From 9861155d5f23d6aaf4a0c408c5c74740064a026a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Kieltyka <peter.kieltyka@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 12:53:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fixes #362, return 404 when routing to empty mux

---
 mux.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mux.go b/mux.go
index 84a2424a..e553287e 100644
--- a/mux.go
+++ b/mux.go
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ func NewMux() *Mux {
 func (mx *Mux) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	// Ensure the mux has some routes defined on the mux
 	if mx.handler == nil {
-		panic("chi: attempting to route to a mux with no handlers.")
+		mx.NotFoundHandler().ServeHTTP(w, r)
+		return
 	}
 
 	// Check if a routing context already exists from a parent router.