface {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	authboss.RegisterModule(ModuleName, &Register{})
+	authboss.RegisterModule("register", &Register{})
 }
 
 // Register module.
diff --git a/remember/remember.go b/remember/remember.go
index d07ec0a..d6a9597 100644
--- a/remember/remember.go
+++ b/remember/remember.go
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	ModuleName = "remember"
-
 	nRandBytes = 32
 )
 
@@ -41,7 +39,7 @@ type RememberStorer interface {
 }
 
 func init() {
-	authboss.RegisterModule(ModuleName, &Remember{})
+	authboss.RegisterModule("remember", &Remember{})
 }
 
 // Remember module