diff --git a/lib/api_taster/parseable_route.rb b/lib/api_taster/parseable_route.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3d0ae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api_taster/parseable_route.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+class ParseableRoute
+
+  delegate :name, :requirements, :to => :route
+
+  def initialize(route)
+    @route = route
+    @rack_app = ParseableRoute.discover_rack_app(@route.app)
+  end
+
+  def normalisable?
+    return false if @route.app.is_a?(ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints)
+    return false if @route.app.is_a?(Sprockets::Environment)
+    return false if @route.app == ApiTaster::Engine
+    return false if @route.verb.is_a?(Regexp) && @route.verb == //
+    return false if @route.verb.is_a?(String) && @route.verb.empty?
+    true
+  end
+
+  def rack_routes
+    @rack_app.routes.routes
+  rescue
+    []
+  end
+
+  def verbs
+    case @route.verb
+    when Regexp
+      @route.verb.source.split('|').map{|v| v.gsub(/[$^]/, '')}
+    when String
+      @route.verb.split('|')
+    end
+  end
+
+  def sanitized_path
+    path_string = if @route.path.respond_to?(:spec)
+      @route.path.spec.to_s
+    else
+      @route.path.to_s
+    end
+    path_string.gsub('(.:format)', '')
+  end
+
+  def self.discover_rack_app(app)
+    class_name = app.class.name
+    if class_name == "ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints"
+      discover_rack_app(app.app)
+    elsif class_name !~ /^ActionDispatch::Routing/
+      app
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def route
+    @route
+  end
+
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/api_taster/route.rb b/lib/api_taster/route.rb
index 04eb871..dc8bf7b 100644
--- a/lib/api_taster/route.rb
+++ b/lib/api_taster/route.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require File.expand_path('../parseable_route', __FILE__)
+
 module ApiTaster
   class Route
     cattr_accessor :route_set
@@ -34,20 +36,12 @@ def normalise_routes!
           raise ApiTaster::Exception.new('Route definitions are missing, have you defined ApiTaster.routes?')
         end
 
-        route_set.routes.each do |route|
-          next if route.app.is_a?(ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints)
-          next if route.app.is_a?(Sprockets::Environment)
-          next if route.app == ApiTaster::Engine
-
-          if (rack_app = discover_rack_app(route.app)) && rack_app.respond_to?(:routes)
-            rack_app.routes.routes.each do |rack_route|
-              self.routes << normalise_route(rack_route, route.path.spec)
-            end if rack_app.routes.respond_to?(:routes)
+        route_set.routes.map { |r| ParseableRoute.new(r) }.each do |route|
+          route.rack_routes.map { |rr| ParseableRoute.new(rr) }.each do |rack_route|
+            self.routes << normalise_route(rack_route, route.sanitized_path)
           end
 
-          next if route.verb.source.empty?
-
-          self.routes << normalise_route(route)
+          self.routes << normalise_route(route) if route.normalisable?
         end
 
         self.routes.flatten!
@@ -103,22 +97,13 @@ def undefined_route?(route)
         r.is_a?(Hash) && r.has_key?(:undefined)
       end
 
