diff --git a/route.php b/route.php
index 937e519..e52835b 100644
--- a/route.php
+++ b/route.php
@@ -488,7 +488,13 @@ class route
     else
       $regex = str_replace ("}", ">[^/]+)", $regex);
     unset ($matches);
-    $rcRegex = preg_match ($regex, $url, $matches);
+    $rcRegex = @preg_match ($regex, $url, $matches);
+    if ($rcRegex === false)
+    {
+      if (count (error_get_last()))
+        throw new \Exception ("Invalid regex provided: $regex : ".
+          error_get_last()["message"], 500);
+    }
     if ($rcRegex !== FALSE && $rcRegex !== 0)
     {
       if ($this->debug)