diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index adfefaa7..53ebffe4 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ require (
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.55.0 // indirect
 	github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0f972aaf..26ec34a1 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 h1:eLKJA0d02Lf0mVpIDgYnqXcUn0GqVmEFny3VuID1U3M=
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0/go.mod h1:sms7XGricyQI9K10gOSf56VKKWS4oLer58Q+mhRPtnY=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4 h1:wfIWP927BUkWJb2NmU/kNDYIBTh/ziUX91+lVfRxZq4=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 h1:6KIumPrER1LHsvBVuDa0r5xaG0Es51mhhB9BQB2qeMA=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.2.1/go.mod h1:ipq/a2n7PKx3OHsz4KJII5eveXtPO4qwEXGdVfWzfnI=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
@@ -26,6 +30,10 @@ github.com/urfave/cli-docs/v3 v3.0.0-alpha5 h1:H1oWnR2/GN0dNm2PVylws+GxSOD6YOwW/
 github.com/urfave/cli-docs/v3 v3.0.0-alpha5/go.mod h1:AIqom6Q60U4tiqHp41i7+/AB2XHgi1WvQ7jOFlccmZ4=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.0.0-alpha9 h1:P0RMy5fQm1AslQS+XCmy9UknDXctOmG/q/FZkUFnJSo=
 github.com/urfave/cli/v3 v3.0.0-alpha9/go.mod h1:0kK/RUFHyh+yIKSfWxwheGndfnrvYSmYFVeKCh03ZUc=
+github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
+github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
+github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.55.0 h1:Zkefzgt6a7+bVKHnu/YaYSOPfNYNisSVBo/unVCf8k8=
+github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.55.0/go.mod h1:NkY9JtkrpPKmgwV3HTaS2HWaJss9RSIsRVfcxxoHiOM=
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1 h1:gEOO8jv9F4OT7lGCjxCBTO/36wtF6j2nSip77qHd4x4=
 github.com/xrash/smetrics v0.0.0-20240521201337-686a1a2994c1/go.mod h1:Ohn+xnUBiLI6FVj/9LpzZWtj1/D6lUovWYBkxHVV3aM=
 go.uber.org/automaxprocs v1.5.3 h1:kWazyxZUrS3Gs4qUpbwo5kEIMGe/DAvi5Z4tl2NW4j8=
diff --git a/internal/cli/perftest/command.go b/internal/cli/perftest/command.go
index 4371d631..9265a0fa 100644
--- a/internal/cli/perftest/command.go
+++ b/internal/cli/perftest/command.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func NewCommand(log *logger.Logger) *cli.Command { //nolint:funlen,gocognit
 		Aliases: []string{"perf", "test"},
 		Hidden:  true,
 		Usage:   "Simple performance (load) test for the HTTP server",
-		Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error {
+		Action: func(ctx context.Context, c *cli.Command) error { // TODO: use fasthttp.Client
 			var (
 				perfCtx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(ctx, c.Duration(durationFlag.Name))
 				startedAt       = time.Now()
diff --git a/internal/cli/serve/command.go b/internal/cli/serve/command.go
index 18a3c130..9d01d602 100644
--- a/internal/cli/serve/command.go
+++ b/internal/cli/serve/command.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func NewCommand(log *logger.Logger) *cli.Command { //nolint:funlen,gocognit,gocy
 
 // Run current command.
 func (cmd *command) Run(ctx context.Context, log *logger.Logger, cfg *config.Config) error { //nolint:funlen
-	var srv = appHttp.NewServer(ctx, log)
+	var srv = appHttp.NewServer(log)
 
 	if err := srv.Register(cfg); err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/code.go b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/code.go
index 8dfe7ecb..2a5745dc 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/code.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/code.go
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 package error_page
 
 import (
-	"net/http"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
 
 // extractCodeFromURL extracts the error code from the given URL.
@@ -37,11 +38,15 @@ func extractCodeFromURL(url string) (uint16, bool) {
 func URLContainsCode(url string) (ok bool) { _, ok = extractCodeFromURL(url); return } //nolint:nlreturn
 
 // extractCodeFromHeaders extracts the error code from the given headers.
-func extractCodeFromHeaders(headers http.Header) (uint16, bool) {
+func extractCodeFromHeaders(headers *fasthttp.RequestHeader) (uint16, bool) {
+	if headers == nil {
+		return 0, false
+	}
+
 	// https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/user-guide/custom-errors/
 	// HTTP status code returned by the request
-	if value := headers.Get("X-Code"); len(value) > 0 && len(value) <= 3 {
-		if code, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 10, 16); err == nil && code > 0 && code < 999 {
+	if value := headers.Peek("X-Code"); len(value) > 0 && len(value) <= 3 {
+		if code, err := strconv.ParseUint(string(value), 10, 16); err == nil && code > 0 && code < 999 {
 			return uint16(code), true
 		}
 	}
@@ -50,7 +55,7 @@ func extractCodeFromHeaders(headers http.Header) (uint16, bool) {
 }
 
 // HeadersContainCode checks if the given headers contain an error code.
-func HeadersContainCode(headers http.Header) (ok bool) {
+func HeadersContainCode(headers *fasthttp.RequestHeader) (ok bool) {
 	_, ok = extractCodeFromHeaders(headers)
 
 	return
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/code_test.go b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/code_test.go
index 0413d3cc..3f4c6918 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/code_test.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/code_test.go
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package error_page_test
 
 import (
-	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/handlers/error_page"
 )
@@ -36,18 +36,26 @@ func TestURLContainsCode(t *testing.T) {
 func TestHeadersContainCode(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
+	var mkHeaders = func(key, value string) *fasthttp.RequestHeader {
+		var out = new(fasthttp.RequestHeader)
+
+		out.Set(key, value)
+
+		return out
+	}
+
 	for name, _tt := range map[string]struct {
-		giveHeaders http.Header
+		giveHeaders *fasthttp.RequestHeader
 		wantOk      bool
 	}{
-		"with code": {giveHeaders: http.Header{"X-Code": {"404"}}, wantOk: true},
+		"with code": {giveHeaders: mkHeaders("X-Code", "404"), wantOk: true},
 
