diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index bd35a97a..90dbef93 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@
 
 - Discussion: https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/585
 - Test: https://github.com/kataras/iris/blob/master/http_test.go#L735
-- Example: https://github.com/iris-contrib/examples/tree/master/route_state
+- Example 1: https://github.com/iris-contrib/examples/tree/master/route_state
+- Example 2, SPA: https://github.com/iris-contrib/examples/tree/master/spa_2_using_offline_routing
 
 **What?**
 
+
+- Give priority to an API path inside a Static route
+
 ```go
 package main
 
@@ -21,38 +25,57 @@ import (
 
 func main() {
 
-	iris.None("/api/user/:userid", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
+	usersAPI := iris.None("/api/users/:userid", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
+		ctx.Writef("user with id: %s", ctx.Param("userid"))
+	})("api.users.id")
+
+	iris.StaticWeb("/", "./www", usersAPI)
+
+	//
+	// START THE SERVER
+	//
+	iris.Listen("localhost:8080")
+}
+
+
+```
+
+- Play with(very advanced usage, used by big companies): enable(online) or disable(offline) routes at runtime with one line of code.
+
+```go
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kataras/iris"
+)
+
+func main() {
+
+	// You can find the Route by iris.Lookup("theRouteName")
+	// you can set a route name as: myRoute := iris.Get("/mypath", handler)("theRouteName")
+	// that will set a name to the route and returns its iris.Route instance for further usage.
+	api := iris.None("/api/users/:userid", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
 		userid := ctx.Param("userid")
 		ctx.Writef("user with id: %s", userid)
-	})("user.api")
+	})("users.api")
 
-	// change the "user.api" state from offline to online and online to offline
+	// change the "users.api" state from offline to online and online to offline
 	iris.Get("/change", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
-		routeName := "user.api"
-		if iris.Lookup(routeName).IsOnline() {
+		if api.IsOnline() {
 			// set to offline
-			iris.SetRouteOffline(routeName)
+			iris.SetRouteOffline(api)
 		} else {
 			// set to online if it was not online(so it was offline)
-			iris.SetRouteOnline(routeName, iris.MethodGet)
+			iris.SetRouteOnline(api, iris.MethodGet)
 		}
 	})
 
-	//	iris.Get("/execute/:routename", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
-	//		routeName := ctx.Param("routename")
-	//		userAPICtx := ctx.ExecuteRoute(routeName)
-	//		if userAPICtx == nil {
-	//			ctx.Writef("Route with name: %s didnt' found or couldn't be validate with this request path!", routeName)
-	//		}
-	//	})
-
 	iris.Get("/execute", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
-		routeName := "user.api"
 		// change the path in order to be catcable from the ExecuteRoute
-		// ctx.Request.URL.Path = "/api/user/42"
-		// ctx.ExecRoute(routeName)
+		// ctx.Request.URL.Path = "/api/users/42"
+		// ctx.ExecRoute(iris.Route)
 		// or:
-		ctx.ExecRouteAgainst(routeName, "/api/user/42")
+		ctx.ExecRouteAgainst(api, "/api/users/42")
 	})
 
 	iris.Get("/", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
@@ -63,11 +86,11 @@ func main() {
 	// START THE SERVER
 	//
 	// STEPS:
-	// 1. navigate to http://localhost:8080/user/api/42
+	// 1. navigate to http://localhost:8080/api/users/42
 	// you should get 404 error
 	// 2. now, navigate to http://localhost:8080/change
 	// you should see a blank page
-	// 3. now, navigate to http://localhost:8080/user/api/42
+	// 3. now, navigate to http://localhost:8080/api/users/42
 	// you should see the page working, NO 404 error
 	// go back to the http://localhost:8080/change
 	// you should get 404 error again
@@ -78,6 +101,25 @@ func main() {
 
 ```
 
+- New built'n Middleware:  `iris.Prioritize(route)` in order to give priority to a route inside other handler (used internally on StaticWeb's builder)
+
+```go
+usersAPI := iris.None("/api/users/:userid", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
+	ctx.Writef("user with id: %s", ctx.Param("userid"))
+})("api.users.id") // we need to call empty ("") in order to get its iris.Route instance
+// or ("the name of the route")
+// which later on can be found with iris.Lookup("the name of the route")
+
+static := iris.StaticHandler("/", "./www", false, false)
+// manually give a priority to the usersAPI, if not found then continue to the static handler
+iris.Get("/*file", iris.Prioritize(usersAPI), static)
+
+iris.Get("/*file", static)
+
+iris.Listen(":8080")
+
+```
+
 ## 6.0.9 -> 6.1.0
 
