diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db69bb0..40e0a6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ This is intended to allow in render async requests.
 
 - Same great features found in [Axios](https://github.com/mzabriskie/axios)
 - Component driven
-- Child function callback ***(error, response, isLoading, onReload, axios) => { }***
+- Child function callback ***(error, response, isLoading, makeRequest, axios) => { }***
 - Auto cancel previous requests
 - Debounce to prevent rapid calls.
 - Request only invoked on prop change and *isReady* state.
 - Callback props for ***onSuccess***, ***onError***, and ***onLoading***
 - Supports custom axios instances through ***props*** or a ***<AxiosProvider ... >***
-- Create your own request components wrapped using the withAxios({options})(ComponentToBeWrapped) HoC
+- Create your own request components wrapped using the ***withAxios({options})(ComponentToBeWrapped)*** HoC
 
 ## Installing
 
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@ render() {
   return (
     <div>
       <Get url="/api/user" params={{id: "12345"}}>
-        {(error, response, isLoading, onReload, axios) => {
+        {(error, response, isLoading, makeRequest, axios) => {
           if(error) {
-            return (<div>Something bad happened: {error.message} <button onClick={() => onReload({ params: { reload: true } })}>Retry</button></div>)
+            return (<div>Something bad happened: {error.message} <button onClick={() => makeRequest({ params: { reload: true } })}>Retry</button></div>)
           }
           else if(isLoading) {
             return (<div>Loading...</div>)
           }
           else if(response !== null) {
-            return (<div>{response.data.message} <button onClick={() => onReload({ params: { refresh: true } })}>Refresh</button></div>)
+            return (<div>{response.data.message} <button onClick={() => makeRequest({ params: { refresh: true } })}>Refresh</button></div>)
           }
           return (<div>Default message before request is made.</div>)
         }}
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ render() {
 
 `isLoading` Boolean flag indicating if Axios is currently making a XHR request.
 
-`onReload(props)` Function to invoke another XHR request. This function accepts new temporary props that will be overloaded with the existing props for this request only.
+`makeRequest(props)` Function to invoke another XHR request. This function accepts new temporary props that will be overloaded with the existing props for this request only.
 
 `axios` current instance of axios being used.
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Pass down through a provider
 ```jsx
 <AxiosProvider instance={axiosInstance}>
   <Get url="test">
-    {(error, response, isLoading, onReload, axios) => {
+    {(error, response, isLoading, makeRequest, axios) => {
       ...
     }}
   </Get>
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Pass down through a provider
 Or pass down through props
 ```jsx
 <Get url="test" instance={axiosInstance}>
-  {(error, response, isLoading, onReload, axios) => {
+  {(error, response, isLoading, makeRequest, axios) => {
     ...
   }}
 </Get>
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ const MyComponent = withAxios({
     params: {id: "12345"}
   })(class MyComponentRaw extends React.Component {
   render() {
-    const {error, response, isLoading, onReload, axios} = this.props
+    const {error, response, isLoading, makeRequest, axios} = this.props
     if(error) {
       return (<div>Something bad happened: {error.message}</div>)
     } else if(isLoading) {
diff --git a/__tests__/utils.spec.js b/__tests__/utils.spec.js
index 942a9f4..85cc61f 100644
--- a/__tests__/utils.spec.js
+++ b/__tests__/utils.spec.js
@@ -265,7 +265,9 @@ describe('components', () => {
       expect(props.error).toBe(null)
       expect(props.response).toBe(null)
       expect(props.isLoading).toBe(false)
-      expect(typeof props.onReload).toBe('function')
+      expect(typeof props.makeRequest).toBe('function')
+      expect(typeof props.axios).toBe('function')
+      expect(typeof props.options).toBe('object')
     })
   })
 })
diff --git a/examples/advanced/app.js b/examples/advanced/app.js
index 9f86fd1..e1a4d45 100644
--- a/examples/advanced/app.js
+++ b/examples/advanced/app.js
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ class App extends React.Component {
           onLoading={()=>this.setState({ isLoading: true })}
           onError={()=>this.setState({ isReady: false, isLoading: false })}
         >
-          {(error, response, isLoading, onReload) => {
+          {(error, response, isLoading, makeRequest) => {
             if(error) {
               console.log(response)
-              return (<div>Something bad happened: {error.message} <button className="info" onClick={() => onReload()}>Retry</button></div>)
+              return (<div>Something bad happened: {error.message} <button className="info" onClick={() => makeRequest()}>Retry</button></div>)
             } else if(isLoading) {
               return (<div className="loader"></div>)
             } else if(response !== null) {
-              return (<div>{response.data.message} <button className="info" onClick={() => onReload({ params:{ refresh: true } })}>Refresh</button></div>)
+              return (<div>{response.data.message} <button className="info" onClick={() => makeRequest({ params:{ refresh: true } })}>Refresh</button></div>)
             }
             return <div>Click a button to test its action.</div>
           }}
diff --git a/examples/index.js b/examples/index.js
index a28c6e7..557840b 100644
--- a/examples/index.js
+++ b/examples/index.js
@@ -6,10 +6,14 @@ let WebpackConfig = require('./webpack.config')
 
 let app = express()
 
-app.all('/api/*', (req, res) => { // Fake API response
+app.all('/api/*', (req, res) => { // Fake API response with timeout
   setTimeout(() => { res.status(200).json({ message: 'Success! ' + req.method +  ' ' + req.url }) }, 1000)
 })
 