 		"empty":     {giveHeaders: nil},
-		"no code":   {giveHeaders: http.Header{"X-Code": {""}}},
-		"wrong":     {giveHeaders: http.Header{"X-Code": {"foo"}}},
-		"too big":   {giveHeaders: http.Header{"X-Code": {"1000"}}},
-		"too small": {giveHeaders: http.Header{"X-Code": {"0"}}},
-		"negative":  {giveHeaders: http.Header{"X-Code": {"-1"}}},
+		"no code":   {giveHeaders: mkHeaders("X-Code", "")},
+		"wrong":     {giveHeaders: mkHeaders("X-Code", "foo")},
+		"too big":   {giveHeaders: mkHeaders("X-Code", "1000")},
+		"too small": {giveHeaders: mkHeaders("X-Code", "0")},
+		"negative":  {giveHeaders: mkHeaders("X-Code", "-1")},
 	} {
 		tt := _tt
 
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/format.go b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/format.go
index 909f90b3..3be430bf 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/format.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/format.go
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ package error_page
 
 import (
 	"math"
-	"net/http"
 	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
 
 type preferredFormat = byte
@@ -21,10 +22,10 @@ const (
 // detectPreferredFormatForClient detects the preferred format for the client based on the headers.
 // It supports the following headers: Content-Type, Accept, X-Format.
 // If the headers are not set or the format is not recognized, it returns unknownFormat.
-func detectPreferredFormatForClient(headers http.Header) preferredFormat { //nolint:funlen,gocognit
+func detectPreferredFormatForClient(headers *fasthttp.RequestHeader) preferredFormat { //nolint:funlen,gocognit
 	var contentType, accept string
 
-	if contentTypeHeader := strings.TrimSpace(headers.Get("Content-Type")); contentTypeHeader != "" { //nolint:nestif
+	if contentTypeHeader := strings.TrimSpace(string(headers.Peek("Content-Type"))); contentTypeHeader != "" { //nolint:nestif,lll
 		// https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Content-Type
 		//	text/html; charset=utf-8
 		//	multipart/form-data; boundary=something
@@ -38,11 +39,11 @@ func detectPreferredFormatForClient(headers http.Header) preferredFormat { //nol
 			// take the whole value
 			contentType = contentTypeHeader
 		}
-	} else if xFormatHeader := strings.TrimSpace(headers.Get("X-Format")); xFormatHeader != "" {
+	} else if xFormatHeader := strings.TrimSpace(string(headers.Peek("X-Format"))); xFormatHeader != "" {
 		// https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/user-guide/custom-errors/
 		// Value of the `Accept` header sent by the client
 		accept = xFormatHeader
-	} else if acceptHeader := strings.TrimSpace(headers.Get("Accept")); acceptHeader != "" {
+	} else if acceptHeader := strings.TrimSpace(string(headers.Peek("Accept"))); acceptHeader != "" {
 		// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept
 		//	text/html, application/xhtml+xml, application/xml;q=0.9, image/webp, */*;q=0.8
 		//	text/html
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/format_test.go b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/format_test.go
index 06fa20d1..c8b31fcb 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/format_test.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/format_test.go
@@ -1,80 +1,80 @@
 package error_page
 
 import (
-	"net/http"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
 
 func Test_detectPreferredFormatForClient(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
 	for name, _tt := range map[string]struct {
-		giveHeaders http.Header
+		giveHeaders map[string][]string
 		wantFormat  preferredFormat
 	}{
 		"content type json": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Content-Type": {"application/jSoN"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"application/jSoN"}},
 			wantFormat:  jsonFormat,
 		},
 		"content type xml": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Content-Type": {"application/xml; charset=UTF-8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"application/xml; charset=UTF-8"}},
 			wantFormat:  xmlFormat,
 		},
 		"content type html": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Content-Type": {"text/hTmL; charset=utf-8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"text/hTmL; charset=utf-8"}},
 			wantFormat:  htmlFormat,
 		},
 		"content type plain": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Content-Type": {"text/plaIN"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"text/plaIN"}},
 			wantFormat:  plainTextFormat,
 		},
 
 		"accept json": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Accept": {"application/jsoN,*/*;q=0.8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Accept": {"application/jsoN,*/*;q=0.8"}},
 			wantFormat:  jsonFormat,
 		},
 		"accept xml, depends on weight": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Accept": {"text/html;q=0.5,application/xhtml+xml;q=0.9,application/xml;q=1,*/*;q=0.8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Accept": {"text/html;q=0.5,application/xhtml+xml;q=0.9,application/xml;q=1,*/*;q=0.8"}},
 			wantFormat:  xmlFormat,
 		},
 		"accept json, depends on weight": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Accept": {"application/jsoN,*/*;q=0.8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Accept": {"application/jsoN,*/*;q=0.8"}},
 			wantFormat:  jsonFormat,
 		},
 		"accept xml": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Accept": {"application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Accept": {"application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8"}},
 			wantFormat:  xmlFormat,
 		},
 		"accept html": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Accept": {"text/html, application/xhtml+xml, application/xml;q=0.9, image/avif, image/webp, */*;q=0.8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Accept": {"text/html, application/xhtml+xml, application/xml;q=0.9, image/avif, image/webp, */*;q=0.8"}},
 			wantFormat:  htmlFormat,
 		},
 		"accept plain": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Accept": {"text/plaiN,text/html,application/xml;q=0.9,,,*/*;q=0.8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Accept": {"text/plaiN,text/html,application/xml;q=0.9,,,*/*;q=0.8"}},
 			wantFormat:  plainTextFormat,
 		},
 		"accept json, weighted values only": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Accept": {"application/jsoN;Q=0.1,text/html;q=1.1,application/xml;q=-1,*/*;q=0.8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Accept": {"application/jsoN;Q=0.1,text/html;q=1.1,application/xml;q=-1,*/*;q=0.8"}},
 			wantFormat:  jsonFormat,
 		},
 
 		"x-format json, depends on weight": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"X-Format": {"application/jsoN,*/*;q=0.8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"X-Format": {"application/jsoN,*/*;q=0.8"}},
 			wantFormat:  jsonFormat,
 		},
 		"x-format xml": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"X-Format": {"application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"X-Format": {"application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8"}},
 			wantFormat:  xmlFormat,
 		},
 
 		"content type has priority over accept": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Content-Type": {"text/plain"}, "Accept": {"application/xml"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"text/plain"}, "Accept": {"application/xml"}},
 			wantFormat:  plainTextFormat,
 		},
 		"accept has priority over x-format": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Accept": {"application/xml"}, "X-Format": {"text/plain"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Accept": {"application/xml"}, "X-Format": {"text/plain"}},
 			wantFormat:  plainTextFormat,
 		},
 