 - Fix a not found error when serving static files through custom subdomain, this should work again: `iris.Party("mysubdomain.").StaticWeb("/", "./static")`
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index 4618f132..54903919 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -177,11 +177,15 @@ func (ctx *Context) GetHandlerName() string {
 	return runtime.FuncForPC(reflect.ValueOf(ctx.Middleware[len(ctx.Middleware)-1]).Pointer()).Name()
 }
 
-// ExecRoute calls any route by its name (mostly  "offline" route) like it was requested by the user, but it is not.
+// ExecRoute calls any route (mostly  "offline" route) like it was requested by the user, but it is not.
 // Offline means that the route is registered to the iris and have all features that a normal route has
 // BUT it isn't available by browsing, its handlers executed only when other handler's context call them
 // it can validate paths, has sessions, path parameters and all.
 //
+// You can find the Route by iris.Lookup("theRouteName")
+// you can set a route name as: myRoute := iris.Get("/mypath", handler)("theRouteName")
+// that will set a name to the route and returns its iris.Route instance for further usage.
+//
 // It doesn't changes the global state, if a route was "offline" it remains offline.
 //
 // see ExecRouteAgainst(routeName, againstRequestPath string),
@@ -189,16 +193,20 @@ func (ctx *Context) GetHandlerName() string {
 // For more details look: https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/585
 //
 // Example: https://github.com/iris-contrib/examples/tree/master/route_state
-func (ctx *Context) ExecRoute(routeName string) *Context {
-	return ctx.ExecRouteAgainst(routeName, ctx.Path())
+func (ctx *Context) ExecRoute(r Route) *Context {
+	return ctx.ExecRouteAgainst(r, ctx.Path())
 }
 
-// ExecRouteAgainst calls any route by its name (mostly  "offline" route) against a 'virtually' request path
+// ExecRouteAgainst calls any iris.Route against a 'virtually' request path
 // like it was requested by the user, but it is not.
 // Offline means that the route is registered to the iris and have all features that a normal route has
 // BUT it isn't available by browsing, its handlers executed only when other handler's context call them
 // it can validate paths, has sessions, path parameters and all.
 //
+// You can find the Route by iris.Lookup("theRouteName")
+// you can set a route name as: myRoute := iris.Get("/mypath", handler)("theRouteName")
+// that will set a name to the route and returns its iris.Route instance for further usage.
+//
 // It doesn't changes the global state, if a route was "offline" it remains offline.
 //
 // see ExecRoute(routeName),
@@ -206,9 +214,7 @@ func (ctx *Context) ExecRoute(routeName string) *Context {
 // For more details look: https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/585
 //
 // Example: https://github.com/iris-contrib/examples/tree/master/route_state
-func (ctx *Context) ExecRouteAgainst(routeName string, againstRequestPath string) *Context {
-
-	r := ctx.framework.Lookup(routeName)
+func (ctx *Context) ExecRouteAgainst(r Route, againstRequestPath string) *Context {
 	if r != nil {
 		context := &(*ctx)
 		context.Middleware = context.Middleware[0:0]
@@ -220,10 +226,42 @@ func (ctx *Context) ExecRouteAgainst(routeName string, againstRequestPath string
 			return context
 		}
 	}
-	// if failed return nil in order to this fail to be catchable
 	return nil
 }
 
