diff --git a/starlette_plus/core.py b/starlette_plus/core.py
index e5ec4af..6212f9f 100644
--- a/starlette_plus/core.py
+++ b/starlette_plus/core.py
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@
 import inspect
 import logging
 from collections.abc import Callable, Coroutine, Iterator, Sequence
-from functools import partial
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, ClassVar, Self, TypeAlias, TypedDict, Unpack
 
 from starlette.applications import Starlette
 from starlette.middleware import Middleware
+from starlette.requests import Request
+from starlette.responses import Response
 from starlette.routing import Mount, Route, WebSocketRoute
 from starlette.types import Receive, Scope, Send
 
@@ -90,6 +91,16 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: Unpack[RouteOptions]) -> None:
         self._limits: list[RateLimitData] = kwargs.get("limits", [])
         self._is_websocket: bool = kwargs.get("websocket", False)
         self._view: View | None = None
+        self._include_in_schema: bool = kwargs["include_in_schema"]
+
+    async def __call__(self, scope: Scope, receive: Receive, send: Send) -> Any:
+        request: Request = Request(scope, receive, send)
+        response: Response | None = await self._coro(self._view, request)
+
+        if not response:
+            return Response(status_code=204)
+
+        await response(scope, receive, send)
 
 
 LimitDecorator: TypeAlias = Callable[..., RouteCoro] | _Route
@@ -103,6 +114,7 @@ def route(
     methods: Methods = ["GET"],
     prefix: bool = True,
     websocket: bool = False,
+    include_in_schema: bool = True,
 ) -> Callable[..., _Route]:
     def decorator(coro: Callable[..., RouteCoro]) -> _Route:
         if not asyncio.iscoroutinefunction(coro):
@@ -113,7 +125,15 @@ def decorator(coro: Callable[..., RouteCoro]) -> _Route:
             raise ValueError(f"Route callback function must not be named any: {', '.join(disallowed)}")
 
         limits: list[RateLimitData] = getattr(coro, "__limits__", [])
-        return _Route(path=path, coro=coro, methods=methods, prefix=prefix, limits=limits, websocket=websocket)
+        return _Route(
+            path=path,
+            coro=coro,
+            methods=methods,
+            prefix=prefix,
+            limits=limits,
+            websocket=websocket,
+            include_in_schema=include_in_schema,
+        )
 
     return decorator
 
@@ -186,14 +206,13 @@ def __new__(cls, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Self:
                 setattr(member, method, member._coro)
 
             new: WebSocketRoute | Route
-            endpoint: partial[RouteCoro] = partial(member._coro, self)
 
             if member._is_websocket:
-                new = WebSocketRoute(path=path, endpoint=endpoint, name=f"{name}.{member._coro.__name__}")
+                new = WebSocketRoute(path=path, endpoint=member, name=f"{name}.{member._coro.__name__}")
             else:
                 new = Route(
                     path=path,
-                    endpoint=endpoint,
+                    endpoint=member,
                     methods=member._methods,
                     name=f"{name}.{member._coro.__name__}",
                 )
@@ -262,14 +281,13 @@ def __new__(cls, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> Self:
                 setattr(member, method, member._coro)
 
             new: WebSocketRoute | Route
-            endpoint: partial[RouteCoro] = partial(member._coro, self)
 
             if member._is_websocket:
-                new = WebSocketRoute(path=path, endpoint=endpoint, name=f"{name}.{member._coro.__name__}")
+                new = WebSocketRoute(path=path, endpoint=member, name=f"{name}.{member._coro.__name__}")
             else:
                 new = Route(
                     path=path,
-                    endpoint=endpoint,
+                    endpoint=member,
                     methods=member._methods,
                     name=f"{name}.{member._coro.__name__}",
                 )
diff --git a/starlette_plus/types_/core.py b/starlette_plus/types_/core.py
index 8378525..4f14913 100644
--- a/starlette_plus/types_/core.py
+++ b/starlette_plus/types_/core.py
@@ -32,3 +32,4 @@ class RouteOptions(TypedDict):
     prefix: bool
     websocket: bool
     limits: list[RateLimitData]
+    include_in_schema: bool