@@ -82,25 +82,33 @@ func Test_detectPreferredFormatForClient(t *testing.T) {
 			giveHeaders: nil,
 		},
 		"empty content type": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Content-Type": {"  "}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"  "}},
 		},
 		"wrong content type": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Content-Type": {"multipart/form-data; boundary=something"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"multipart/form-data; boundary=something"}},
 		},
 		"wrong accept": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Accept": {";q=foobar,bar/baz;;;;;application/xml"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Accept": {";q=foobar,bar/baz;;;;;application/xml"}},
 		},
 		"none on invalid input": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Content-Type": {"foo/bar; charset=utf-8"}, "Accept": {"foo/bar; charset=utf-8"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"foo/bar; charset=utf-8"}, "Accept": {"foo/bar; charset=utf-8"}},
 		},
 		"completely unknown": {
-			giveHeaders: http.Header{"Content-Type": {"😀"}, "Accept": {"😄"}, "X-Format": {"😍"}},
+			giveHeaders: map[string][]string{"Content-Type": {"😀"}, "Accept": {"😄"}, "X-Format": {"😍"}},
 		},
 	} {
 		tt := _tt
 
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantFormat, detectPreferredFormatForClient(tt.giveHeaders))
+			var headers = new(fasthttp.RequestHeader)
+
+			for key, values := range tt.giveHeaders {
+				for _, value := range values {
+					headers.Add(key, value)
+				}
+			}
+
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.wantFormat, detectPreferredFormatForClient(headers))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/handler.go b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/handler.go
index d70871d2..74d46ea7 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/handler.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/handler.go
@@ -7,21 +7,24 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/config"
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/logger"
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/template"
 )
 
 // New creates a new handler that returns an error page with the specified status code and format.
-func New(cfg *config.Config, log *logger.Logger) http.Handler { //nolint:funlen,gocognit,gocyclo
-	const contentTypeHeader = "Content-Type"
-
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		var code uint16
+func New(cfg *config.Config, log *logger.Logger) fasthttp.RequestHandler { //nolint:funlen,gocognit,gocyclo
+	return func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
+		var (
+			reqHeaders = &ctx.Request.Header
+			code       uint16
+		)
 
-		if fromUrl, okUrl := extractCodeFromURL(r.URL.Path); okUrl {
+		if fromUrl, okUrl := extractCodeFromURL(string(ctx.RequestURI())); okUrl {
 			code = fromUrl
-		} else if fromHeader, okHeaders := extractCodeFromHeaders(r.Header); okHeaders {
+		} else if fromHeader, okHeaders := extractCodeFromHeaders(reqHeaders); okHeaders {
 			code = fromHeader
 		} else {
 			code = cfg.DefaultCodeToRender
@@ -35,23 +38,23 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, log *logger.Logger) http.Handler { //nolint:funlen,
 			httpCode = http.StatusOK
 		}
 
-		var format = detectPreferredFormatForClient(r.Header)
+		var format = detectPreferredFormatForClient(reqHeaders)
 
 		{ // deal with the headers
 			switch format {
 			case jsonFormat:
-				w.Header().Set(contentTypeHeader, "application/json; charset=utf-8")
+				ctx.SetContentType("application/json; charset=utf-8")
 			case xmlFormat:
-				w.Header().Set(contentTypeHeader, "application/xml; charset=utf-8")
+				ctx.SetContentType("application/xml; charset=utf-8")
 			case htmlFormat:
-				w.Header().Set(contentTypeHeader, "text/html; charset=utf-8")
+				ctx.SetContentType("text/html; charset=utf-8")
 			default:
-				w.Header().Set(contentTypeHeader, "text/plain; charset=utf-8") // plainTextFormat as default
+				ctx.SetContentType("text/plain; charset=utf-8") // plainTextFormat as default
 			}
 
 			// https://developers.google.com/search/docs/crawling-indexing/robots-meta-tag
 			// disallow indexing of the error pages
-			w.Header().Set("X-Robots-Tag", "noindex")
+			ctx.Response.Header.Set("X-Robots-Tag", "noindex")
 
 			switch code {
 			case http.StatusRequestTimeout, http.StatusTooEarly, http.StatusTooManyRequests,
@@ -59,18 +62,18 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, log *logger.Logger) http.Handler { //nolint:funlen,
 				http.StatusGatewayTimeout:
 				// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Retry-After
 				// tell the client (search crawler) to retry the request after 120 seconds
-				w.Header().Set("Retry-After", "120")
+				ctx.Response.Header.Set("Retry-After", "120")
 			}
 
 			// proxy the headers from the incoming request to the error page response if they are defined in the config
 			for _, proxyHeader := range cfg.ProxyHeaders {
-				if value := r.Header.Get(proxyHeader); value != "" {
-					w.Header().Set(proxyHeader, value)
+				if value := reqHeaders.Peek(proxyHeader); len(value) > 0 {
+					ctx.Response.Header.SetBytesV(proxyHeader, value)
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
-		w.WriteHeader(httpCode)
+		ctx.SetStatusCode(httpCode)
 
 		// prepare the template properties for rendering
 		var tplProps = template.Props{
@@ -81,14 +84,14 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, log *logger.Logger) http.Handler { //nolint:funlen,
 
 		//nolint:lll
 		if cfg.ShowDetails { // https://kubernetes.github.io/ingress-nginx/user-guide/custom-errors/
-			tplProps.OriginalURI = r.Header.Get("X-Original-URI")   // (ingress-nginx) URI that caused the error
-			tplProps.Namespace = r.Header.Get("X-Namespace")        // (ingress-nginx) namespace where the backend Service is located
-			tplProps.IngressName = r.Header.Get("X-Ingress-Name")   // (ingress-nginx) name of the Ingress where the backend is defined
-			tplProps.ServiceName = r.Header.Get("X-Service-Name")   // (ingress-nginx) name of the Service backing the backend
-			tplProps.ServicePort = r.Header.Get("X-Service-Port")   // (ingress-nginx) port number of the Service backing the backend
-			tplProps.RequestID = r.Header.Get("X-Request-Id")       // (ingress-nginx) unique ID that identifies the request - same as for backend service
-			tplProps.ForwardedFor = r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-For") // the value of the `X-Forwarded-For` header
-			tplProps.Host = r.Host                                  // the value of the `Host` header
+			tplProps.OriginalURI = string(reqHeaders.Peek("X-Original-URI"))   // (ingress-nginx) URI that caused the error
+			tplProps.Namespace = string(reqHeaders.Peek("X-Namespace"))        // (ingress-nginx) namespace where the backend Service is located
+			tplProps.IngressName = string(reqHeaders.Peek("X-Ingress-Name"))   // (ingress-nginx) name of the Ingress where the backend is defined
+			tplProps.ServiceName = string(reqHeaders.Peek("X-Service-Name"))   // (ingress-nginx) name of the Service backing the backend
+			tplProps.ServicePort = string(reqHeaders.Peek("X-Service-Port"))   // (ingress-nginx) port number of the Service backing the backend
+			tplProps.RequestID = string(reqHeaders.Peek("X-Request-Id"))       // (ingress-nginx) unique ID that identifies the request - same as for backend service
+			tplProps.ForwardedFor = string(reqHeaders.Peek("X-Forwarded-For")) // the value of the `X-Forwarded-For` header
+			tplProps.Host = string(reqHeaders.Peek("Host"))                    // the value of the `Host` header
 		}
 
