diff --git a/tcrudge/__init__.py b/tcrudge/__init__.py
index df9ab0f..0f225a3 100644
--- a/tcrudge/__init__.py
+++ b/tcrudge/__init__.py
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 Supports JSON and MessagePack responses.
 """
 
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
 
diff --git a/tcrudge/handlers.py b/tcrudge/handlers.py
index a75ce38..9c1f54d 100644
--- a/tcrudge/handlers.py
+++ b/tcrudge/handlers.py
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ def write_error(self, status_code, **kwargs):
             self.write(getattr(exc_info[1], 'body', None))
         self.finish()
 
-    def validate(self, data, schema):
+    async def validate(self, data, schema):
         """
         Method to validate parameters.
         Raises HTTPError(400) with error info for invalid data.
@@ -617,9 +617,8 @@ async def get(self):
 
         :raises: In case of bad query parameters - HTTP 400.
         """
-        self.validate({k: self.get_argument(k) for k in
-                       self.request.query_arguments.keys()},
-                      self.get_schema_input)
+        await self.validate({k: self.get_argument(k) for k in self.request.query_arguments.keys()},
+                            self.get_schema_input)
         try:
             qs = self.get_queryset()
         except AttributeError as e:
@@ -652,9 +651,8 @@ async def head(self):
 
         :raises: In case of bad query parameters - HTTPError 400.
         """
-        self.validate({k: self.get_argument(k) for k in
-                       self.request.query_arguments.keys()},
-                      self.get_schema_input)
+        await self.validate({k: self.get_argument(k) for k in self.request.query_arguments.keys()},
+                            self.get_schema_input)
         try:
             qs = self.get_queryset(paginate=False)
         except AttributeError as e:
@@ -686,7 +684,7 @@ async def post(self):
 
         :raises: HTTPError 405, 400
         """
-        data = self.validate(self.request.body, self.post_schema_input)
+        data = await self.validate(self.request.body, self.post_schema_input)
         try:
             item = await self.model_cls._create(self.application, data)
         except AttributeError as e:
@@ -814,9 +812,8 @@ async def get(self, item_id):
         1. Validates request.
         2. Writes serialized object of ORM model instance to response.
         """
-        self.validate({k: self.get_argument(k) for k in
-                       self.request.query_arguments.keys()},
-                      self.get_schema_input)
+        await self.validate({k: self.get_argument(k) for k in self.request.query_arguments.keys()},
+                            self.get_schema_input)
         item = await self.get_item(item_id)
 
         self.response(result=await self.serialize(item))
@@ -838,7 +835,7 @@ async def put(self, item_id):
         """
         item = await self.get_item(item_id)
 
-        data = self.validate(self.request.body, self.put_schema_input)
+        data = await self.validate(self.request.body, self.put_schema_input)
         try:
             item = await item._update(self.application, data)
         except AttributeError as e:
@@ -884,7 +881,7 @@ async def delete(self, item_id):
         :raises: HTTPError 405 if model object is not deletable.
         """
         # DELETE usually does not have body to validate.
-        self.validate(self.request.body or {}, self.delete_schema_input)
+        await self.validate(self.request.body or {}, self.delete_schema_input)
         item = await self.get_item(item_id)
         try:
             # We can only delete item if model method _delete() is implemented