diff --git a/defaults/defaults.go b/defaults/defaults.go
index 0a6b997..6859335 100644
--- a/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ import (
 	"github.com/volatiletech/authboss"
 )
 
-// SetDefaultCore creates instances of all the default pieces
-//
-// Assumes you have a ViewRenderer already set.
-func SetDefaultCore(config *authboss.Config, useUsername bool) {
+// SetCore creates instances of all the default pieces
+// with the exception of ViewRenderer which should be already set
+// before calling this method.
+func SetCore(config *authboss.Config, useUsername bool) {
 	logger := NewLogger(os.Stdout)
 
 	config.Core.Router = NewRouter()
-	config.Core.ErrorHandler = ErrorHandler{LogWriter: logger}
-	config.Core.Responder = &Responder{Renderer: config.Core.ViewRenderer}
-	config.Core.Redirector = &Redirector{Renderer: config.Core.ViewRenderer, FormValueName: "redir"}
+	config.Core.ErrorHandler = NewErrorHandler(logger)
+	config.Core.Responder = NewResponder(config.Core.ViewRenderer)
+	config.Core.Redirector = NewRedirector(config.Core.ViewRenderer, RedirectFormValueName)
 	config.Core.BodyReader = NewHTTPFormReader(useUsername)
 	config.Core.Mailer = NewLogMailer(os.Stdout)
 	config.Core.Logger = logger
diff --git a/defaults/error_handler.go b/defaults/error_handler.go
index 010e69c..0530534 100644
--- a/defaults/error_handler.go
+++ b/defaults/error_handler.go
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ type ErrorHandler struct {
 	LogWriter authboss.Logger
 }
 
+// NewErrorHandler constructor
+func NewErrorHandler(logger authboss.Logger) ErrorHandler {
+	return ErrorHandler{LogWriter: logger}
+}
+
 // Wrap an http handler with an error
 func (e ErrorHandler) Wrap(handler func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error) http.Handler {
 	return errorHandler{
diff --git a/defaults/responder.go b/defaults/responder.go
index 55aa9cb..22d48f4 100644
--- a/defaults/responder.go
+++ b/defaults/responder.go
@@ -6,11 +6,22 @@ import (
 	"github.com/volatiletech/authboss"
 )
 
+const (
+	// RedirectFormValueName is the name of the form field
+	// in the http request that will be used when redirecting
+	RedirectFormValueName = "redir"
+)
+
 // Responder helps respond to http requests
 type Responder struct {
 	Renderer authboss.Renderer
 }
 
+// NewResponder constructor
+func NewResponder(renderer authboss.Renderer) *Responder {
+	return &Responder{Renderer: renderer}
+}
+
 // Respond to an HTTP request. It's main job is to merge data that comes in from
 // various middlewares via the context with the data sent by the controller and render that.
 func (r *Responder) Respond(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, code int, templateName string, data authboss.HTMLData) error {
@@ -37,10 +48,15 @@ func isAPIRequest(r *http.Request) bool {
 
 // Redirector for http requests
 type Redirector struct {
+	Renderer authboss.Renderer
+
 	// FormValueName for the redirection
 	FormValueName string
+}
 
-	Renderer authboss.Renderer
+// NewRedirector constructor
+func NewRedirector(renderer authboss.Renderer, formValueName string) *Redirector {
+	return &Redirector{FormValueName: formValueName, Renderer: renderer}
 }
 
 // Redirect the client elsewhere. If it's an API request it will simply render