 		// try to find the code message and description in the config and if not - use the standard status text or fallback
@@ -105,18 +108,18 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, log *logger.Logger) http.Handler { //nolint:funlen,
 		case format == jsonFormat && cfg.Formats.JSON != "":
 			if content, err := template.Render(cfg.Formats.JSON, tplProps); err != nil {
 				j, _ := json.Marshal(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to render the JSON template: %s", err.Error()))
-				write(w, log, j)
+				write(ctx, log, j)
 			} else {
-				write(w, log, content)
+				write(ctx, log, content)
 			}
 
 		case format == xmlFormat && cfg.Formats.XML != "":
 			if content, err := template.Render(cfg.Formats.XML, tplProps); err != nil {
-				write(w, log, fmt.Sprintf(
+				write(ctx, log, fmt.Sprintf(
 					"<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<error>Failed to render the XML template: %s</error>", err.Error(),
 				))
 			} else {
-				write(w, log, content)
+				write(ctx, log, content)
 			}
 
 		case format == htmlFormat:
@@ -125,16 +128,16 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, log *logger.Logger) http.Handler { //nolint:funlen,
 			if tpl, found := cfg.Templates.Get(templateName); found {
 				if content, err := template.Render(tpl, tplProps); err != nil {
 					// TODO: add GZIP compression for the HTML content support
-					write(w, log, fmt.Sprintf(
+					write(ctx, log, fmt.Sprintf(
 						"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html><body>Failed to render the HTML template %s: %s</body></html>",
 						templateName,
 						err.Error(),
 					))
 				} else {
-					write(w, log, content)
+					write(ctx, log, content)
 				}
 			} else {
-				write(w, log, fmt.Sprintf(
+				write(ctx, log, fmt.Sprintf(
 					"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html><body>Template %s not found and cannot be used</body></html>", templateName,
 				))
 			}
@@ -142,18 +145,18 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config, log *logger.Logger) http.Handler { //nolint:funlen,
 		default: // plainTextFormat as default
 			if cfg.Formats.PlainText != "" {
 				if content, err := template.Render(cfg.Formats.PlainText, tplProps); err != nil {
-					write(w, log, fmt.Sprintf("Failed to render the PlainText template: %s", err.Error()))
+					write(ctx, log, fmt.Sprintf("Failed to render the PlainText template: %s", err.Error()))
 				} else {
-					write(w, log, content)
+					write(ctx, log, content)
 				}
 			} else {
-				write(w, log, `The requested content format is not supported.
+				write(ctx, log, `The requested content format is not supported.
 Please create an issue on the project's GitHub page to request support for this format.
 
 Supported formats: JSON, XML, HTML, Plain Text`)
 			}
 		}
-	})
+	}
 }
 
 var (
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ func templateToUse(cfg *config.Config) string {
 }
 
 // write the content to the response writer and log the error if any.
-func write[T string | []byte](w http.ResponseWriter, log *logger.Logger, content T) {
+func write[T string | []byte](ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx, log *logger.Logger, content T) {
 	var data []byte
 
 	if s, ok := any(content).(string); ok {
@@ -213,7 +216,7 @@ func write[T string | []byte](w http.ResponseWriter, log *logger.Logger, content
 		data = any(content).([]byte)
 	}
 
-	if _, err := w.Write(data); err != nil && log != nil {
+	if _, err := ctx.Write(data); err != nil && log != nil {
 		log.Error("failed to write the response body",
 			logger.String("content", string(data)),
 			logger.Error(err),
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/handler_test.go b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/handler_test.go
index e6e608f3..2bbbbad7 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/error_page/handler_test.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/error_page/handler_test.go
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ package error_page_test
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/config"
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/handlers/error_page"
+	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/httptest"
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/logger"
 )
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		"common, plain text": {
 			giveConfig:  func() *config.Config { cfg := config.New(); return &cfg },
-			giveUrl:     "/",
+			giveUrl:     "http://testing/",
 			giveHeaders: map[string]string{"Content-Type": "text/plain"},
 
 			wantStatusCode:   http.StatusOK,
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 
 				return &cfg
 			},
-			giveUrl:     "/",
+			giveUrl:     "http://testing/",
 			giveHeaders: map[string]string{"X-Format": "text/html", "X-Code": "407"},
 
 			wantStatusCode: http.StatusOK,
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 
 				return &cfg
 			},
-			giveUrl:     "/503.html",
+			giveUrl:     "http://testing/503.html",
 			giveHeaders: map[string]string{"Accept": "application/json", "X-FooBar": "baz"},
 
 			wantStatusCode: http.StatusServiceUnavailable,
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 
 				return &cfg
 			},
-			giveUrl:     "/500",
+			giveUrl:     "http://testing/500",
 			giveHeaders: map[string]string{"Accept": "application/xml", "X-FooBar": "baz"},
 
 			wantStatusCode: http.StatusOK,
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 
 				return &cfg
 			},
-			giveUrl: "/503",
+			giveUrl: "http://example.com/503",
 			giveHeaders: map[string]string{
 				"Accept":          "application/json",
 				"X-Original-URI":  "/foo/bar",
@@ -106,7 +107,6 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 				"X-Service-Port":  "666",
 				"X-Request-ID":    "req-id-777",
 				"X-Forwarded-For": "123.123.123.123:12312",
-				"Host":            "example.com",
 			},
 
 			wantStatusCode: http.StatusOK,
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 
 				return &cfg
 			},
-			giveUrl:     "/100",
+			giveUrl:     "http://testing/100",
 			giveHeaders: map[string]string{"Accept": "application/json"},
 
 			wantStatusCode:   http.StatusOK,
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 
 				return &cfg
 			},
-			giveUrl:     "/1",
+			giveUrl:     "http://testing/1",
 			giveHeaders: map[string]string{"Accept": "application/json"},
 
 			wantStatusCode:   http.StatusOK,
@@ -159,31 +159,30 @@ func TestHandler(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Parallel()
 