+app.all('/error*', (req, res) => { // Fake ERROR response with timeout
+  setTimeout(() => { res.status(404).json({ message: 'Error 404! ' + req.method +  ' ' + req.url }) }, 500)
+})
+
 app.use(webpackDevMiddleware(webpack(WebpackConfig), {
   publicPath: '/__build__/',
   stats: {
diff --git a/examples/withAxios/app.js b/examples/withAxios/app.js
index 99f92eb..eeef8db 100644
--- a/examples/withAxios/app.js
+++ b/examples/withAxios/app.js
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ class App extends React.Component {
           <h2>Overloading withAxios HoC config options</h2>
           <DemoComponentHoC options={{ method: 'post', url: '/api/overloaded' }} />
 
+          <h2>Overloading url=undefined withAxios HoC config options</h2>
+          <DemoComponentHoC options={{ method: 'post', url: undefined }} />
+
           <h2>Children withAxios HoC</h2>
           <DemoComponentHoC><div className="success">children</div></DemoComponentHoC>
         </code>
@@ -26,7 +29,7 @@ class App extends React.Component {
 /* eslint react/prop-types: 0 */
 class DemoComponent extends React.Component {
   render() {
-    const { error, response, isLoading, children, customProp, onRendered } = this.props
+    const { error, response, isLoading, children, customProp, axios, makeRequest } = this.props
     if(error) {
       return (<div>Something bad happened: {error.message}</div>)
     } else if(isLoading) {
diff --git a/src/components/Request.js b/src/components/Request.js
index aee0b56..c809687 100644
--- a/src/components/Request.js
+++ b/src/components/Request.js
@@ -24,21 +24,19 @@ class Request extends React.Component {
     let oldPropStr = JSON.stringify(this.props)
     let newPropStr = JSON.stringify(newProps)
     if (oldPropStr != newPropStr && newProps.isReady) {
-      this.debounceMakeRequest(this.getConfig(newProps))
+      this.debounceMakeRequest(newProps, this.getConfig(newProps))
     }
   }
 
   componentDidMount() {
     this._mounted = true
     if (this.props.isReady) {
-      this.debounceMakeRequest(this.getConfig(this.props))
+      this.debounceMakeRequest(this.props, this.getConfig(this.props))
     }
   }
 
-  onReload(props) {
-    if (!this.state.isLoading) {
-      this.debounceMakeRequest(this.getConfig(props ? Object.assign({}, this.props, props) : this.props))
-    }
+  onMakeReload(props) {
+    this.debounceMakeRequest(props || this.props, this.getConfig(props ? Object.assign({}, this.props, props) : this.props))
   }
 
   componentWillUnmount() {
@@ -56,9 +54,9 @@ class Request extends React.Component {
     return Object.assign({ url: props.url, method: props.method, data: props.data, params: props.params }, props.config)
   }
 
-  makeRequest(config) {
-    const _axios = this.props.instance || this.context.axios || axios
-    if (!this._mounted || !this.props.isReady || this.props.url === undefined) {
+  makeRequest(props, config) {
+    const _axios = props.instance || this.context.axios || axios
+    if (!this._mounted || config.url === undefined) {
       return
     }
     // setup cancel tokens
@@ -69,8 +67,8 @@ class Request extends React.Component {
 
     // set the isLoading flag
     this.setState({ isLoading: true, error: null  })
-    if (typeof this.props.onLoading === 'function') {
-      this.props.onLoading()
+    if (typeof props.onLoading === 'function') {
+      props.onLoading()
     }
 
     // time to make the axios request
@@ -79,8 +77,8 @@ class Request extends React.Component {
         return
       }
       this.setState({ isLoading: false, response: res })
-      if (typeof this.props.onSuccess === 'function') {
-        this.props.onSuccess(res)
+      if (typeof props.onSuccess === 'function') {
+        props.onSuccess(res)
       }
     }, (err) => {
       if (!this._mounted) {
@@ -88,8 +86,8 @@ class Request extends React.Component {
       }
       if (!axios.isCancel(err)) {
         this.setState({ isLoading: false, response: err.response, error: err })
-        if (typeof this.props.onError === 'function') {
-          this.props.onError(err)
+        if (typeof props.onError === 'function') {
+          props.onError(err)
         }
       }
     })
@@ -102,7 +100,7 @@ class Request extends React.Component {
         this.state.error,
         this.state.response,
         this.state.isLoading,
-        (props) => this.onReload(props),
+        (props) => this.onMakeReload(props),
         _axios
       )
     }
diff --git a/src/components/withAxios.js b/src/components/withAxios.js
index 79985f5..b1560d2 100644
--- a/src/components/withAxios.js
+++ b/src/components/withAxios.js
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@ export const withAxios = (mixed = {}) => {
         const newOptions = { ...options, ...this.props.options }
         return (
           <Request {...newOptions}>
-            {(error, response, isLoading, onReload, axios) => (
+            {(error, response, isLoading, makeRequest, axios) => (
               <WrappedComponent
                 {...this.props}
                 error={error}
                 response={response}
                 isLoading={isLoading}
-                onReload={onReload}
+                makeRequest={makeRequest}
                 axios={axios}
                 options={newOptions}
               />