diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
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diff --git a/deno.lock b/deno.lock
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index d787b32..a2e7d53
--- a/deno.lock
+++ b/deno.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "version": "4",
+  "version": "5",
   "specifiers": {
     "jsr:@std/assert@^1.0.7": "1.0.7",
+    "jsr:@std/async@^1.0.8": "1.0.13",
     "jsr:@std/data-structures@^1.0.4": "1.0.4",
     "jsr:@std/fs@^1.0.5": "1.0.5",
     "jsr:@std/internal@^1.0.5": "1.0.5",
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@
         "jsr:@std/internal"
       ]
     },
+    "@std/async@1.0.13": {
+      "integrity": "1d76ca5d324aef249908f7f7fe0d39aaf53198e5420604a59ab5c035adc97c96"
+    },
     "@std/data-structures@1.0.4": {
       "integrity": "fa0e20c11eb9ba673417450915c750a0001405a784e2a4e0c3725031681684a0"
     },
@@ -35,6 +39,7 @@
       "integrity": "ca1368d720b183f572d40c469bb9faf09643ddd77b54f8b44d36ae6b94940576",
       "dependencies": [
         "jsr:@std/assert",
+        "jsr:@std/async",
         "jsr:@std/data-structures",
         "jsr:@std/fs",
         "jsr:@std/internal",
diff --git a/fileRouterTest/test.ts b/fileRouterTest/test.ts
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diff --git a/file_router.ts b/file_router.ts
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diff --git a/mod.ts b/mod.ts
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diff --git a/router.new.test.ts b/router.new.test.ts
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index 0000000..73f03dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/router.new.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,294 @@
+// deno-lint-ignore-file require-await
+import { assertEquals } from "@std/assert";
+import { beforeEach, describe, it } from "@std/testing/bdd";
+import Router from "./router.new.ts";
+
+describe("Router", () => {
+  let router: Router;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    router = new Router();
+  });
+
+  describe("Basic Routing", () => {
+    it("should handle basic GET request", async () => {
+      router.route("/test")
+        .get(async () => new Response("test response"));
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/test", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      const res = await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(res.status, 200);
+      assertEquals(await res.text(), "test response");
+    });
+
+    it("should return 404 for non-existent route", async () => {
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/nonexistent", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      const res = await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(res.status, 404);
+    });
+
+    it("should return 405 for unsupported method", async () => {
+      router.route("/test")
+        .get(async () => new Response("test"));
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/test", {
+        method: "POST",
+      });
+
+      const res = await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(res.status, 405);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("Route Parameters", () => {
+    it("should handle route parameters", async () => {
+      router.route("/users/:id")
+        .get(async (_, ctx) => new Response(ctx.params.id));
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/users/123", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      const res = await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(await res.text(), "123");
+    });
+
+    it("should handle multiple route parameters", async () => {
+      router.route("/users/:userId/posts/:postId")
+        .get(async (_, ctx) => {
+          return new Response(JSON.stringify(ctx.params));
+        });
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/users/123/posts/456", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      const res = await router.handle(req);
+      const params = JSON.parse(await res.text());
+      assertEquals(params.userId, "123");
+      assertEquals(params.postId, "456");
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("Middleware", () => {
+    it("should execute global middleware", async () => {
+      let middlewareExecuted = false;
+
+      // router.use(async (_ctx, next) => {
+      //   middlewareExecuted = true;
+      //   return await next();
+      // });
+
+      router.route("/test")
+        .get(async () => new Response("test"));
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/test", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(middlewareExecuted, true);
+    });
+
+    it("should execute path-specific middleware", async () => {
+      let middlewareExecuted = false;
+
+      router.use("/test", async (_, _ctx, next) => {
+        middlewareExecuted = true;
+        console.log("middlware happened");
+        return await next() ?? new Response("unresolved stack");
+      });
+
+      router.route("/test")
+        .get(async () => new Response("test"));
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/test", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(middlewareExecuted, true);
+    });
+
+    it("should handle middleware parameters", async () => {
+      const capturedParams: Record<string, string | undefined> = {};
+
+      router.use("/:version/.*", async (_, ctx, next) => {
+        capturedParams.version = ctx.params.version;
+        return await next() ?? new Response("unresolved stack");
+      });
+
+      router.route("/:version/test")
+        .get(async () => new Response("test"));
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/v1/test", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(capturedParams.version, "v1");
+    });
+
+    it("should execute middleware in correct order", async () => {
+      const order: number[] = [1];
+
+      // router.use(async (_, _ctx, next) => {
+      //   order.push(1);
+      //   return await next()?? new Response("unresolved stack");
