diff --git a/changelog.markdown b/changelog.markdown
index b5a4db0..57553f6 100644
--- a/changelog.markdown
+++ b/changelog.markdown
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 - **Breaking change:** By default `redirect` now skips future handlers, including when used in a `before` route.  To retain the old behavior, set the parameter `halt=false` (e.g. `redirect("/somewhere", halt=false)`)
 
+- Fix for [#211](https://github.com/dom96/jester/issues/211) - custom routers now have the same error handling as normal routes.
+
 ## 0.4.3 - 12/08/2019
 
 Minor release correcting a few packaging issues and includes some other
diff --git a/jester.nim b/jester.nim
index 46b32ce..b9d509a 100644
--- a/jester.nim
+++ b/jester.nim
@@ -42,6 +42,14 @@ type
     request: Request, error: RouteError
   ): Future[ResponseData] {.gcsafe, closure.}
 
+  MatchPair* = tuple
+    matcher: MatchProc
+    errorHandler: ErrorProc
+
+  MatchPairSync* = tuple
+    matcher: MatchProcSync
+    errorHandler: ErrorProc
+
   Jester* = object
     when not useHttpBeast:
       httpServer*: AsyncHttpServer
@@ -449,18 +457,20 @@ proc initJester*(
   result.errorHandlers = @[]
 
 proc initJester*(
-  matcher: MatchProc,
+  pair: MatchPair,
   settings: Settings = newSettings()
 ): Jester =
   result = initJester(settings)
-  result.register(matcher)
+  result.register(pair.matcher)
+  result.register(pair.errorHandler)
 
 proc initJester*(
-  matcher: MatchProcSync, # TODO: Annoying nim bug: `MatchProc | MatchProcSync` doesn't work.
+  pair: MatchPairSync, # TODO: Annoying nim bug: `MatchPair | MatchPairSync` doesn't work.
   settings: Settings = newSettings()
 ): Jester =
   result = initJester(settings)
-  result.register(matcher)
+  result.register(pair.matcher)
+  result.register(pair.errorHandler)
 
 proc serve*(
   self: var Jester
@@ -1288,7 +1298,7 @@ proc routesEx(name: string, body: NimNode): NimNode =
         `afterRoutes`
   )
 
-  let matchIdent = newIdentNode(name)
+  let matchIdent = newIdentNode(name & "Matcher")
   let reqIdent = newIdentNode("request")
   let needsAsync = needsAsync(body)
   case needsAsync
@@ -1348,6 +1358,26 @@ proc routesEx(name: string, body: NimNode): NimNode =
     errorHandlerProc[6][0][1][^1][2][1][0] = stmts
   result.add(errorHandlerProc)
 
+  # Pair the matcher and error matcher
+  let pairIdent = newIdentNode(name)
+  let matchProcVarIdent = newIdentNode(name & "MatchProc")
+  let errorProcVarIdent = newIdentNode(name & "ErrorProc")
+  if needsAsync in {ImplicitTrue, ExplicitTrue}:
+    # TODO: I don't understand why I have to assign these procs to intermediate
+    # variables in order to get them into the tuple.  It would be nice if it could
+    # just be:
+    #   let `pairIdent`: MatchPair = (`matchIdent`, `errorHandlerIdent`)
+    result.add quote do:
+      let `matchProcVarIdent`: MatchProc = `matchIdent`
+      let `errorProcVarIdent`: ErrorProc = `errorHandlerIdent`
+      let `pairIdent`: MatchPair = (`matchProcVarIdent`, `errorProcVarIdent`)
+  else:
+    result.add quote do:
+      let `matchProcVarIdent`: MatchProcSync = `matchIdent`
+      let `errorProcVarIdent`: ErrorProc = `errorHandlerIdent`
+      let `pairIdent`: MatchPairSync = (`matchProcVarIdent`, `errorProcVarIdent`)
+  
+
   # TODO: Replace `body`, `headers`, `code` in routes with `result[i]` to
   # get these shortcuts back without sacrificing usability.
   # TODO2: Make sure you replace what `guessAction` used to do for this.
@@ -1358,13 +1388,11 @@ proc routesEx(name: string, body: NimNode): NimNode =
 macro routes*(body: untyped) =
   result = routesEx("match", body)
   let jesIdent = genSym(nskVar, "jes")
-  let matchIdent = newIdentNode("match")
-  let errorHandlerIdent = newIdentNode("matchErrorHandler")
+  let pairIdent = newIdentNode("match")
   let settingsIdent = newIdentNode("settings")
   result.add(
     quote do:
-      var `jesIdent` = initJester(`matchIdent`, `settingsIdent`)
-      `jesIdent`.register(`errorHandlerIdent`)
+      var `jesIdent` = initJester(`pairIdent`, `settingsIdent`)
   )
   result.add(
     quote do:
diff --git a/tests/customRouter.nim b/tests/customRouter.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f4f141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/customRouter.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import jester
+
+router myrouter:
+  get "/":
+    resp "Hello world"
+
+  get "/raise":
+    raise newException(Exception, "Foobar")
+
+  error Exception:
+    resp Http500, "Something bad happened: " & exception.msg
+
+when isMainModule:
+  let s = newSettings(
+    Port(5454),
+    bindAddr="127.0.0.1",
+  )
+  var jest = initJester(myrouter, s)
+  # jest.register(myrouterErrorHandler)
+  jest.serve()
diff --git a/tests/tester.nim b/tests/tester.nim
index 03c5c98..f1a0be4 100644
--- a/tests/tester.nim
+++ b/tests/tester.nim
@@ -235,12 +235,26 @@ proc issue150(useStdLib: bool) =
       check resp.code == Http500
       check (waitFor resp.body).startsWith("Something bad happened")
 
+proc customRouterTest(useStdLib: bool) =
+  waitFor startServer("customRouter.nim", useStdLib)
+  var client = newAsyncHttpClient(maxRedirects = 0)
+
+  suite "customRouter useStdLib=" & $useStdLib:
+    test "error handler":
+      let resp = waitFor client.get(address & "/raise")
+      check resp.code == Http500
+      let body = (waitFor resp.body)
+      checkpoint body
+      check body.startsWith("Something bad happened: Foobar")
+
 when isMainModule:
   try:
     allTest(useStdLib=false) # Test HttpBeast.
     allTest(useStdLib=true)  # Test asynchttpserver.
     issue150(useStdLib=false)
     issue150(useStdLib=true)
+    customRouterTest(useStdLib=false)
+    customRouterTest(useStdLib=true)
 
     # Verify that Nim in Action Tweeter still compiles.
     test "Nim in Action - Tweeter":