diff --git a/internal/net/http/serve_mux.go b/internal/net/http/serve_mux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..863c8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/net/http/serve_mux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package http
+
+import "net/http"
+
+type ServeMux struct {
+	*http.ServeMux
+}
+
+func NewServeMux() ServeMux {
+	return ServeMux{http.NewServeMux()}
+}
+
+func (mux ServeMux) HandleFunc(pattern string, handler http.HandlerFunc) (err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			err = r.(error)
+		}
+	}()
+	mux.ServeMux.HandleFunc(pattern, handler)
+	return
+}
diff --git a/internal/route/entry/reverse_proxy.go b/internal/route/entry/reverse_proxy.go
index 4f8a8a8..67caaaf 100644
--- a/internal/route/entry/reverse_proxy.go
+++ b/internal/route/entry/reverse_proxy.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type ReverseProxyEntry struct { // real model after validation
 	Scheme       route.Scheme               `json:"scheme"`
 	URL          net.URL                    `json:"url"`
 	NoTLSVerify  bool                       `json:"no_tls_verify,omitempty"`
-	PathPatterns route.PathPatterns         `json:"path_patterns,omitempty"`
+	PathPatterns []string                   `json:"path_patterns,omitempty"`
 	HealthCheck  *health.HealthCheckConfig  `json:"healthcheck,omitempty"`
 	LoadBalance  *loadbalance.Config        `json:"load_balance,omitempty"`
 	Middlewares  map[string]docker.LabelMap `json:"middlewares,omitempty"`
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ func validateRPEntry(m *route.RawEntry, s route.Scheme, errs *E.Builder) *Revers
 
 	host := E.Collect(errs, route.ValidateHost, m.Host)
 	port := E.Collect(errs, route.ValidatePort, m.Port)
-	pathPats := E.Collect(errs, route.ValidatePathPatterns, m.PathPatterns)
 	url := E.Collect(errs, url.Parse, fmt.Sprintf("%s://%s:%d", s, host, port))
 	iwCfg := E.Collect(errs, idlewatcher.ValidateConfig, cont)
 
@@ -80,7 +79,7 @@ func validateRPEntry(m *route.RawEntry, s route.Scheme, errs *E.Builder) *Revers
 		Scheme:       s,
 		URL:          net.NewURL(url),
 		NoTLSVerify:  m.NoTLSVerify,
-		PathPatterns: pathPats,
+		PathPatterns: m.PathPatterns,
 		HealthCheck:  m.HealthCheck,
 		LoadBalance:  lb,
 		Middlewares:  m.Middlewares,
diff --git a/internal/route/http.go b/internal/route/http.go
index d470b51..f98d157 100755
--- a/internal/route/http.go
+++ b/internal/route/http.go
@@ -102,9 +102,13 @@ func (r *HTTPRoute) Start(providerSubtask task.Task) E.Error {
 		case len(r.PathPatterns) == 1 && r.PathPatterns[0] == "/":
 			r.handler = r.rp
 		default:
-			mux := http.NewServeMux()
+			mux := gphttp.NewServeMux()
+			patErrs := E.NewBuilder("invalid path pattern(s)")
 			for _, p := range r.PathPatterns {
-				mux.HandleFunc(string(p), r.rp.HandlerFunc)
+				patErrs.Add(mux.HandleFunc(p, r.rp.HandlerFunc))
+			}
+			if err := patErrs.Error(); err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
 			r.handler = mux
 		}
diff --git a/internal/route/types/path_pattern.go b/internal/route/types/path_pattern.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b1f412d..0000000
--- a/internal/route/types/path_pattern.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-package types
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"regexp"
-
-	E "github.com/yusing/go-proxy/internal/error"
-)
-
-type (
-	PathPattern  string
-	PathPatterns = []PathPattern
-)
-
-var pathPattern = regexp.MustCompile(`^(/[-\w./]*({\$\})?|((GET|POST|DELETE|PUT|HEAD|OPTION) /[-\w./]*({\$\})?))$`)
-
-var (
-	ErrEmptyPathPattern   = errors.New("path must not be empty")
-	ErrInvalidPathPattern = errors.New("invalid path pattern")
-)
-
-func ValidatePathPattern(s string) (PathPattern, error) {
-	if len(s) == 0 {
-		return "", ErrEmptyPathPattern
-	}
-	if !pathPattern.MatchString(s) {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("%w %q", ErrInvalidPathPattern, s)
-	}
-	return PathPattern(s), nil
-}
-
-func ValidatePathPatterns(s []string) (PathPatterns, E.Error) {
-	if len(s) == 0 {
-		return nil, nil
-	}
-	errs := E.NewBuilder("invalid path patterns")
-	pp := make(PathPatterns, len(s))
-	for i, v := range s {
-		pattern, err := ValidatePathPattern(v)
-		if err != nil {
-			errs.Add(err)
-		} else {
-			pp[i] = pattern
-		}
-	}
-	return pp, errs.Error()
-}
diff --git a/internal/route/types/path_pattern_test.go b/internal/route/types/path_pattern_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0285e7e..0000000
--- a/internal/route/types/path_pattern_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-package types
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"testing"
-
-	U "github.com/yusing/go-proxy/internal/utils/testing"
-)
-
-var validPatterns = []string{
-	"/",
-	"/index.html",
-	"/somepage/",
-	"/drive/abc.mp4",
-	"/{$}",
-	"/some-page/{$}",
-	"GET /",
-	"GET /static/{$}",
-	"GET /drive/abc.mp4",
-	"GET /drive/abc.mp4/{$}",
-	"POST /auth",
-	"DELETE /user/",
-	"PUT /storage/id/",
-}
-
-var invalidPatterns = []string{
-	"/$",
-	"/{$}{$}",
-	"/{$}/{$}",
-	"/index.html$",
-	"get /",
-	"GET/",
-	"GET /$",
-	"GET /drive/{$}/abc.mp4/",
-	"OPTION /config/{$}/abc.conf/{$}",
-}
-
-func TestPathPatternRegex(t *testing.T) {
-	for _, pattern := range validPatterns {
-		_, err := ValidatePathPattern(pattern)
-		U.ExpectNoError(t, err)
-	}
-	for _, pattern := range invalidPatterns {
-		_, err := ValidatePathPattern(pattern)
-		U.ExpectTrue(t, errors.Is(err, ErrInvalidPathPattern))
-	}
-}