diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b86fb36..af7368a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ matrix:
           env:  SWIFT_SNAPSHOT_NAME="https://swift.org/builds/swift-3.0.2-release/ubuntu1404/swift-3.0.2-RELEASE/swift-3.0.2-RELEASE-ubuntu14.04.tar.gz"
           sudo: required
         - os:   osx
-          osx_image: xcode8
+          osx_image: xcode8.2
 
 before_install:
     - ./xcconfig/before-install.sh
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9502a72..b8a6eb4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ an email to tell us why this is crap (or not?).
 | OS    | Swift  | Xcode                                                      | Make | SPM  |
 | ----- | ------ |  --------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ---- |
 | macOS | 3.0    | [Xcode 8](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/download/)     | 👍🏻  | 👍  |
-| tuxOS | [3.0.1](https://swift.org/download/#releases) | | 👍🏻  | 👍  |
+| tuxOS | [3.0.2](https://swift.org/download/#releases) | | 👍🏻  | 👍  |
 
 With the release of Swift 3 Noze.io drops support for Swift 2.x. If you
 are still interested in using it with 2.x, the last release is still available
diff --git a/Sources/connect/Connect.swift b/Sources/connect/Connect.swift
index 6707bb3..a947270 100644
--- a/Sources/connect/Connect.swift
+++ b/Sources/connect/Connect.swift
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ public class Connect {
       response.writeHead(404)
       response.end()
     }
-    var next    : Next? = { _ in } // cannot be let as it's self-referencing
+    
+    guard !matchingMiddleware.isEmpty else { return endNext() }
+    
+    var next : Next? = { _ in } // cannot be let as it's self-referencing
     
     var i = 0 // capture position in matching-middleware array (shared)
     next = {
diff --git a/Sources/express/Route.swift b/Sources/express/Route.swift
index 48e61c7..bce2d2f 100644
--- a/Sources/express/Route.swift
+++ b/Sources/express/Route.swift
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public struct Route: MiddlewareObject {
                      response res: ServerResponse,
                      next     cb:  @escaping Next)
   {
-    guard matches(request: req) else { cb(); return }
+    guard matches(request: req)    else { return cb() }
+    guard !self.middleware.isEmpty else { return cb() }
     
     // push route state
     let oldParams = req.params
diff --git a/Sources/express/RouteKeeper.swift b/Sources/express/RouteKeeper.swift
index 31de220..aa8c8ab 100644
--- a/Sources/express/RouteKeeper.swift
+++ b/Sources/express/RouteKeeper.swift
@@ -68,3 +68,55 @@ public extension RouteKeeper {
     return self
   }
 }
+
+public extension RouteKeeper {
+  // Directly attach MiddlewareObject's as Middleware. That is:
+  //   let app   = express()
+  //   let admin = express()
+  //   app.use("/admin", admin)
+  
+  @discardableResult
+  public func use(_ middleware: MiddlewareObject) -> Self {
+    return use(middleware.middleware)
+  }
+  
+  @discardableResult
+  public func use(_ p: String, _ middleware: MiddlewareObject) -> Self {
+    return use(p, middleware.middleware)
+  }
+  
+  @discardableResult
+  public func all(_ p: String, _ middleware: MiddlewareObject) -> Self {
+    return all(p, middleware.middleware)
+  }
+  
+  @discardableResult
+  public func get(_ p: String, _ middleware: MiddlewareObject) -> Self {
+    return get(p, middleware.middleware)
+  }
+  
+  @discardableResult
+  public func post(_ p: String, _ middleware: MiddlewareObject) -> Self {
+    return post(p, middleware.middleware)
+  }
+  
+  @discardableResult
+  public func head(_ p: String, _ middleware: MiddlewareObject) -> Self {
+    return head(p, middleware.middleware)
+  }
+  
+  @discardableResult
+  public func put(_ p: String, _ middleware: MiddlewareObject) -> Self {
+    return put(p, middleware.middleware)
+  }
+  
+  @discardableResult
+  public func del(_ p: String, _ middleware: MiddlewareObject) -> Self {
+    return del(p, middleware.middleware)
+  }
+  
+  @discardableResult
+  public func patch(_ p: String, _ middleware: MiddlewareObject) -> Self {
+    return patch(p, middleware.middleware)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Sources/express/Router.swift b/Sources/express/Router.swift
index 842305e..2e875e4 100644
--- a/Sources/express/Router.swift
+++ b/Sources/express/Router.swift
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ open class Router: MiddlewareObject {
                      response res     : ServerResponse,
                      next     endNext : @escaping Next)
   {
+    guard !self.routes.isEmpty else { return endNext() }
+    
     let routes = self.routes // make a copy to protect against modifications
     var next : Next? = { _ in } // cannot be let as it's self-referencing