diff --git a/example/preactSSR/handlers/github.handler.ts b/example/preactSSR/handlers/github.handler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a20ca47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/preactSSR/handlers/github.handler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Handler, file } from "../../../mod.ts";
+
+const base = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sejori/peko/main/example/preactSSR`;
+
+export const githubHandler =
+  (path: string, type?: string): Handler =>
+  async (ctx) =>
+    (
+      await file(
+        ctx.state.env.ENVIRONMENT === "production"
+          ? new URL(`${base}${path}`)
+          : new URL("../" + path, import.meta.url),
+        {
+          headers: new Headers({
+            ...(type && { "Content-Type": type }),
+            // instruct browser to cache file in prod env
+            "Cache-Control":
+              ctx.state.env.ENVIRONMENT === "production"
+                ? "max-age=86400, stale-while-revalidate=86400"
+                : "no-store",
+          }),
+        }
+      )
+    )(ctx);
diff --git a/example/preactSSR/handlers/parrot.handler.ts b/example/preactSSR/handlers/parrot.handler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54413799
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/preactSSR/handlers/parrot.handler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import { Handler } from "../../../mod.ts";
+
+export const parrotHandler: Handler = async (ctx) => {
+  const reader = ctx.request.body?.getReader();
+  let result = "";
+  const chunkSize = 1024;
+
+  if (reader) {
+    let done = false;
+    while (!done) {
+      const { value, done: chunkDone } = await reader.read();
+      if (value) {
+        result += new TextDecoder().decode(value);
+        if (result.length >= chunkSize) {
+          result = result.slice(0, chunkSize);
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+      done = chunkDone;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return new Response(`Parrot sqwarks: ${result}`);
+};
diff --git a/example/preactSSR/handlers/preact.handler.ts b/example/preactSSR/handlers/preact.handler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..72f226b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/preactSSR/handlers/preact.handler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import { renderToString } from "preact-render-to-string";
+import { Handler, ssr } from "../../../mod.ts";
+import htmlTemplate from "../src/document.ts";
+
+export const preactHandler =
+  (
+    component: (props: Record<string, unknown>) => unknown,
+    title: string,
+    entrypoint: string
+  ): Handler =>
+  (ctx) => {
+    return ssr(
+      () => {
+        const ssrHTML = renderToString(component(ctx.state), null, null);
+        return htmlTemplate({
+          title,
+          ssrHTML,
+          entrypoint,
+          serverState: ctx.state,
+        });
+      },
+      {
+        headers: new Headers({
+          // instruct browser to cache page in prod env
+          "Cache-Control":
+            ctx.state.env.ENVIRONMENT === "production"
+              ? "max-age=86400, stale-while-revalidate=86400"
+              : "no-store",
+        }),
+      }
+    )(ctx);
+  };
diff --git a/example/preactSSR/handlers/rdmEvent.handler.ts b/example/preactSSR/handlers/rdmEvent.handler.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7aab8fc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/preactSSR/handlers/rdmEvent.handler.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { Handler, sse } from "../../../mod.ts";
+
+const demoEventTarget = new EventTarget();
+export const randomEventHandler: Handler = (ctx) => {
+  setInterval(() => {
+    demoEventTarget.dispatchEvent(
+      new CustomEvent("send", { detail: Math.random() })
+    );
+  }, 2500);
+
+  return sse(demoEventTarget)(ctx);
+};
diff --git a/example/preactSSR/middleware/reqTime.middleware.ts b/example/preactSSR/middleware/reqTime.middleware.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cef4f89a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/preactSSR/middleware/reqTime.middleware.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { Middleware } from "../../../mod.ts";
+
+export const reqTime: Middleware = (ctx) => {
+  ctx.state = {
+    env: ctx.state.env,
+    request_time: `${Date.now()}`,
+    DENO_REGION: ctx.state.env.DENO_REGION,
+  };
+};
diff --git a/example/preactSSR/router.ts b/example/preactSSR/router.ts
index 30c8a3b8..2661bc88 100644
--- a/example/preactSSR/router.ts
+++ b/example/preactSSR/router.ts
@@ -1,137 +1,42 @@
-import {
-  Router,
-  RequestContext,
-  logger,
-  sse,
-  cacher,
-  ssr,
-  file,
-} from "../../mod.ts"; //"https://deno.land/x/peko/mod.ts"
-import { renderToString } from "preact-render-to-string";
-
-import Home from "./src/pages/Home.ts";
+import { Router, logger, cacher } from "../../mod.ts"; //"https://deno.land/x/peko/mod.ts"
+import { preactHandler } from "./handlers/preact.handler.ts";
+import { githubHandler } from "./handlers/github.handler.ts";
+import { reqTime } from "./middleware/reqTime.middleware.ts";
+import { randomEventHandler } from "./handlers/rdmEvent.handler.ts";
+import { parrotHandler } from "./handlers/parrot.handler.ts";
 import About from "./src/pages/About.ts";
-import htmlTemplate from "./document.ts";
+import Home from "./src/pages/Home.ts";
 
 const router = new Router();
 router.use(logger(console.log));
 