+// Prioritize is a middleware which executes a route against this path
+// when the request's Path has a prefix of the route's STATIC PART
+// is not executing ExecRoute to determinate if it's valid, for performance reasons
+// if this function is not enough for you and you want to test more than one parameterized path
+// then use the:  if c := ExecRoute(r); c == nil { /*  move to the next, the route is not valid */ }
+//
+// You can find the Route by iris.Lookup("theRouteName")
+// you can set a route name as: myRoute := iris.Get("/mypath", handler)("theRouteName")
+// that will set a name to the route and returns its iris.Route instance for further usage.
+//
+// if the route found then it executes that and don't continue to the next handler
+// if not found then continue to the next handler
+func Prioritize(r Route) HandlerFunc {
+	if r != nil {
+		return func(ctx *Context) {
+			reqPath := ctx.Path()
+			if strings.HasPrefix(reqPath, r.StaticPath()) {
+				newctx := ctx.ExecRouteAgainst(r, reqPath)
+				if newctx == nil { // route not found.
+					ctx.EmitError(StatusNotFound)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			// execute the next handler if no prefix
+			// here look, the only error we catch is the 404,
+			//  we can't go ctx.Next() and believe that the next handler will manage the error
+			// because it will not, we are not on the router.
+			ctx.Next()
+		}
+	}
+	return func(ctx *Context) { ctx.Next() }
+}
+
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // -----------------------------Request URL, Method, IP & Headers getters---------------
diff --git a/http.go b/http.go
index 1ba16be4..ef2eccaa 100644
--- a/http.go
+++ b/http.go
@@ -698,8 +698,16 @@ type (
 		Subdomain() string
 		// Method returns the http method
 		Method() string
+		// SetMethod sets the route's method
+		// requires re-build of the iris.Router
+		SetMethod(string)
+
 		// Path returns the path
 		Path() string
+
+		// staticPath returns the static part of the path
+		StaticPath() string
+
 		// SetPath changes/sets the path for this route
 		SetPath(string)
 		// Middleware returns the slice of Handler([]Handler) registered to this route
@@ -716,6 +724,7 @@ type (
 		subdomain      string
 		method         string
 		path           string
+		staticPath     string
 		middleware     Middleware
 		formattedPath  string
 		formattedParts int
@@ -740,6 +749,7 @@ var _ Route = &route{}
 func newRoute(method string, subdomain string, path string, middleware Middleware) *route {
 	r := &route{name: path + subdomain, method: method, subdomain: subdomain, path: path, middleware: middleware}
 	r.formatPath()
+	r.calculateStaticPath()
 	return r
 }
 
@@ -773,8 +783,20 @@ func (r *route) formatPath() {
 	r.formattedPath = tempPath
 }
 
-func (r *route) setName(newName string) {
+func (r *route) calculateStaticPath() {
+	for i := 0; i < len(r.path); i++ {
+		if r.path[i] == matchEverythingByte || r.path[i] == parameterStartByte {
+			r.staticPath = r.path[0 : i-1] // stop at the first dynamic path symbol and set the static path to its [0:previous]
+			return
+		}
+	}
+	// not a dynamic symbol found, set its static path to its path.
+	r.staticPath = r.path
+}
+
+func (r *route) setName(newName string) Route {
 	r.name = newName
+	return r
 }
 
 func (r route) Name() string {
@@ -789,10 +811,18 @@ func (r route) Method() string {
 	return r.method
 }
 
+func (r *route) SetMethod(method string) {
+	r.method = method
+}
+
 func (r route) Path() string {
 	return r.path
 }
 
+func (r route) StaticPath() string {
+	return r.staticPath
+}
+
 func (r *route) SetPath(s string) {
 	r.path = s
 }
diff --git a/http_test.go b/http_test.go
index 9ff66482..eca75b1e 100644
--- a/http_test.go
+++ b/http_test.go
@@ -734,36 +734,34 @@ func TestRedirectHTTPS(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestRouteStateSimple(t *testing.T) {
 	iris.ResetDefault()
-	// here
-	offlineRouteName := "user.api"
 	offlineRoutePath := "/api/user/:userid"
 	offlineRouteRequestedTestPath := "/api/user/42"
 	offlineBody := "user with id: 42"
 
-	iris.None(offlineRoutePath, func(ctx *iris.Context) {
+	offlineRoute := iris.None(offlineRoutePath, func(ctx *iris.Context) {
 		userid := ctx.Param("userid")
 		if userid != "42" {
 			// we are expecting userid 42 always in this test so
 			t.Fatalf("what happened? expected userid to be 42 but got %s", userid)
 		}
 		ctx.Writef(offlineBody)
-	})(offlineRouteName)
+	})("api.users") // or an empty (), required, in order to get the Route instance.
 