+      // });
+
+      router.use("/test", async (_, _ctx, next) => {
+        order.push(2);
+        return await next() ?? new Response("unresolved stack");
+      });
+
+      router.route("/test")
+        .get(async () => {
+          order.push(3);
+          return new Response("test");
+        });
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/test", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(order, [1, 2, 3]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("Nested Routers", () => {
+    it("should handle nested routes", async () => {
+      const apiRouter = new Router();
+      apiRouter.route("/test")
+        .get(async () => new Response("api test"));
+
+      router.use("/api", apiRouter);
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/api/test", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      const res = await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(await res.text(), "api test");
+    });
+
+    it("should handle nested routes with parameters", async () => {
+      const apiRouter = new Router();
+      apiRouter.route("/users/:id")
+        .get(async (_, ctx) => new Response(ctx.params.id));
+
+      router.use("/api/:version", apiRouter);
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/api/v1/users/123", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      const res = await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(await res.text(), "123");
+    });
+
+    it("should handle nested middleware", async () => {
+      const apiRouter = new Router();
+      let middlewareExecuted = false;
+
+      // apiRouter.use(async (_,_ctx, next) => {
+      //   middlewareExecuted = true;
+      //   return await next();
+      // });
+
+      apiRouter.route("/test")
+        .get(async () => new Response("test"));
+
+      router.use("/api", apiRouter);
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/api/test", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(middlewareExecuted, true);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("Context State", () => {
+    it("should maintain state across middleware chain", async () => {
+      // router.use(async (_,ctx, next) => {
+      //   ctx.state.test = "value";
+      //   return await next();
+      // });
+
+      router.route("/test")
+        .get(async (_, ctx) => {
+          return new Response(ctx.state.test as string);
+        });
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/test", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      const res = await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(await res.text(), "value");
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("Error Handling", () => {
+    it("should handle errors in handlers", async () => {
+      router.route("/error")
+        .get(async () => {
+          throw new Error("Test error");
+        });
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/error", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      const res = await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(res.status, 500);
+      assertEquals(await res.text(), "Internal Server Error");
+    });
+
+    it("should handle errors in middleware", async () => {
+      // router.use(async () => {
+      //   throw new Error("Middleware error");
+      // });
+
+      router.route("/test")
+        .get(async () => new Response("test"));
+
+      const req = new Request("http://localhost/test", {
+        method: "GET",
+      });
+
+      const res = await router.handle(req);
+      assertEquals(res.status, 500);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("HTTP Methods", () => {
+    const methods = ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH", "OPTIONS"];
+
+    methods.forEach((method) => {
+      it(`should handle ${method} requests`, async () => {
+        const route = router.route("/test");
+        route[method.toLowerCase() as keyof typeof route](
+          async () => new Response(method),
+        );
+
+        const req = new Request("http://localhost/test", {
+          method: method,
+        });
+
+        const res = await router.handle(req);
+        assertEquals(res.status, 200);
+        assertEquals(await res.text(), method);
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/router.new.ts b/router.new.ts
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+++ b/router.new.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+import type { RouterContext as oldContext } from "@bearmetal/router/types";
+import { joinPaths } from "./util/join.ts";
+
+type RouterContext = Omit<oldContext, "pattern">;
+type Handler = (
+  req: Request,
+  ctx: RouterContext,
+  next: () => Promise<void | Response> | null,
+) => Promise<Response>;
+type RouteConfigurator = {
+  get(handler: Handler): RouteConfigurator;
+  post(handler: Handler): RouteConfigurator;
+  put(handler: Handler): RouteConfigurator;
+  delete(handler: Handler): RouteConfigurator;
+  patch(handler: Handler): RouteConfigurator;
+  options(handler: Handler): RouteConfigurator;
+
+  use(handler: Handler | Router): RouteConfigurator;
+};
+
+type RouteConfig = {
+  handlers: { [method: string]: Handler[] };
+  pattern: URLPattern;
+};
+
+const GET = "GET";
+const POST = "POST";
+const PUT = "PUT";
+const PATCH = "PATCH";
+const DELETE = "DELETE";
+const OPTIONS = "OPTIONS";
+const _use = "_use";
+
+const methods = [GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, OPTIONS, _use];
+
+export class Router {
+  protected routes: Map<string, RouteConfig> = new Map();
+
+  /**
+   * @description defines a new route
+   * @param path the path to match, uses the same syntax as the URLPattern constructor
+   * @returns a RouteConfigurator object
+   *
+   * @example
+   * ```ts
+   * router.route('/users')
+   *   .get((req, ctx) => {
+   *     return new Response('GET /users');
+   *   })
+   *   .post((req, ctx) => {
+   *     return new Response('POST /users');
+   *   });
+   * ```
+   */
+  route(path: string): RouteConfigurator {
