diff --git a/example/main.ts b/example/main.ts
index bfb3201..447fab0 100644
--- a/example/main.ts
+++ b/example/main.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { HttpRouter } from "../mod.ts";
+import { createRouter } from "../mod.ts";
 
 type User = { name: string };
 const users: Record<string, User> = {
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ const users: Record<string, User> = {
   "2": { name: "Jane Doe" },
 };
 
-const listener = Deno.listen({ port: 8080 });
-
-const router = new HttpRouter();
+const router = createRouter();
 
 router.get("/users/:id", (_req, match) => {
   if (!match.pathname.groups.id) {
@@ -38,4 +36,4 @@ router.all("*", (_match, _req) => {
   return Response.json({ message: "Not Found" }, { status: 404 });
 });
 
-await router.serve(listener);
+Deno.serve({ port: 8080 }, router);
diff --git a/mod.ts b/mod.ts
index acff726..fdd0691 100644
--- a/mod.ts
+++ b/mod.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-export type { HttpMethod, HttpRouteHandler } from "./src/router.ts";
-export { HttpRouter } from "./src/router.ts";
+export type { HttpRouter, HttpMethod, HttpRouteHandler } from "./src/router.ts";
+export { createRouter } from "./src/router.ts";
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 3f033d4..161d0b6 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ const users: Record<string, User> = {
   "2": { name: "Jane Doe" },
 };
 
-const listener = Deno.listen({ port: 8080 });
-
-const router = new HttpRouter();
+const router = createRouter();
 
 router.get("/users/:id", (_req, match) => {
   const user = users[match.pathname.groups.id];
@@ -38,5 +36,5 @@ router.all("*", (_match, _req) => {
   return Response.json({ message: "Not Found" }, { status: 404 });
 });
 