-			var (
-				req     = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, tt.giveUrl, http.NoBody)
-				handler = error_page.New(tt.giveConfig(), logger.NewNop())
-				rr      = httptest.NewRecorder()
-			)
+			var handler = error_page.New(tt.giveConfig(), logger.NewNop())
+
+			req, reqErr := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, tt.giveUrl, http.NoBody)
+			require.NoError(t, reqErr)
 
 			for k, v := range tt.giveHeaders {
 				req.Header.Set(k, v)
 			}
 
-			handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-			assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, tt.wantStatusCode)
+			httptest.HandleFastRequest(t, handler, req, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+				assert.Equal(t, tt.wantStatusCode, status)
 
-			for hName, hWant := range tt.wantHeaders {
-				for hGot := range rr.Header() {
-					if hGot == hName {
-						assert.Contains(t, hWant, rr.Header().Get(hGot))
+				for hName, hWant := range tt.wantHeaders {
+					for hGot := range headers {
+						if hGot == hName {
+							assert.Contains(t, hWant, headers.Get(hGot))
+						}
 					}
 				}
-			}
 
-			for _, wantBodyInclude := range tt.wantBodyIncludes {
-				assert.Contains(t, rr.Body.String(), wantBodyInclude)
-			}
+				for _, wantBodyInclude := range tt.wantBodyIncludes {
+					assert.Contains(t, body, wantBodyInclude)
+				}
+			})
 		})
 	}
 }
@@ -207,19 +206,17 @@ func TestRotationModeOnEachRequest(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	for range 300 {
-		var (
-			req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", http.NoBody)
-			rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-		)
+		req, reqErr := http.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://testing/", http.NoBody)
+		require.NoError(t, reqErr)
 
 		req.Header.Set("Accept", "text/html")
 
-		handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-		if lastResponseBody != rr.Body.String() {
-			changedTimes++
-			lastResponseBody = rr.Body.String()
-		}
+		httptest.HandleFastRequest(t, handler, req, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+			if lastResponseBody != body {
+				changedTimes++
+				lastResponseBody = body
+			}
+		})
 	}
 
 	assert.True(t, changedTimes > 30, "the template should be changed at least 30 times")
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/live/handler.go b/internal/http/handlers/live/handler.go
index acf41644..a2f2dd33 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/live/handler.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/live/handler.go
@@ -2,24 +2,29 @@ package live
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
 
 // New creates a new handler that returns "OK" for GET and HEAD requests.
-func New() http.Handler {
-	var body = []byte("OK\n")
+func New() fasthttp.RequestHandler {
+	var (
+		body       = []byte("OK\n")
+		notAllowed = http.StatusText(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed) + "\n"
+	)
 
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		switch r.Method {
-		case http.MethodGet:
-			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-			_, _ = w.Write(body)
+	return func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
+		switch string(ctx.Method()) {
+		case fasthttp.MethodGet:
+			ctx.SetContentType("text/plain; charset=utf-8")
+			ctx.SetStatusCode(http.StatusOK)
+			_, _ = ctx.Write(body)
 
-		case http.MethodHead:
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		case fasthttp.MethodHead:
+			ctx.SetStatusCode(http.StatusOK)
 
 		default:
-			http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed), http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+			ctx.Error(notAllowed, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 		}
-	})
+	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/live/handler_test.go b/internal/http/handlers/live/handler_test.go
index ce04b065..8cfc47f9 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/live/handler_test.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/live/handler_test.go
@@ -2,43 +2,37 @@ package live_test
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/handlers/live"
+	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/httptest"
 )
 
 func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	var handler = live.New()
+	var (
+		handler = live.New()
+		url     = "http://testing"
+		body    = http.NoBody
+	)
 
 	t.Run("get", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var (
-			req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://testing", http.NoBody)
-			rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-		)
-
-		handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"), "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, http.StatusOK)
-		assert.Equal(t, "OK\n", rr.Body.String())
+		httptest.HandleFast(t, handler, http.MethodGet, url, body, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, status)
+			assert.Equal(t, "text/plain; charset=utf-8", headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+			assert.Equal(t, "OK\n", body)
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("head", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var (
-			req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodHead, "http://testing", http.NoBody)
-			rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-		)
-
-		handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, http.StatusOK)
-		assert.Empty(t, rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"))
-		assert.Empty(t, rr.Body.Bytes())
+		httptest.HandleFast(t, handler, http.MethodHead, url, body, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, status)
+			assert.Empty(t, headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+			assert.Empty(t, body)
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("method not allowed", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -48,16 +42,11 @@ func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			http.MethodPost,
 			http.MethodPut,
 		} {
-			var (
-				req = httptest.NewRequest(method, "http://testing", http.NoBody)
-				rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-			)
-
-			handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-			assert.Equal(t, rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"), "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
-			assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
-			assert.Equal(t, "Method Not Allowed\n", rr.Body.String())
+			httptest.HandleFast(t, handler, method, url, body, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+				assert.Equal(t, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, status)
+				assert.Equal(t, "text/plain; charset=utf-8", headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+				assert.Equal(t, "Method Not Allowed\n", body)
+			})
 		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/static/handler.go b/internal/http/handlers/static/handler.go
index 5d572281..815a8f4c 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/static/handler.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/static/handler.go
@@ -3,25 +3,29 @@ package static
 import (
 	_ "embed"
 	"net/http"
+
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
 
 //go:embed favicon.ico
 var Favicon []byte
 
 // New creates a new handler that returns the provided content for GET and HEAD requests.
-func New(content []byte) http.Handler {
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		switch r.Method {
-		case http.MethodGet:
-			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", http.DetectContentType(content))
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-			_, _ = w.Write(content)
+func New(content []byte) fasthttp.RequestHandler {
+	var notAllowed = http.StatusText(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed) + "\n"
+
+	return func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
+		switch string(ctx.Method()) {
+		case fasthttp.MethodGet:
+			ctx.SetContentType(http.DetectContentType(content))
+			ctx.SetStatusCode(http.StatusOK)
+			_, _ = ctx.Write(content)
 
