diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index f910647..d02f1a2 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ const (
 	numServeStages
 )
 
-type ServeFunc[RQB RequestBuilder, RSB ResponseBuilder] func(req *Request[RQB], res *Response[RSB]) (err Error)
+type ServeFunc[RQB RequestBuilder, RSB ResponseBuilder] func(req *Request[RQB], rsb RSB) (err Error)
 
 type server[RQB RequestBuilder, RSB ResponseBuilder] struct {
 	logger log.Logger
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ func (srv *server[RQB, RSB]) PostServe(serve ServeFunc[RQB, RSB]) *server[RQB, R
 }
 
 func (srv *server[RQB, RSB]) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	rqb := NewRequestBuilder[RQB]()
+	var (
+		rqb = NewRequestBuilder[RQB]()
+		rsb = NewResponseBuilder[RSB]()
+	)
 	wr := writer{ResponseWriter: w, Logger: srv.logger}
 	if ok := wr.handleError(rqb.SetAllowed(r.Method)); !ok {
 		return
@@ -180,15 +183,15 @@ func (srv *server[RQB, RSB]) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 	req := NewRequest(rqb)
-	res := NewResponse(NewResponseBuilder[RSB]())
 	for _, stage := range srv.serve {
 		for _, serve := range stage {
-			err := serve(req, res)
+			err := serve(req, rsb)
 			if ok := wr.handleError(err); !ok {
 				return
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	res := NewResponse(rsb)
 	if res.Header != nil {
 		for key, value := range res.Header {
 			for _, v := range value {