-await router.serve(listener);
+Deno.serve({ port: 8080 }, router);
 ```
diff --git a/src/router.ts b/src/router.ts
index 14536d4..b7b2601 100644
--- a/src/router.ts
+++ b/src/router.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-export type HttpRouteHandler = (
-  request: Request,
-  match: URLPatternResult,
-) => Response | Promise<Response>;
+export type HttpRouteHandler = (request: Request, match: URLPatternResult) => Response | Promise<Response>;
 
 type HttpRoute = {
   pattern: URLPattern;
@@ -9,46 +6,43 @@ type HttpRoute = {
   method: string;
 };
 
-export type HttpMethod =
-  | "get"
-  | "post"
-  | "delete"
-  | "patch"
-  | "put"
-  | "options";
-
-export class HttpRouter {
-  #routes: HttpRoute[] = [];
-
-  get = (pattern: URLPatternInput, handler: HttpRouteHandler) =>
-    this.#use("get", pattern, handler);
-  post = (pattern: URLPatternInput, handler: HttpRouteHandler) =>
-    this.#use("post", pattern, handler);
-  put = (pattern: URLPatternInput, handler: HttpRouteHandler) =>
-    this.#use("put", pattern, handler);
-  delete = (pattern: URLPatternInput, handler: HttpRouteHandler) =>
-    this.#use("delete", pattern, handler);
-
-  all = (
+export type HttpMethod = "get" | "post" | "delete" | "patch" | "put" | "options" | "head";
+export type HttpRouteMethod = (pattern: URLPatternInput, handler: HttpRouteHandler) => HttpRouter;
+
+export interface HttpRouter {
+  (request: Request): Promise<Response>;
+  all: (
     pattern: URLPatternInput,
-    handler: Partial<Record<HttpMethod, HttpRouteHandler>> | HttpRouteHandler,
-  ) => {
+    handler: Partial<Record<HttpMethod, HttpRouteHandler>> | HttpRouteHandler
+  ) => HttpRouter;
+  get: HttpRouteMethod;
+  post: HttpRouteMethod;
+  put: HttpRouteMethod;
+  delete: HttpRouteMethod;
+  patch: HttpRouteMethod;
+  options: HttpRouteMethod;
+  head: HttpRouteMethod;
+  serve(listener: Deno.Listener): Promise<void>;
+}
+
+export function createRouter(): HttpRouter {
+  const routes: HttpRoute[] = [];
+
+  const all = (pattern: URLPatternInput, handler: Partial<Record<HttpMethod, HttpRouteHandler>> | HttpRouteHandler) => {
     if (typeof handler === "object") {
       for (const [method, h] of Object.entries(handler)) {
-        this.#use(method as HttpMethod, pattern, h);
+        use(method as HttpMethod)(pattern, h);
       }
     } else {
-      this.#use("all", pattern, handler);
+      use("all")(pattern, handler);
     }
+
+    return instance;
   };
 
-  #use = (
-    method: HttpMethod | "all",
-    pattern: string | URLPatternInput,
-    handler: HttpRouteHandler,
-  ) => {
+  const use = (method: HttpMethod | "all") => (pattern: string | URLPatternInput, handler: HttpRouteHandler) => {
     if (typeof pattern === "string") {
-      this.#routes.push({
+      routes.push({
         method,
         pattern: new URLPattern({
           protocol: "http{s}?",
@@ -63,16 +57,15 @@ export class HttpRouter {
         handler,
       });
     } else {
-      this.#routes.push({ method, pattern: new URLPattern(pattern), handler });
+      routes.push({ method, pattern: new URLPattern(pattern), handler });
     }
+
+    return instance;
   };
 
-  async handleRequest(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
-    for (const route of this.#routes) {
-      if (
-        route.method.toUpperCase() === "ALL" ||
-        route.method.toUpperCase() === request.method.toUpperCase()
-      ) {
+  async function handleRequest(request: Request): Promise<Response> {
+    for (const route of routes) {
+      if (route.method.toUpperCase() === "ALL" || route.method.toUpperCase() === request.method.toUpperCase()) {
         const url = new URL(request.url, "http://example.com");
         const result = route.pattern.exec(url);
 
@@ -86,20 +79,34 @@ export class HttpRouter {
     throw new Error("Unhandled request");
   }
 
-  async handleEvent(event: Deno.RequestEvent) {
-    const response = await this.handleRequest(event.request);
+  async function handleEvent(event: Deno.RequestEvent) {
+    const response = await handleRequest(event.request);
     await event.respondWith(response);
   }
 
-  async handleConnection(conn: Deno.Conn) {
+  async function handleConnection(conn: Deno.Conn) {
     for await (const event of Deno.serveHttp(conn)) {
-      this.handleEvent(event);
+      handleEvent(event);
     }
   }
 
-  async serve(listener: Deno.Listener) {
+  async function serve(listener: Deno.Listener) {
     for await (const conn of listener) {
-      this.handleConnection(conn);
+      handleConnection(conn);
     }
   }
+
+  const instance = Object.assign(handleRequest, {
+    get: use("get"),
+    post: use("post"),
+    delete: use("delete"),
+    patch: use("patch"),
+    put: use("put"),
+    options: use("options"),
+    head: use("head"),
+    all,
+    serve,
+  });
+
+  return instance;
 }
diff --git a/src/router_test.ts b/src/router_test.ts
index add4fe7..b04919d 100644
--- a/src/router_test.ts
+++ b/src/router_test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
-import {
-  assertEquals,
-  assertRejects,
-} from "https://deno.land/std@0.198.0/assert/mod.ts";
+import { assertEquals, assertRejects } from "https://deno.land/std@0.198.0/assert/mod.ts";
 
-import { HttpRouter } from "./router.ts";
+import { createRouter } from "./router.ts";
 
 const baseurl = "http://example.com";
 
@@ -12,46 +9,44 @@ function createRequest(path: string) {
 }
 
 Deno.test("get random json body", async () => {
-  const router = new HttpRouter();
+  const router = createRouter();
   const body = { message: crypto.randomUUID() };
   router.get("/", () => Response.json(body));
 
-  const response = await router.handleRequest(
-    new Request(new URL("/", baseurl)),
-  );
+  const response = await router(new Request(new URL("/", baseurl)));
 
   assertEquals(await response.json(), body);
 });
 
 Deno.test("match path parameter", async () => {
-  const router = new HttpRouter();
+  const router = createRouter();
 
   router.get("/", () => new Response("not found"));
   router.get("/:id", (_, match) => new Response(match.pathname.groups.id));
 
   const id = crypto.randomUUID();
-  const response1 = await router.handleRequest(createRequest("/"));
-  const response2 = await router.handleRequest(createRequest("/" + id));
+  const response1 = await router(createRequest("/"));
+  const response2 = await router(createRequest("/" + id));
 
   assertEquals(await response1.text(), "not found");
   assertEquals(await response2.text(), id);
 });
 
 Deno.test("rejects if no match", async () => {
-  const router = new HttpRouter();
+  const router = createRouter();
 
   router.get("/", () => new Response("ok"));
 
-  await assertRejects(() => router.handleRequest(createRequest("/abc")));
+  await assertRejects(() => router(createRequest("/abc")));
 });
 
 Deno.test("can use fallback if no match", async () => {
-  const router = new HttpRouter();
+  const router = createRouter();
 
   router.get("/", () => new Response("ok"));
   router.get("/abcd", () => new Response("ok"));
   router.all("*", () => new Response("no match"));
 
-  const response = await router.handleRequest(createRequest("/abc"));
+  const response = await router(createRequest("/abc"));
   assertEquals(await response.text(), "no match");
 });