-      def discover_rack_app(app)
-        class_name = app.class.name.to_s
-        if class_name == "ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints"
-          discover_rack_app(app.app)
-        elsif class_name !~ /^ActionDispatch::Routing/
-          app
-        end
-      end
-
       def normalise_route(route, path_prefix = nil)
-        route.verb.source.split('|').map do |verb|
+        route.verbs.map do |verb|
           {
             :id   => @_route_counter+=1,
             :name => route.name,
-            :verb => verb.gsub(/[$^]/, ''),
-            :path => path_prefix.to_s + route.path.spec.to_s.sub('(.:format)', ''),
+            :verb => verb,
+            :path => path_prefix.to_s + route.sanitized_path,
             :reqs => route.requirements
           }
         end
diff --git a/spec/parseable_route_spec.rb b/spec/parseable_route_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acda025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/parseable_route_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require File.expand_path('../../lib/api_taster/parseable_route', __FILE__)
+
+describe ParseableRoute do
+
+  class ActionDispatchRouteMock
+    attr_reader :name, :path, :verb, :app
+
+    def initialize(options={})
+      @name = options[:name] || 'mock_route'
+      @verb = options[:verb] || 'GET|POST'
+      @path = options[:path] || '/users(.:format)'
+      @requirements = options[:requirements] || {:action => 'index', :controller => 'users'}
+      @app = options[:app] || ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet.new
+    end
+  end
+
+  let(:mock_route) { ActionDispatchRouteMock.new }
+  let(:real_routes) { ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet.new }
+  let(:home_route) { real_routes.routes.first }
+  let(:dual_route) { real_routes.routes.to_a[1] }
+
+  before do
+    real_routes.draw do
+      get 'home' => 'application#home', :as => :home
+      match 'dual_action' => 'dummy/action', :via => [:get, :delete]
+      resources :users do
+        resources :comments
+      end
+      mount Rails.application => '/app'
+      mount proc {} => '/rack_app'
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'retrieving a sanitized path' do
+    it 'from an ActionDispatch::Routing::Route' do
+      ParseableRoute.new(mock_route).sanitized_path.should == '/users'
+    end
+
+    it 'from a Journey::Route' do
+      ParseableRoute.new(home_route).sanitized_path.should == '/home'
+    end
+  end
+
+  context 'retrieving verbs' do
+    it 'from an ActionDispatch::Routing::Route' do
+      ParseableRoute.new(mock_route).verbs.should == ['GET', 'POST']
+    end
+
+    it 'from a Journey::Route' do
+      ParseableRoute.new(home_route).verbs.should == ['GET']
+      ParseableRoute.new(dual_route).verbs.should == ['GET', 'DELETE']
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe '#normalisable' do
+    let(:it_is_not_normalisable) { ParseableRoute.new(mock_route).normalisable?.should be_false }
+
+    it 'is false for ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints' do
+      mock_route.app.stub(:is_a?).with(ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints).and_return(true)
+      it_is_not_normalisable
+    end
+
+    it 'is false for Sprockets::Environment' do
+      mock_route.stub(:app).and_return(Sprockets::Environment.new)
+      it_is_not_normalisable
+    end
+
+    it 'is false for ApiTaster::Engine' do
+      mock_route.stub(:app).and_return(ApiTaster::Engine)
+      it_is_not_normalisable
+    end
+
+    it 'is false if the verb is empty' do
+      mock_route.stub(:verb).and_return(//)
+      it_is_not_normalisable
+
+      mock_route.stub(:verb).and_return('')
+      it_is_not_normalisable
+    end
+
+    # there is probably a better way to assert normalisability
+    it 'defaults to true in the absence of any of the above conditions' do
+      ParseableRoute.new(mock_route).normalisable?.should be_true
+      ParseableRoute.new(home_route).normalisable?.should be_true
+    end
+  end
+
+  context "class methods" do
+    let(:rack_app) { Sprockets::Environment }
+    let(:inner_app) { ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints.new(rack_app, {}) }
+    let(:outer_app) { ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints.new(inner_app, {}) }
+    let(:journey_route) { Journey::Route.new(nil, ApiTaster::Engine, nil, {}) }
+
+    describe '.discover_rack_app' do
+      context 'for ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints' do
+        it 'recursively finds rack apps' do
+          klass = Class.new
+          klass.stub(:class).and_return(ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints)
+          klass.stub(:app).and_return('klass')
+
+          ParseableRoute.discover_rack_app(klass).should == 'klass'
+        end
+
+        it 'goes multiple levels down recursively if necessary' do
+          ParseableRoute.discover_rack_app(outer_app).should == rack_app
+        end
+      end
+
+      it "returns the app for anything not in the ActionDispatch::Routing namespace" do
+        ParseableRoute.discover_rack_app(journey_route.app).should == ApiTaster::Engine
+      end
+
+      it "returns nil if the app is in the ActionDispatch::Routing namespace but is not Mapper::Constraints" do
+        ParseableRoute.discover_rack_app(ActionDispatch::Routing::RouteSet.new).should be_nil
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/route_spec.rb b/spec/route_spec.rb
index 41747d2..8c42c19 100644
--- a/spec/route_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/route_spec.rb
@@ -127,19 +127,5 @@ module ApiTaster
       Route.missing_definitions.first[:path].should == '/awesome_route'
       Route.defined_definitions.should == Route.routes - Route.missing_definitions
     end
-
-    context "private methods" do
-      it "#discover_rack_app" do
-        klass = Class.new
-        klass.stub_chain(:class, :name).and_return(ActionDispatch::Routing::Mapper::Constraints)
-        klass.stub(:app).and_return('klass')
-
-        Route.send(:discover_rack_app, klass).should == 'klass'
-      end
-
-      it "#discover_rack_app" do
-        Route.send(:discover_rack_app, ApiTaster::Engine).should == ApiTaster::Engine
-      end
-    end
   end
 end