 	// change the "user.api" state from offline to online and online to offline
 	iris.Get("/change", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
 		// here
-		if iris.Lookup(offlineRouteName).IsOnline() {
+		if offlineRoute.IsOnline() {
 			// set to offline
-			iris.SetRouteOffline(offlineRouteName)
+			iris.SetRouteOffline(offlineRoute)
 		} else {
 			// set to online if it was not online(so it was offline)
-			iris.SetRouteOnline(offlineRouteName, iris.MethodGet)
+			iris.SetRouteOnline(offlineRoute, iris.MethodGet)
 		}
 	})
 
 	iris.Get("/execute", func(ctx *iris.Context) {
 		// here
-		ctx.ExecRouteAgainst(offlineRouteName, "/api/user/42")
+		ctx.ExecRouteAgainst(offlineRoute, "/api/user/42")
 	})
 
 	hello := "Hello from index"
diff --git a/iris.go b/iris.go
index 33e803bd..f00bf0fe 100644
--- a/iris.go
+++ b/iris.go
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ type (
 
 		Lookup(routeName string) Route
 		Lookups() []Route
-		SetRouteOnline(routeName string, HTTPMethod string) bool
-		SetRouteOffline(routeName string) bool
-		ChangeRouteState(routeName string, HTTPMethod string) bool
+		SetRouteOnline(r Route, HTTPMethod string) bool
+		SetRouteOffline(r Route) bool
+		ChangeRouteState(r Route, HTTPMethod string) bool
 
 		Path(routeName string, optionalPathParameters ...interface{}) (routePath string)
 		URL(routeName string, optionalPathParameters ...interface{}) (routeURL string)
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ type (
 		StaticEmbedded(reqRelativePath string, contentType string, assets func(string) ([]byte, error), assetsNames func() []string) RouteNameFunc
 		Favicon(systemFilePath string, optionalReqRelativePath ...string) RouteNameFunc
 		// static file system
-		StaticHandler(reqRelativePath string, systemPath string, showList bool, enableGzip bool) HandlerFunc
-		StaticWeb(reqRelativePath string, systemPath string) RouteNameFunc
+		StaticHandler(reqRelativePath string, systemPath string, showList bool, enableGzip bool, exceptRoutes ...Route) HandlerFunc
+		StaticWeb(reqRelativePath string, systemPath string, exceptRoutes ...Route) RouteNameFunc
 
 		// party layout for template engines
 		Layout(layoutTemplateFileName string) MuxAPI
@@ -231,7 +231,12 @@ type (
 	}
 
 	// RouteNameFunc the func returns from the MuxAPi's methods, optionally sets the name of the Route (*route)
-	RouteNameFunc func(customRouteName string)
+	//
+	// You can find the Route by iris.Lookup("theRouteName")
+	// you can set a route name as: myRoute := iris.Get("/mypath", handler)("theRouteName")
+	// that will set a name to the route and returns its iris.Route instance for further usage.
+	//
+	RouteNameFunc func(customRouteName string) Route
 )
 
 // Framework is our God |\| Google.Search('Greek mythology Iris')
@@ -1060,8 +1065,8 @@ func (s *Framework) Lookups() (routes []Route) {
 // For more details look: https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/585
 //
 // Example: https://github.com/iris-contrib/examples/tree/master/route_state
-func SetRouteOnline(routeName string, HTTPMethod string) bool {
-	return Default.SetRouteOnline(routeName, HTTPMethod)
+func SetRouteOnline(r Route, HTTPMethod string) bool {
+	return Default.SetRouteOnline(r, HTTPMethod)
 }
 
 // SetRouteOffline sets the state of the route to "offline" and re-builds the router
@@ -1073,8 +1078,8 @@ func SetRouteOnline(routeName string, HTTPMethod string) bool {
 // For more details look: https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/585
 //
 // Example: https://github.com/iris-contrib/examples/tree/master/route_state
-func SetRouteOffline(routeName string) bool {
-	return Default.SetRouteOffline(routeName)
+func SetRouteOffline(r Route) bool {
+	return Default.SetRouteOffline(r)
 }
 
 // ChangeRouteState changes the state of the route.
@@ -1089,23 +1094,23 @@ func SetRouteOffline(routeName string) bool {
 // For more details look: https://github.com/kataras/iris/issues/585
 //
 // Example: https://github.com/iris-contrib/examples/tree/master/route_state
-func ChangeRouteState(routeName string, HTTPMethod string) bool {
-	return Default.ChangeRouteState(routeName, HTTPMethod)
+func ChangeRouteState(r Route, HTTPMethod string) bool {
+	return Default.ChangeRouteState(r, HTTPMethod)
 }
 