+    path = fixPath(path);
+
+    const routeConfig = this.getOrCreateConfig(path);
+
+    const configurator = {
+      get: (handler: Handler) => {
+        this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(GET, routeConfig).push(handler);
+        return configurator;
+      },
+      post: (handler: Handler) => {
+        this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(POST, routeConfig).push(handler);
+        return configurator;
+      },
+      put: (handler: Handler) => {
+        this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(PUT, routeConfig).push(handler);
+        return configurator;
+      },
+      patch: (handler: Handler) => {
+        this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(PATCH, routeConfig).push(handler);
+        return configurator;
+      },
+      delete: (handler: Handler) => {
+        this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(DELETE, routeConfig).push(handler);
+        return configurator;
+      },
+      options: (handler: Handler) => {
+        this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(OPTIONS, routeConfig).push(handler);
+        return configurator;
+      },
+      use: (handler: Handler | Router) => {
+        if (handler instanceof Router) {
+          this.resolveRouterHandlerStack(path, handler);
+          return configurator;
+        }
+        this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(_use, routeConfig).push(handler);
+        return configurator;
+      },
+    };
+
+    return configurator;
+  }
+
+  get(path: string, handler: Handler) {
+    path = fixPath(path);
+    const config = this.getOrCreateConfig(path);
+    this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(GET, config).push(handler);
+  }
+  post(path: string, handler: Handler) {
+    path = fixPath(path);
+    const config = this.getOrCreateConfig(path);
+    this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(POST, config).push(handler);
+  }
+  put(path: string, handler: Handler) {
+    path = fixPath(path);
+    const config = this.getOrCreateConfig(path);
+    this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(PUT, config).push(handler);
+  }
+  patch(path: string, handler: Handler) {
+    path = fixPath(path);
+    const config = this.getOrCreateConfig(path);
+    this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(PATCH, config).push(handler);
+  }
+  delete(path: string, handler: Handler) {
+    path = fixPath(path);
+    const config = this.getOrCreateConfig(path);
+    this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(DELETE, config).push(handler);
+  }
+  options(path: string, handler: Handler) {
+    path = fixPath(path);
+    const config = this.getOrCreateConfig(path);
+    this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(OPTIONS, config).push(handler);
+  }
+
+  use(path: string, handler: Handler | Router) {
+    path = fixPath(path);
+    if (handler instanceof Router) {
+      return this.resolveRouterHandlerStack(path, handler);
+    }
+    const config = this.getOrCreateConfig(path);
+    this.getOrCreateConfigHandlers(_use, config).push(handler);
+  }
+
+  private getOrCreateConfig(path: string): RouteConfig {
+    let config = this.routes.get(path);
+    if (!config) {
+      config = {
+        handlers: {},
+        pattern: new URLPattern({ pathname: path }),
+      };
+    }
+    return config;
+  }
+  private getOrCreateConfigHandlers(method: string, config: RouteConfig) {
+    config.handlers[method] = config.handlers[method] ?? [];
+    return config.handlers[method];
+  }
+  resolveRouterHandlerStack(path: string, router: Router): void {
+    for (const route of router.rawRoutes) {
+      const p = joinPaths(path, route[0]);
+      const thisConfig = this.getOrCreateConfig(p);
+      const thatConfig = route[1];
+      for (const method of methods) {
+        if (!thatConfig.handlers[method]) continue;
+        thisConfig.handlers[method] = (thisConfig.handlers[method] ?? [])
+          .concat(thatConfig.handlers[method]);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  get rawRoutes() {
+    return this.routes.entries();
+  }
+
+  get handle() {
+    return this.handler;
+  }
+  async handler(req: Request) {
+    const url = new URL(req.url);
+    const method = req.method;
+
+    const matchingRoutes = this.findMatchingRoutes(url).filter((r) =>
+      Object.hasOwn(r.config.handlers, method) ||
+      Object.hasOwn(r.config.handlers, _use)
+    );
+    const middlewareStack = matchingRoutes.flatMap((r) =>
+      r.config.handlers[method]
+    );
+    const ctx: RouterContext = {
+      url,
+      params: matchingRoutes.reduce((a, b) => ({ ...a, ...b.params }), {}),
+      state: {},
+      request: req,
+    };
+
+    let index = 0;
+    const executeMiddleware = async (): Promise<Response> => {
+      if (index < middlewareStack.length) {
+        const res = await middlewareStack[index++](req, ctx, executeMiddleware);
+        if (res instanceof Response) return res;
+      }
+      return new Response("End of stack", { status: 501 });
+    };
+    try {
+      return await executeMiddleware();
+    } catch {
+      return new Response("Internal Server Error", { status: 500 });
+    }
+  }
+
+  private findMatchingRoutes(url: URL) {
+    return this.routes.values().map((route) => {
+      const result = route.pattern.exec(url);
+      if (result) {
+        return {
+          config: route,
+          params: result.pathname.groups,
+        };
+      }
+    }).filter((r) => !!r).toArray();
+  }
+}
+
+function fixPath(path: string) {
+  path = path.startsWith("/") ? path : `/${path}`;
+  return path;
+}
+
+export default Router;
diff --git a/router.test.ts b/router.test.ts
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 11f6c2d..a92a1c4
--- a/router.test.ts
+++ b/router.test.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe("Router", () => {
     it("should execute global middleware", async () => {
       let middlewareExecuted = false;
 