-		case http.MethodHead:
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		case fasthttp.MethodHead:
+			ctx.SetStatusCode(http.StatusOK)
 
 		default:
-			http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed), http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+			ctx.Error(notAllowed, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 		}
-	})
+	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/static/handler_test.go b/internal/http/handlers/static/handler_test.go
index e1fde0ba..bbdffcd7 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/static/handler_test.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/static/handler_test.go
@@ -2,43 +2,37 @@ package static_test
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/handlers/static"
+	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/httptest"
 )
 
 func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	var handler = static.New([]byte{1, 2, 3})
+	var (
+		handler = static.New([]byte{1, 2, 3})
+		url     = "http://testing"
+		body    = http.NoBody
+	)
 
 	t.Run("get", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var (
-			req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://testing", http.NoBody)
-			rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-		)
-
-		handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"), "application/octet-stream")
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, http.StatusOK)
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Body.Bytes(), []byte{1, 2, 3})
+		httptest.HandleFast(t, handler, http.MethodGet, url, body, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, status)
+			assert.Equal(t, "application/octet-stream", headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+			assert.Equal(t, []byte{1, 2, 3}, []byte(body))
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("head", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var (
-			req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodHead, "http://testing", http.NoBody)
-			rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-		)
-
-		handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, http.StatusOK)
-		assert.Empty(t, rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"))
-		assert.Empty(t, rr.Body.Bytes())
+		httptest.HandleFast(t, handler, http.MethodHead, url, body, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, status)
+			assert.Empty(t, headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+			assert.Empty(t, body)
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("method not allowed", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -48,16 +42,11 @@ func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			http.MethodPost,
 			http.MethodPut,
 		} {
-			var (
-				req = httptest.NewRequest(method, "http://testing", http.NoBody)
-				rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-			)
-
-			handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-			assert.Equal(t, rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"), "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
-			assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
-			assert.Equal(t, "Method Not Allowed\n", rr.Body.String())
+			httptest.HandleFast(t, handler, method, url, body, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+				assert.Equal(t, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, status)
+				assert.Equal(t, "text/plain; charset=utf-8", headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+				assert.Equal(t, "Method Not Allowed\n", body)
+			})
 		}
 	})
 }
@@ -65,16 +54,15 @@ func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 func TestServeHTTP_Favicon(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	var (
-		handler = static.New(static.Favicon)
-
-		req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://testing", http.NoBody)
-		rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
+	httptest.HandleFast(t,
+		static.New(static.Favicon),
+		http.MethodGet,
+		"http://testing",
+		http.NoBody,
+		func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, status)
+			assert.Equal(t, "image/x-icon", headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+			assert.Equal(t, static.Favicon, []byte(body))
+		},
 	)
-
-	handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-	assert.Equal(t, rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"), "image/x-icon")
-	assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, http.StatusOK)
-	assert.Equal(t, rr.Body.Bytes(), static.Favicon)
 }
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/version/handler.go b/internal/http/handlers/version/handler.go
index 6e4d92da..ecd66a0f 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/version/handler.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/version/handler.go
@@ -4,28 +4,32 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
 
 // New creates a handler that returns the version of the service in JSON format.
-func New(ver string) http.Handler {
+func New(ver string) fasthttp.RequestHandler {
 	var body, _ = json.Marshal(struct { //nolint:errchkjson
 		Version string `json:"version"`
 	}{
 		Version: strings.TrimSpace(ver),
 	})
 
-	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		switch r.Method {
-		case http.MethodGet:
-			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-			_, _ = w.Write(body)
+	var notAllowed = http.StatusText(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed) + "\n"
+
+	return func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
+		switch string(ctx.Method()) {
+		case fasthttp.MethodGet:
+			ctx.SetContentType("application/json; charset=utf-8")
+			ctx.SetStatusCode(http.StatusOK)
+			_, _ = ctx.Write(body)
 
-		case http.MethodHead:
-			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		case fasthttp.MethodHead:
+			ctx.SetStatusCode(http.StatusOK)
 
 		default:
-			http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed), http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+			ctx.Error(notAllowed, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 		}
-	})
+	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/http/handlers/version/handler_test.go b/internal/http/handlers/version/handler_test.go
index d8dea46b..0b50f269 100644
--- a/internal/http/handlers/version/handler_test.go
+++ b/internal/http/handlers/version/handler_test.go
@@ -2,43 +2,37 @@ package version_test
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/handlers/version"
+	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/httptest"
 )
 
 func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
-	var handler = version.New("\t\n foo@bar ")
+	var (
+		handler = version.New("\t\n foo@bar ")
+		url     = "http://testing"
+		body    = http.NoBody
+	)
 
