diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 17c17c9..33dd198 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ function prepareString(match, sub) {
 
   return function(r) {
     const result = r.url.match(regex)
-    result && names && (r.params === null || (r.params = {}), names.forEach((n, i) => r.params[n] = decodeURIComponent(result[i + 2])))
+    result && names && names.forEach((n, i) => r.params[n] = decodeURIComponent(result[i + 2]))
     return result && result[1]
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/request.js b/src/request.js
index 9d08d9b..392e33f 100644
--- a/src/request.js
+++ b/src/request.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ export default class Request {
     this.sentStatus = false
     this.sentHeaders = false
     this.rawQuery = req.getQuery() || ''
+    this.params = {}
     this[$.ip] = null
     this[$.res] = res
     this[$.req] = req