 // SetRouteOnline sets the state of the route to "online" with a specific http method
 // it re-builds the router
 //
 // returns true if state was actually changed
-func (s *Framework) SetRouteOnline(routeName string, HTTPMethod string) bool {
-	return s.ChangeRouteState(routeName, HTTPMethod)
+func (s *Framework) SetRouteOnline(r Route, HTTPMethod string) bool {
+	return s.ChangeRouteState(r, HTTPMethod)
 }
 
 // SetRouteOffline sets the state of the route to "offline" and re-builds the router
 //
 // returns true if state was actually changed
-func (s *Framework) SetRouteOffline(routeName string) bool {
-	return s.ChangeRouteState(routeName, MethodNone)
+func (s *Framework) SetRouteOffline(r Route) bool {
+	return s.ChangeRouteState(r, MethodNone)
 }
 
 // ChangeRouteState changes the state of the route.
@@ -1114,15 +1119,14 @@ func (s *Framework) SetRouteOffline(routeName string) bool {
 // it re-builds the router
 //
 // returns true if state was actually changed
-func (s *Framework) ChangeRouteState(routeName string, HTTPMethod string) bool {
-	r := s.mux.lookup(routeName)
-	nonSpecificMethod := len(HTTPMethod) == 0
+func (s *Framework) ChangeRouteState(r Route, HTTPMethod string) bool {
 	if r != nil {
-		if r.method != HTTPMethod {
+		nonSpecificMethod := len(HTTPMethod) == 0
+		if r.Method() != HTTPMethod {
 			if nonSpecificMethod {
-				r.method = MethodGet // if no method given, then do it for "GET" only
+				r.SetMethod(MethodGet) // if no method given, then do it for "GET" only
 			} else {
-				r.method = HTTPMethod
+				r.SetMethod(HTTPMethod)
 			}
 			// re-build the router/main handler
 			s.Router = ToNativeHandler(s, s.mux.BuildHandler())
@@ -2064,32 +2068,13 @@ func (api *muxAPI) Favicon(favPath string, requestPath ...string) RouteNameFunc
 	return api.registerResourceRoute(reqPath, h)
 }
 
-// StripPrefix returns a handler that serves HTTP requests
-// by removing the given prefix from the request URL's Path
-// and invoking the handler h. StripPrefix handles a
-// request for a path that doesn't begin with prefix by
-// replying with an HTTP 404 not found error.
-func StripPrefix(prefix string, h HandlerFunc) HandlerFunc {
-	if prefix == "" {
-		return h
-	}
-	return func(ctx *Context) {
-		if p := strings.TrimPrefix(ctx.Request.URL.Path, prefix); len(p) < len(ctx.Request.URL.Path) {
-			ctx.Request.URL.Path = p
-			h(ctx)
-		} else {
-			ctx.NotFound()
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // StaticHandler returns a new Handler which serves static files
 func StaticHandler(reqPath string, systemPath string, showList bool, enableGzip bool) HandlerFunc {
 	return Default.StaticHandler(reqPath, systemPath, showList, enableGzip)
 }
 
 // StaticHandler returns a new Handler which serves static files
-func (api *muxAPI) StaticHandler(reqPath string, systemPath string, showList bool, enableGzip bool) HandlerFunc {
+func (api *muxAPI) StaticHandler(reqPath string, systemPath string, showList bool, enableGzip bool, exceptRoutes ...Route) HandlerFunc {
 	// here we separate the path from the subdomain (if any), we care only for the path
 	// fixes a bug when serving static files via a subdomain
 	fullpath := api.relativePath + reqPath
@@ -2102,6 +2087,7 @@ func (api *muxAPI) StaticHandler(reqPath string, systemPath string, showList boo
 		Path(path).
 		Listing(showList).
 		Gzip(enableGzip).
+		Except(exceptRoutes...).
 		Build()
 
 	managedStaticHandler := func(ctx *Context) {
@@ -2124,6 +2110,8 @@ func (api *muxAPI) StaticHandler(reqPath string, systemPath string, showList boo
 //
 // first parameter: the route path
 // second parameter: the system directory
+// third OPTIONAL parameter: the exception routes
+//      (= give priority to these routes instead of the static handler)
 // for more options look iris.StaticHandler.
 //
 //     iris.StaticWeb("/static", "./static")
@@ -2133,8 +2121,8 @@ func (api *muxAPI) StaticHandler(reqPath string, systemPath string, showList boo
 // "index.html".
 //
 // StaticWeb calls the StaticHandler(reqPath, systemPath, listingDirectories: false, gzip: false ).
-func StaticWeb(reqPath string, systemPath string) RouteNameFunc {
-	return Default.StaticWeb(reqPath, systemPath)
+func StaticWeb(reqPath string, systemPath string, exceptRoutes ...Route) RouteNameFunc {
+	return Default.StaticWeb(reqPath, systemPath, exceptRoutes...)
 }
 
