diff --git a/spec/route_handler_spec.cr b/spec/route_handler_spec.cr
index c8831ff..8be01c0 100644
--- a/spec/route_handler_spec.cr
+++ b/spec/route_handler_spec.cr
@@ -10,6 +10,15 @@ describe "Kemal::RouteHandler" do
     client_response.body.should eq("hello")
   end
 
+  it "routes should only return strings" do
+    get "/" do
+      100
+    end
+    request = HTTP::Request.new("GET", "/")
+    client_response = call_request_on_app(request)
+    client_response.body.should eq("")
+  end
+
   it "routes request with query string" do
     get "/" do |env|
       "hello #{env.params.query["message"]}"
@@ -155,4 +164,5 @@ describe "Kemal::RouteHandler" do
     client_response.status_code.should eq(302)
     client_response.headers.has_key?("Location").should eq(true)
   end
+  
 end
diff --git a/src/kemal/route.cr b/src/kemal/route.cr
index c982b76..4dfb877 100644
--- a/src/kemal/route.cr
+++ b/src/kemal/route.cr
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ module Kemal
 
     def initialize(@method : String, @path : String, &handler : HTTP::Server::Context -> _)
       @handler = ->(context : HTTP::Server::Context) do
-        handler.call(context).to_s
+        output = handler.call(context)
+        output.is_a?(String) ? output : ""
       end
     end
   end