diff --git a/router/CHANGES.txt b/router/CHANGES.txt
index 558baeb9..c9283566 100644
--- a/router/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/router/CHANGES.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [0.2.4] - 2019-12-xx
+
 ## [0.2.3] - 2019-12-25
 
 * Add impl `IntoPattern` for `&String`
diff --git a/router/Cargo.toml b/router/Cargo.toml
index 419ae5ea..1e5f4d54 100644
--- a/router/Cargo.toml
+++ b/router/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "actix-router"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 authors = ["Nikolay Kim <fafhrd91@gmail.com>"]
 description = "Path router"
 keywords = ["actix"]
diff --git a/router/src/path.rs b/router/src/path.rs
index 19432c17..0e13c37a 100644
--- a/router/src/path.rs
+++ b/router/src/path.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 use std::ops::Index;
-use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use serde::de;
 
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ pub(crate) enum PathItem {
 pub struct Path<T> {
     path: T,
     pub(crate) skip: u16,
-    pub(crate) segments: Vec<(Rc<String>, PathItem)>,
+    pub(crate) segments: Vec<(&'static str, PathItem)>,
 }
 
 impl<T: Default> Default for Path<T> {
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ impl<T: ResourcePath> Path<T> {
         self.skip += n;
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn add(&mut self, name: Rc<String>, value: PathItem) {
+    pub(crate) fn add(&mut self, name: &'static str, value: PathItem) {
         match value {
             PathItem::Static(s) => self.segments.push((name, PathItem::Static(s))),
             PathItem::Segment(begin, end) => self
@@ -106,9 +105,8 @@ impl<T: ResourcePath> Path<T> {
     }
 
     #[doc(hidden)]
-    pub fn add_static(&mut self, name: &str, value: &'static str) {
-        self.segments
-            .push((Rc::new(name.to_string()), PathItem::Static(value)));
+    pub fn add_static(&mut self, name: &'static str, value: &'static str) {
+        self.segments.push((name, PathItem::Static(value)));
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ impl<T: ResourcePath> Path<T> {
     /// Get matched parameter by name without type conversion
     pub fn get(&self, key: &str) -> Option<&str> {
         for item in self.segments.iter() {
-            if key == item.0.as_str() {
+            if key == item.0 {
                 return match item.1 {
                     PathItem::Static(ref s) => Some(&s),
                     PathItem::Segment(s, e) => {
diff --git a/router/src/resource.rs b/router/src/resource.rs
index 8db1cfe2..999bedfe 100644
--- a/router/src/resource.rs
+++ b/router/src/resource.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use std::cmp::min;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
-use std::rc::Rc;
 
 use regex::{escape, Regex, RegexSet};
 
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@ enum PatternElement {
 enum PatternType {
     Static(String),
     Prefix(String),
-    Dynamic(Regex, Vec<Rc<String>>, usize),
-    DynamicSet(RegexSet, Vec<(Regex, Vec<Rc<String>>, usize)>),
+    Dynamic(Regex, Vec<&'static str>, usize),
+    DynamicSet(RegexSet, Vec<(Regex, Vec<&'static str>, usize)>),
 }
 
 impl ResourceDef {
@@ -58,7 +57,9 @@ impl ResourceDef {
                 // actix creates one router per thread
                 let names: Vec<_> = re
                     .capture_names()
-                    .filter_map(|name| name.map(|name| Rc::new(name.to_owned())))
+                    .filter_map(|name| {
+                        name.map(|name| Box::leak(Box::new(name.to_owned())).as_str())
+                    })
                     .collect();
                 data.push((re, names, len));
                 re_set.push(pattern);
@@ -117,7 +118,9 @@ impl ResourceDef {
             // actix creates one router per thread
             let names = re
                 .capture_names()
-                .filter_map(|name| name.map(|name| Rc::new(name.to_owned())))
+                .filter_map(|name| {
+                    name.map(|name| Box::leak(Box::new(name.to_owned())).as_str())
+                })
                 .collect();
             PatternType::Dynamic(re, names, len)
         } else if for_prefix {