 // StaticWeb returns a handler that serves HTTP requests
@@ -2142,6 +2130,8 @@ func StaticWeb(reqPath string, systemPath string) RouteNameFunc {
 //
 // first parameter: the route path
 // second parameter: the system directory
+// third OPTIONAL parameter: the exception routes
+//      (= give priority to these routes instead of the static handler)
 // for more options look iris.StaticHandler.
 //
 //     iris.StaticWeb("/static", "./static")
@@ -2151,8 +2141,8 @@ func StaticWeb(reqPath string, systemPath string) RouteNameFunc {
 // "index.html".
 //
 // StaticWeb calls the StaticHandler(reqPath, systemPath, listingDirectories: false, gzip: false ).
-func (api *muxAPI) StaticWeb(reqPath string, systemPath string) RouteNameFunc {
-	h := api.StaticHandler(reqPath, systemPath, false, false)
+func (api *muxAPI) StaticWeb(reqPath string, systemPath string, exceptRoutes ...Route) RouteNameFunc {
+	h := api.StaticHandler(reqPath, systemPath, false, false, exceptRoutes...)
 	routePath := validateWildcard(reqPath, "file")
 	return api.registerResourceRoute(routePath, h)
 }
diff --git a/webfs.go b/webfs.go
index 87427e19..a9f9b54f 100644
--- a/webfs.go
+++ b/webfs.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type StaticHandlerBuilder interface {
 	Gzip(enable bool) StaticHandlerBuilder
 	Listing(listDirectoriesOnOff bool) StaticHandlerBuilder
 	StripPath(yesNo bool) StaticHandlerBuilder
+	Except(r ...Route) StaticHandlerBuilder
 	Build() HandlerFunc
 }
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ type webfs struct {
 	// these are init on the Build() call
 	filesystem http.FileSystem
 	once       sync.Once
+	exceptions []Route
 	handler    HandlerFunc
 }
 
@@ -88,6 +90,13 @@ func (w *webfs) StripPath(yesNo bool) StaticHandlerBuilder {
 	return w
 }
 
+// Except add a route exception,
+// gives priority to that Route over the static handler.
+func (w *webfs) Except(r ...Route) StaticHandlerBuilder {
+	w.exceptions = append(w.exceptions, r...)
+	return w
+}
+
 type (
 	noListFile struct {
 		http.File
@@ -130,7 +139,7 @@ func (w *webfs) Build() HandlerFunc {
 			fsHandler = http.StripPrefix(prefix, fileserver)
 		}
 
-		w.handler = func(ctx *Context) {
+		h := func(ctx *Context) {
 			writer := ctx.ResponseWriter
 
 			if w.gzip && ctx.clientAllowsGzip() {
@@ -143,7 +152,41 @@ func (w *webfs) Build() HandlerFunc {
 
 			fsHandler.ServeHTTP(writer, ctx.Request)
 		}
+
+		if len(w.exceptions) > 0 {
+			middleware := make(Middleware, len(w.exceptions)+1)
+			for i := range w.exceptions {
+				middleware[i] = Prioritize(w.exceptions[i])
+			}
+			middleware[len(w.exceptions)] = HandlerFunc(h)
+
+			w.handler = func(ctx *Context) {
+				ctx.Middleware = append(middleware, ctx.Middleware...)
+				ctx.Do()
+			}
+		} else {
+			w.handler = h
+		}
 	})
 
 	return w.handler
 }
+
+// StripPrefix returns a handler that serves HTTP requests
+// by removing the given prefix from the request URL's Path
+// and invoking the handler h. StripPrefix handles a
+// request for a path that doesn't begin with prefix by
+// replying with an HTTP 404 not found error.
+func StripPrefix(prefix string, h HandlerFunc) HandlerFunc {
+	if prefix == "" {
+		return h
+	}
+	return func(ctx *Context) {
+		if p := strings.TrimPrefix(ctx.Request.URL.Path, prefix); len(p) < len(ctx.Request.URL.Path) {
+			ctx.Request.URL.Path = p
+			h(ctx)
+		} else {
+			ctx.NotFound()
+		}
+	}
+}