diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index be3b0d5..e69a042 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ declare module 'fastify' {
   > {
     <RequestGeneric extends RequestGenericInterface = RequestGenericInterface, ContextConfig = ContextConfigDefault>(
       path: string,
-      opts: RouteShorthandOptions<RawServer, RawRequest, RawReply, RequestGeneric, ContextConfig>,
+      opts: RouteShorthandOptions<RawServer, RawRequest, RawReply, RequestGeneric, ContextConfig> & { websocket: true }, // this creates an overload that only applies these different types if the handler is for websockets
       handler?: WebsocketHandler
     ): FastifyInstance<RawServer, RawRequest, RawReply>;
   }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc5edb3..f109228 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/fastify/fastify-websocket#readme",
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/ws": "^7.2.4",
-    "fastify": "^3.0.0",
+    "fastify": "^3.0.2",
     "pre-commit": "^1.2.2",
     "snazzy": "^8.0.0",
     "standard": "^14.3.3",
diff --git a/test/types/index.test-d.ts b/test/types/index.test-d.ts
index e240de7..7227720 100644
--- a/test/types/index.test-d.ts
+++ b/test/types/index.test-d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import wsPlugin, { SocketStream } from '../..';
-import fastify, { WebsocketHandler, FastifyRequest, FastifyInstance, RequestGenericInterface } from 'fastify';
+import fastify, { WebsocketHandler, FastifyRequest, FastifyInstance, RequestGenericInterface, FastifyReply } from 'fastify';
 import { expectType } from 'tsd';
 import { Server as HttpServer, IncomingMessage } from 'http'
 import { Server } from 'ws';
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { Server } from 'ws';
 const app: FastifyInstance = fastify();
 app.register(wsPlugin);
 app.register(wsPlugin, {});
+app.register(wsPlugin, { options: { maxPayload: 123 } });
 app.register(wsPlugin, {
   handle: function globalHandler(connection: SocketStream): void {
     expectType<FastifyInstance>(this);
@@ -15,14 +16,29 @@ app.register(wsPlugin, {
 });
 app.register(wsPlugin, { options: { perMessageDeflate: true } });
 
-app.get('/', { websocket: true }, function perRouteHandler(
-  connection: SocketStream,
-  req: IncomingMessage,
-  params
-) {
+app.get('/websockets-via-inferrence', { websocket: true }, async function(connection, req, params) {
   expectType<FastifyInstance>(this);
   expectType<SocketStream>(connection);
   expectType<Server>(app.websocketServer);
   expectType<IncomingMessage>(req)
   expectType<{ [key: string]: any } | undefined>(params);
 });
+
+const handler: WebsocketHandler = async (connection, req, params) => {
+  expectType<SocketStream>(connection);
+  expectType<Server>(app.websocketServer);
+  expectType<IncomingMessage>(req)
+  expectType<{ [key: string]: any } | undefined>(params);
+}
+
+app.get('/websockets-via-annotated-const', { websocket: true }, handler);
+
+app.get('/not-specifed', async (request, reply) => {
+  expectType<FastifyRequest>(request);
+  expectType<FastifyReply>(reply)
+});
+
+app.get('/not-websockets', { websocket: false }, async (request, reply) => {
+  expectType<FastifyRequest>(request);
+  expectType<FastifyReply>(reply);
+});