 	t.Run("get", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var (
-			req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "http://testing", http.NoBody)
-			rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-		)
-
-		handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"), "application/json; charset=utf-8")
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, http.StatusOK)
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Body.String(), `{"version":"foo@bar"}`)
+		httptest.HandleFast(t, handler, http.MethodGet, url, body, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, status)
+			assert.Equal(t, "application/json; charset=utf-8", headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+			assert.Equal(t, `{"version":"foo@bar"}`, body)
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("head", func(t *testing.T) {
-		var (
-			req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodHead, "http://testing", http.NoBody)
-			rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-		)
-
-		handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-		assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, http.StatusOK)
-		assert.Empty(t, rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"))
-		assert.Empty(t, rr.Body.Bytes())
+		httptest.HandleFast(t, handler, http.MethodHead, url, body, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+			assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, status)
+			assert.Empty(t, headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+			assert.Empty(t, body)
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("method not allowed", func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -48,16 +42,11 @@ func TestServeHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 			http.MethodPost,
 			http.MethodPut,
 		} {
-			var (
-				req = httptest.NewRequest(method, "http://testing", http.NoBody)
-				rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-			)
-
-			handler.ServeHTTP(rr, req)
-
-			assert.Equal(t, rr.Header().Get("Content-Type"), "text/plain; charset=utf-8")
-			assert.Equal(t, rr.Code, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
-			assert.Equal(t, "Method Not Allowed\n", rr.Body.String())
+			httptest.HandleFast(t, handler, method, url, body, func(status int, body string, headers http.Header) {
+				assert.Equal(t, http.StatusMethodNotAllowed, status)
+				assert.Equal(t, "text/plain; charset=utf-8", headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+				assert.Equal(t, "Method Not Allowed\n", body)
+			})
 		}
 	})
 }
diff --git a/internal/http/httptest/httptest.go b/internal/http/httptest/httptest.go
index ae806125..32026629 100644
--- a/internal/http/httptest/httptest.go
+++ b/internal/http/httptest/httptest.go
@@ -1 +1,69 @@
+// Package httptest provides utilities for (fast-)HTTP testing.
 package httptest
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"net"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp/fasthttputil"
+)
+
+// HandleFastRequest serves http request using provided fasthttp handler and HTTP request.
+func HandleFastRequest(
+	t *testing.T,
+	handler fasthttp.RequestHandler,
+	req *http.Request,
+	check func(status int, body string, _ http.Header),
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	// create in-memory listener
+	var ln = fasthttputil.NewInmemoryListener()
+	defer func() { require.NoError(t, ln.Close()) }()
+
+	// start fasthttp server
+	go func() { require.NoError(t, fasthttp.Serve(ln, handler)) }()
+
+	// send http request
+	resp, respErr := (&http.Client{
+		Transport: &http.Transport{
+			DialContext: func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (net.Conn, error) { return ln.Dial() },
+		},
+	}).Do(req)
+	require.NoError(t, respErr)
+
+	// close response body after the test
+	defer func() { assert.NoError(t, resp.Body.Close()) }()
+
+	// read response body
+	respBody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// check the response
+	check(resp.StatusCode, string(respBody), resp.Header)
+}
+
+// HandleFast serves http request using provided fasthttp handler.
+func HandleFast(
+	t *testing.T,
+	handler fasthttp.RequestHandler,
+	method string,
+	url string,
+	body io.Reader,
+	check func(status int, body string, _ http.Header),
+) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	// create http request
+	req, reqErr := http.NewRequest(method, url, body)
+	require.NoError(t, reqErr)
+
+	// serve http request
+	HandleFastRequest(t, handler, req, check)
+}
diff --git a/internal/http/middleware/logreq/middleware.go b/internal/http/middleware/logreq/middleware.go
index 467f3e45..9d2caa25 100644
--- a/internal/http/middleware/logreq/middleware.go
+++ b/internal/http/middleware/logreq/middleware.go
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 package logreq
 
 import (
-	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/logger"
 )
 
-// New creates a middleware for [http.ServeMux] that logs every incoming request.
+// New creates a middleware that logs every incoming request.
 //
 // The skipper function should return true if the request should be skipped. It's ok to pass nil.
-func New(log *logger.Logger, skipper func(*http.Request) bool) func(http.Handler) http.Handler {
-	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
-		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			if skipper != nil && skipper(r) {
-				next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+func New(
+	log *logger.Logger,
+	skipper func(*fasthttp.RequestCtx) bool,
+) func(fasthttp.RequestHandler) fasthttp.RequestHandler {
+	return func(next fasthttp.RequestHandler) fasthttp.RequestHandler {
+		return func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
+			if skipper != nil && skipper(ctx) {
+				next(ctx)
 
 				return
 			}
@@ -23,27 +27,35 @@ func New(log *logger.Logger, skipper func(*http.Request) bool) func(http.Handler
 
 			defer func() {
 				var fields = []logger.Attr{
-					logger.String("useragent", r.UserAgent()),
-					logger.String("method", r.Method),
-					logger.String("url", r.URL.String()),
-					logger.String("referer", r.Referer()),
-					logger.String("content type", w.Header().Get("Content-Type")),
-					logger.String("remote addr", r.RemoteAddr),
-					logger.String("method", r.Method),
+					logger.Int("status code", ctx.Response.StatusCode()),
+					logger.String("useragent", string(ctx.UserAgent())),
+					logger.String("method", string(ctx.Method())),
+					logger.String("url", string(ctx.RequestURI())),
+					logger.String("referer", string(ctx.Referer())),
+					logger.String("content type", string(ctx.Response.Header.ContentType())),
+					logger.String("remote addr", ctx.RemoteAddr().String()),
 					logger.Duration("duration", time.Since(now).Round(time.Microsecond)),
 				}
 
 				if log.Level() <= logger.DebugLevel {
+					var (
+						reqHeaders  = make(map[string]string)
+						respHeaders = make(map[string]string)
+					)
+
+					ctx.Request.Header.VisitAll(func(key, value []byte) { reqHeaders[string(key)] = string(value) })
+					ctx.Response.Header.VisitAll(func(key, value []byte) { respHeaders[string(key)] = string(value) })
+
 					fields = append(fields,
-						logger.Any("request headers", r.Header.Clone()),
-						logger.Any("response headers", w.Header().Clone()),
+						logger.Any("request headers", reqHeaders),
+						logger.Any("response headers", respHeaders),
 					)
 				}
 
 				log.Info("HTTP request processed", fields...)
 			}()
 
-			next.ServeHTTP(w, r)
-		})
+			next(ctx)
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/http/middleware/logreq/middleware_test.go b/internal/http/middleware/logreq/middleware_test.go
index 0a93d317..0bef30cc 100644
--- a/internal/http/middleware/logreq/middleware_test.go
+++ b/internal/http/middleware/logreq/middleware_test.go
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@ package logreq_test
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 
+	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/httptest"
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/middleware/logreq"
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/logger"
 )
@@ -19,18 +20,19 @@ func TestNew(t *testing.T) {
 		buf    bytes.Buffer
 		log, _ = logger.New(logger.DebugLevel, logger.JSONFormat, &buf)
 
-		mw  = logreq.New(log, nil)
-		rr  = httptest.NewRecorder()
-		req = httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "/foo/bar", http.NoBody)
+		mw     = logreq.New(log, nil)
+		req, _ = http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, "http://testing/foo/bar", http.NoBody)
 	)
 
