diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index feb72e5..d2b731c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ checksum = "c1fd03a028ef38ba2276dce7e33fcd6369c158a1bca17946c4b1b701891c1ff7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "astra"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "axum",
  "chrono",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b1a8f3d..d38fb95 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 [package]
 name = "astra"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 authors = ["Elham Aryanpur <elhamaryanpur5@gmail.com>"]
-description = "Experimental Lua 5.1 webserver framework written in Rust + Axum"
+description = "Experimental LuaJIT webserver framework written in Rust + Axum"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 exclude = ["examples"]
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ exclude = ["examples"]
 [features]
 default = ["sqlx"]
 sqlx = ["dep:sqlx"]
+compression = [
+    "dep:tower",
+    "tower-http/compression-full",
+    "tower-http/decompression-full",
+]
 
 [dependencies]
 axum = { version = "0.7.9", features = ["macros"] }
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ mlua = { version = "0.10.2", features = [
 ] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.216", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.133"
-sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [
+sqlx = { version = "0.8.2", features = [
     "runtime-tokio",
     "tls-native-tls",
     "postgres",
@@ -36,13 +41,8 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [
 ], optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.42.0", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 toml = "0.8.19"
-tower = "0.5.2"
-tower-http = { version = "0.6.2", features = [
-    "fs",
-    "trace",
-    "compression-full",
-    "decompression-full",
-] }
+tower = { version = "0.5.2", optional = true }
+tower-http = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["fs", "trace"] }
 tracing = "0.1.41"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.11.0", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
diff --git a/lua/astra.lua b/lua/astra.lua
index a0bf12c..81ebb04 100644
--- a/lua/astra.lua
+++ b/lua/astra.lua
@@ -11,38 +11,48 @@ _G.Astra = {
     port = 20001
 }
 
----
----Registers a GET request to the specified path with the provided callback function.
 ---@param path string The URL path for the request.
 ---@param callback fun(request: Request): any A function that will be called when the request is made.
 function Astra.get(path, callback)
     table.insert(Astra, { path = path, method = "get", func = callback })
 end
 
----
----Registers a POST request to the specified path with the provided callback function.
 ---@param path string The URL path for the request.
 ---@param callback fun(request: Request): any A function that will be called when the request is made.
 function Astra.post(path, callback)
     table.insert(Astra, { path = path, method = "post", func = callback })
 end
 
----
----Registers a PUT request to the specified path with the provided callback function.
 ---@param path string The URL path for the request.
 ---@param callback fun(request: Request): any A function that will be called when the request is made.
 function Astra.put(path, callback)
     table.insert(Astra, { path = path, method = "put", func = callback })
 end
 
----
----Registers a DELETE request to the specified path with the provided callback function.
 ---@param path string The URL path for the request.
 ---@param callback fun(request: Request): any A function that will be called when the request is made.
 function Astra.delete(path, callback)
     table.insert(Astra, { path = path, method = "delete", func = callback })
 end
 
+---@param path string The URL path for the request.
+---@param callback fun(request: Request): any A function that will be called when the request is made.
+function Astra.options(path, callback)
+    table.insert(Astra, { path = path, method = "options", func = callback })
+end
+
+---@param path string The URL path for the request.
+---@param callback fun(request: Request): any A function that will be called when the request is made.
+function Astra.patch(path, callback)
+    table.insert(Astra, { path = path, method = "patch", func = callback })
+end
+
+---@param path string The URL path for the request.
+---@param callback fun(request: Request): any A function that will be called when the request is made.
+function Astra.trace(path, callback)
+    table.insert(Astra, { path = path, method = "trace", func = callback })
+end
+
 ---
 ---Registers a static folder to serve
 ---@param path string The URL path for the request.
diff --git a/src/routes.rs b/src/routes.rs
index 1d607fd..f90f71c 100644
--- a/src/routes.rs
+++ b/src/routes.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use axum::{
     body::Body,
     http::Request,
     response::IntoResponse,
-    routing::{delete, get, post, put},
+    routing::{delete, get, options, patch, post, put, trace},
     Router,
 };
 use mlua::LuaSerdeExt;
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ pub enum Method {
     Post,
     Put,
     Delete,
+    Options,
+    Patch,
+    Trace,
     Static,
 }
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, mlua::FromLua, PartialEq)]
@@ -75,23 +78,23 @@ pub fn load_routes() -> Router {
         let path = route_values.path.clone();
         let path = path.as_str();
 
+        macro_rules! match_routes {
+            ($route_function:expr) => {
+                router.route(
+                    path,
+                    $route_function(|request: Request<Body>| route(route_values, request)),
+                )
+            };
+        }
+
         router = match route_values.method {
-            Method::Get => router.route(
-                path,
-                get(|request: Request<Body>| route(route_values, request)),
-            ),
-            Method::Post => router.route(
-                path,
-                post(|request: Request<Body>| route(route_values, request)),
-            ),
-            Method::Put => router.route(
-                path,
-                put(|request: Request<Body>| route(route_values, request)),
-            ),
-            Method::Delete => router.route(
-                path,
-                delete(|request: Request<Body>| route(route_values, request)),
-            ),
+            Method::Get => match_routes!(get),
+            Method::Post => match_routes!(post),
+            Method::Put => match_routes!(put),
+            Method::Delete => match_routes!(delete),
+            Method::Options => match_routes!(options),
+            Method::Patch => match_routes!(patch),
+            Method::Trace => match_routes!(trace),
             Method::Static => {
                 if let Some(serve_path) = route_values.serve_folder {
                     router.nest_service(path, tower_http::services::ServeDir::new(serve_path))
@@ -102,9 +105,15 @@ pub fn load_routes() -> Router {
         }
     }
 
-    router.layer(
-        tower::ServiceBuilder::new()
-            .layer(tower_http::decompression::RequestDecompressionLayer::new())
-            .layer(tower_http::compression::CompressionLayer::new()),
-    )
+    // TODO: add another release binary that does support this flag
+    #[cfg(feature = "compression")]
+    {
+        router = router.layer(
+            tower::ServiceBuilder::new()
+                .layer(tower_http::decompression::RequestDecompressionLayer::new())
+                .layer(tower_http::compression::CompressionLayer::new()),
+        );
+    };
+
+    router
 }