diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4f7e0fd..b5d490e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ func main() {
 	r.Use(middleware1, middleware2)
 
 	// let's add a route
-	r.Get("/hello", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	r.GET("/hello", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Write([]byte("i am route /hello"))
 	})
 	// r.Post(pattern string, h http.HandlerFunc)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func main() {
 	// you can inline middleware(s) to a route
 	r.
 		With(mwInline).
-		Get("/hello-2", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		GET("/hello-2", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			w.Write([]byte("i am route /hello-2 with my own middleware"))
 		})
 
@@ -64,13 +64,13 @@ func main() {
 	// create a group of few routes with their own middlewares
 	r.Group(func(grp *mux.Router) {
 		grp.Use(mwGroup)
-		grp.Get("/group", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		grp.GET("/group", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			w.Write([]byte("i am route /group"))
 		})
 	})
 
 	// catches all
-	r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	r.GET("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Write([]byte("hello there"))
 	})
 
diff --git a/example/main.go b/example/main.go
index d95ac93..1e3de9b 100644
--- a/example/main.go
+++ b/example/main.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func main() {
 	r.Use(middleware1, middleware2)
 
 	// let's add a route
-	r.Get("/hello", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	r.GET("/hello", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Write([]byte("i am route /hello"))
 	})
 	// r.Post(pattern string, h http.HandlerFunc)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func main() {
 	// you can inline middleware(s) to a route
 	r.
 		With(mwInline).
-		Get("/hello-2", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		GET("/hello-2", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			w.Write([]byte("i am route /hello-2 with my own middleware"))
 		})
 
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ func main() {
 	// create a group of few routes with their own middlewares
 	r.Group(func(grp *mux.Router) {
 		grp.Use(mwGroup)
-		grp.Get("/group", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		grp.GET("/group", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			w.Write([]byte("i am route /group"))
 		})
 	})
 
 	// catches all
-	r.Get("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	r.GET("/", func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Write([]byte("hello there"))
 	})
 
diff --git a/router.go b/router.go
index 5a4d546..f8b05f4 100644
--- a/router.go
+++ b/router.go
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ func NewRouter() *Router {
 	r := &Router{
 		mux: http.NewServeMux(),
 	}
-
-	// catch all options
-	r.mux.Handle("OPTIONS /", optionsHandler{})
 	return r
 }
 
diff --git a/router_options_handler.go b/router_options_handler.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 223ecfa..0000000
--- a/router_options_handler.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package mux
-
-import (
-	"io"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-type optionsHandler struct{}
-
-func (optionsHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Length", "0")
-	if r.ContentLength != 0 {
-		// Read up to 4KB of OPTIONS body (as mentioned in the
-		// spec as being reserved for future use), but anything
-		// over that is considered a waste of server resources
-		// (or an attack) and we abort and close the connection,
-		// courtesy of MaxBytesReader's EOF behavior.
-		mb := http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 4<<10)
-		io.Copy(io.Discard, mb)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/router_serve.go b/router_serve.go
index 1c3338a..76ba5ae 100644
--- a/router_serve.go
+++ b/router_serve.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package mux
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"io"
 	"log/slog"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ type ServeCB func(srv *http.Server) error
 
 // Serve with graceful shutdown
 func (r *Router) Serve(cb ServeCB) {
+	// catch all options
+	// lets get it thorugh all middlewares
+	r.mux.Handle("OPTIONS /", optionsHandler{})
+
 	srv := &http.Server{
 		Handler: r,
 	}
@@ -40,3 +45,18 @@ func (r *Router) Serve(cb ServeCB) {
 
 	<-idleConnsClosed
 }
+
+type optionsHandler struct{}
+
+func (optionsHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Length", "0")
+	if r.ContentLength != 0 {
+		// Read up to 4KB of OPTIONS body (as mentioned in the
+		// spec as being reserved for future use), but anything
+		// over that is considered a waste of server resources
+		// (or an attack) and we abort and close the connection,
+		// courtesy of MaxBytesReader's EOF behavior.
+		mb := http.MaxBytesReader(w, r.Body, 4<<10)
+		io.Copy(io.Discard, mb)
+	}
+}