diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 65c9f91..7a07227 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <buildVersion>1.0.1-SNAPSHOT</buildVersion>
+        <buildVersion>1.0.2-SNAPSHOT</buildVersion>
     </properties>
 
     <groupId>org.javawebstack</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/httpserver/HTTPServer.java b/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/httpserver/HTTPServer.java
index a31fc67..bd7f498 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/httpserver/HTTPServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/httpserver/HTTPServer.java
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class HTTPServer implements RouteParamTransformerProvider {
     private List<RouteAutoInjector> routeAutoInjectors = new ArrayList<>();
     private final Map<String, RequestHandler> beforeMiddleware = new HashMap<>();
     private final Map<String, AfterRequestHandler> afterMiddleware = new HashMap<>();
+    private Function<Class<?>, Object> controllerInitiator = this::defaultControllerInitiator;
 
     public HTTPServer() {
         routeParamTransformers.add(DefaultRouteParamTransformer.INSTANCE);
@@ -233,19 +234,31 @@ public HTTPServer exceptionHandler(ExceptionHandler handler) {
         return this;
     }
 
+    private Object defaultControllerInitiator (Class<?> clazz) {
+        try {
+            return clazz.newInstance();
+        } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public HTTPServer controllerInitiator (Function<Class<?>, Object> initiator) {
+        controllerInitiator = initiator;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public HTTPServer controller(Class<?> parentClass, Package p) {
         return controller("", parentClass, p);
     }
 
     public HTTPServer controller(String globalPrefix, Class<?> parentClass, Package p) {
         Reflections reflections = new Reflections(p.getName());
-        reflections.getSubTypesOf(parentClass).forEach(c -> {
-            try {
-                Object controller = c.newInstance();
-                controller(globalPrefix, controller);
-            } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException e) {
-            }
-        });
+        reflections.getSubTypesOf(parentClass)
+                .stream()
+                .map(controllerInitiator)
+                .forEach(c -> controller(globalPrefix, c));
         return this;
     }