-// SSR example, with cache bc static page
-router.get("/", {
-  middleware: cacher(),
-  handler: (ctx) => {
-    return ssr(
-      () => {
-        const ssrHTML = renderToString(Home(), null, null);
-        return htmlTemplate({
-          title: "Peko",
-          ssrHTML,
-          entrypoint: "/src/pages/Home.ts",
-        });
-      },
-      {
-        headers: new Headers({
-          // instruct browser to cache page in prod env
-          "Cache-Control":
-            ctx.state.env.ENVIRONMENT === "production"
-              ? "max-age=86400, stale-while-revalidate=86400"
-              : "no-store",
-        }),
-      }
-    )(ctx);
-  },
-});
+// SSR, with cache because static page
+router.get("/", cacher(), preactHandler(Home, "Peko", "/src/pages/Home.ts"));
 
-// SSR example, no cache because dynamic content
-// (About page renders server state into HTML)
+// SSR, no cache because dynamic content
 router.get(
   "/about",
-  (ctx) => {
-    ctx.state = {
-      request_time: `${Date.now()}`,
-      ...ctx.state.env,
-    };
-  },
-  ssr((ctx) => {
-    const ssrHTML = renderToString(About(ctx.state), null, null);
-    return htmlTemplate({
-      title: "Peko | About",
-      ssrHTML,
-      entrypoint: "/src/pages/About.ts",
-      serverState: ctx.state,
-    });
-  })
+  reqTime,
+  preactHandler(About, "Peko | About", "/src/pages/About.ts")
 );
 
-// Static file example
-// dynamic URL param for filename, always cache
-router.get("/assets/:filename", cacher(), async (ctx) =>
-  (
-    await file(
-      new URL(
-        `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sejori/peko/main/example/preactSSR/assets/${ctx.params.filename}`
-      ),
-      {
-        headers: new Headers({
-          // instruct browser to cache file in prod env
-          "Cache-Control":
-            ctx.state.env.ENVIRONMENT === "production"
-              ? "max-age=86400, stale-while-revalidate=86400"
-              : "no-store",
-        }),
-      }
-    )
-  )(ctx)
+// Static, URL param for filename, always cache
+router.get("/assets/:filename", cacher(), (ctx) =>
+  githubHandler(`/assets/${ctx.params.filename}`)(ctx)
 );
 
-// Return transformed source code example
-// dynamic URL param for filename, always cache, transformed with esbuild at build time
-router.get("/src/:dirname/:filename", cacher(), async (ctx) => {
-  const transformedFilename = ctx.params.filename.replace(".ts", ".js");
-  return (
-    await file(
-      ctx.state.env.ENVIRONMENT === "production"
-        ? new URL(
-            `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sejori/peko/main/example/preactSSR/dist/${ctx.params.dirname}/${transformedFilename}`
-          )
-        : new URL(
-            `./dist/${ctx.params.dirname}/${transformedFilename}`,
-            import.meta.url
-          ),
-      {
-        headers: new Headers({
-          "Content-Type": "application/javascript",
-          // instruct browser to cache file in prod env
-          "Cache-Control":
-            ctx.state.env.ENVIRONMENT === "production"
-              ? "max-age=86400, stale-while-revalidate=86400"
-              : "no-store",
-        }),
-      }
-    )
-  )(ctx);
-});
-
-// Server-sent events example
-const demoEventTarget = new EventTarget();
-router.get("/sse", (ctx: RequestContext) => {
-  setInterval(() => {
-    demoEventTarget.dispatchEvent(
-      new CustomEvent("send", { detail: Math.random() })
-    );
-  }, 2500);
+// Transformed src at build-time with esbuild, always cache
+router.get("/src/:dirname/:filename", cacher(), (ctx) =>
+  githubHandler(
+    `/dist/${ctx.params.dirname}/${ctx.params.filename.replace(".ts", ".js")}`,
+    "application/javascript"
+  )(ctx)
+);
 
-  return sse(demoEventTarget)(ctx);
-});
+// Server-sent events demo
+router.get("/sse", randomEventHandler);
 
-// .addRoute example
-router.addRoute({
-  path: "/api/parrot",
-  method: "POST",
-  handler: async (ctx: RequestContext) => {
-    const body = await ctx.request.text();
-    return new Response(`Parrot sqwarks: ${body}`);
-  },
-});
+// Basic
+router.post("/parrot", parrotHandler);
 
 export default router;
diff --git a/example/preactSSR/document.ts b/example/preactSSR/src/document.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from example/preactSSR/document.ts
rename to example/preactSSR/src/document.ts