-      router.use(async (_ctx, next) => {
+      router.use(async (_, _ctx, next) => {
         middlewareExecuted = true;
         return await next();
       });
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ describe("Router", () => {
     it("should execute path-specific middleware", async () => {
       let middlewareExecuted = false;
 
-      router.use("/test", async (_ctx, next) => {
+      router.use("/test", async (_, _ctx, next) => {
         middlewareExecuted = true;
-        console.log('middlware happened')
+        console.log("middlware happened");
         return await next();
       });
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ describe("Router", () => {
     it("should handle middleware parameters", async () => {
       const capturedParams: Record<string, string | undefined> = {};
 
-      router.use("/:version/.*", async (ctx, next) => {
+      router.use("/:version/.*", async (_, ctx, next) => {
         capturedParams.version = ctx.params.version;
         return await next();
       });
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ describe("Router", () => {
     it("should execute middleware in correct order", async () => {
       const order: number[] = [];
 
-      router.use(async (_ctx, next) => {
+      router.use(async (_, _ctx, next) => {
         order.push(1);
         return await next();
       });
 
-      router.use("/test", async (_ctx, next) => {
+      router.use("/test", async (_, _ctx, next) => {
         order.push(2);
         return await next();
       });
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ describe("Router", () => {
       const apiRouter = new Router();
       let middlewareExecuted = false;
 
-      apiRouter.use(async (_ctx, next) => {
+      apiRouter.use(async (_, _ctx, next) => {
         middlewareExecuted = true;
         return await next();
       });
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ describe("Router", () => {
 
   describe("Context State", () => {
     it("should maintain state across middleware chain", async () => {
-      router.use(async (ctx, next) => {
+      router.use(async (_, ctx, next) => {
         ctx.state.test = "value";
         return await next();
       });
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ describe("Router", () => {
   describe("HTTP Methods", () => {
     const methods = ["GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE", "PATCH", "OPTIONS"];
 
-    methods.forEach(method => {
+    methods.forEach((method) => {
       it(`should handle ${method} requests`, async () => {
         const route = router.route("/test");
         route[method.toLowerCase() as keyof typeof route](
-          async () => new Response(method)
+          async () => new Response(method),
         );
 
         const req = new Request("http://localhost/test", {
@@ -291,4 +291,4 @@ describe("Router", () => {
       });
     });
   });
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/router.ts b/router.ts
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diff --git a/types.ts b/types.ts
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diff --git a/util/contentType.ts b/util/contentType.ts
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diff --git a/util/isRelativePath.ts b/util/isRelativePath.ts
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diff --git a/util/join.ts b/util/join.ts
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index 0000000..bf56a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/join.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+export const joinPaths = (...args: string[]) =>
+  args.map((a) => a.replace(/\/?\*?$/, "")).join();
diff --git a/util/response.ts b/util/response.ts
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