 	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "test")
 	req.Header.Set("Referer", "https://example.com")
 	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 
-	mw(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
-	})).ServeHTTP(rr, req)
+	httptest.HandleFastRequest(t,
+		mw(func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) { ctx.SetStatusCode(http.StatusOK) }),
+		req,
+		func(status int, body string, _ http.Header) { assert.Equal(t, http.StatusOK, status) },
+	)
 
 	var logRecord = buf.String()
 
diff --git a/internal/http/server.go b/internal/http/server.go
index 1ebd0282..82b4aa04 100644
--- a/internal/http/server.go
+++ b/internal/http/server.go
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ package http
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
+
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/appmeta"
 	"gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/config"
 	ep "gh.tarampamp.am/error-pages/internal/http/handlers/error_page"
@@ -21,11 +24,11 @@ import (
 // Server is an HTTP server for serving error pages.
 type Server struct {
 	log    *logger.Logger
-	server *http.Server
+	server *fasthttp.Server
 }
 
 // NewServer creates a new HTTP server.
-func NewServer(baseCtx context.Context, log *logger.Logger) Server {
+func NewServer(log *logger.Logger) Server {
 	const (
 		readTimeout    = 30 * time.Second
 		writeTimeout   = readTimeout + 10*time.Second // should be bigger than the read timeout
@@ -34,13 +37,14 @@ func NewServer(baseCtx context.Context, log *logger.Logger) Server {
 
 	return Server{
 		log: log,
-		server: &http.Server{
-			ReadTimeout:       readTimeout,
-			WriteTimeout:      writeTimeout,
-			ReadHeaderTimeout: readTimeout,
-			MaxHeaderBytes:    maxHeaderBytes,
-			ErrorLog:          logger.NewStdLog(log),
-			BaseContext:       func(net.Listener) context.Context { return baseCtx },
+		server: &fasthttp.Server{
+			ReadTimeout:                  readTimeout,
+			WriteTimeout:                 writeTimeout,
+			ReadBufferSize:               maxHeaderBytes,
+			DisablePreParseMultipartForm: true,
+			NoDefaultServerHeader:        true,
+			CloseOnShutdown:              true,
+			Logger:                       logger.NewStdLog(log),
 		},
 	}
 }
@@ -52,60 +56,78 @@ func (s *Server) Register(cfg *config.Config) error {
 		versionHandler    = version.New(appmeta.Version())
 		errorPagesHandler = ep.New(cfg, s.log)
 		faviconHandler    = static.New(static.Favicon)
+
+		notFound   = http.StatusText(http.StatusNotFound) + "\n"
+		notAllowed = http.StatusText(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed) + "\n"
 	)
 
-	s.server.Handler = http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-		var url, method = r.URL.Path, r.Method
+	s.server.Handler = func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
+		var url, method = string(ctx.RequestURI()), string(ctx.Method())
 
 		switch {
 		// live endpoints
 		case url == "/health/live" || url == "/health" || url == "/healthz" || url == "/live":
-			liveHandler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			liveHandler(ctx)
 
 		// version endpoint
 		case url == "/version":
-			versionHandler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			versionHandler(ctx)
 
 		// favicon.ico endpoint
 		case url == "/favicon.ico":
-			faviconHandler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+			faviconHandler(ctx)
 
 		// error pages endpoints:
 		//	- /
 		//	-	/{code}.html
 		//	- /{code}.htm
 		//	- /{code}
-		case method == http.MethodGet && (url == "/" || ep.URLContainsCode(url) || ep.HeadersContainCode(r.Header)):
-			errorPagesHandler.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		case method == fasthttp.MethodGet &&
+			(url == "/" || ep.URLContainsCode(url) || ep.HeadersContainCode(&ctx.Request.Header)):
+			errorPagesHandler(ctx)
 
 		// wrong requests handling
 		default:
 			switch {
-			case method == http.MethodHead:
-				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
-			case method == http.MethodGet:
-				http.NotFound(w, r)
+			case method == fasthttp.MethodHead:
+				ctx.Error(notAllowed, fasthttp.StatusNotFound)
+			case method == fasthttp.MethodGet:
+				ctx.Error(notFound, fasthttp.StatusNotFound)
 			default:
-				http.Error(w, http.StatusText(http.StatusMethodNotAllowed), http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
+				ctx.Error(notAllowed, fasthttp.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 			}
 		}
-	})
+	}
 
 	// apply middleware
-	s.server.Handler = logreq.New(s.log, func(r *http.Request) bool {
+	s.server.Handler = logreq.New(s.log, func(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) bool {
 		// skip logging healthcheck and .ico (favicon) requests
-		return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(r.UserAgent()), "healthcheck") ||
-			strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, ".ico")
+		return strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(string(ctx.UserAgent())), "healthcheck") ||
+			strings.HasSuffix(string(ctx.Path()), ".ico")
 	})(s.server.Handler)
 
 	return nil
 }
 
 // Start server.
-func (s *Server) Start(ip string, port uint16) error {
-	s.server.Addr = ip + ":" + strconv.Itoa(int(port))
+func (s *Server) Start(ip string, port uint16) (err error) {
+	if net.ParseIP(ip) == nil {
+		return errors.New("invalid IP address")
+	}
+
+	var ln net.Listener
+
+	if strings.Count(ip, ":") >= 2 { //nolint:mnd // ipv6
+		if ln, err = net.Listen("tcp6", fmt.Sprintf("[%s]:%d", ip, port)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else { // ipv4
+		if ln, err = net.Listen("tcp4", fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", ip, port)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 
-	return s.server.ListenAndServe()
+	return s.server.Serve(ln)
 }
 
 // Stop server gracefully.
@@ -113,5 +135,5 @@ func (s *Server) Stop(timeout time.Duration) error {
 	var ctx, cancel = context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), timeout)
 	defer cancel()
 
-	return s.server.Shutdown(ctx)
+	return s.server.ShutdownWithContext(ctx)
 }
diff --git a/internal/http/server_test.go b/internal/http/server_test.go
index 4218311a..d66a75f8 100644
--- a/internal/http/server_test.go
+++ b/internal/http/server_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package http_test
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -21,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 // TestRouting in fact is a test for the whole server, because it tests all the routes and their handlers.
 func TestRouting(t *testing.T) {
 	var (
-		srv = appHttp.NewServer(context.Background(), logger.NewNop())
+		srv = appHttp.NewServer(logger.NewNop())
 		cfg = config.New()
 	)
 
@@ -296,7 +295,7 @@ func TestRouting(t *testing.T) {
 
 				assert.Equal(t, http.StatusNotFound, status)
 				assert.Empty(t, body)
-				assert.Empty(t, headers.Get("Content-Type"))
+				assert.Contains(t, headers.Get("Content-Type"), "text/plain")
 			}
 		})