diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e6834f2..19fa45c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ See the example below.
 * **includeMethod**: include HTTP method (GET, PUT, ...) as a label to `http_request_duration_seconds`
 * **includePath**: include URL path as a label (see below)
 * **normalizePath**: boolean or `function(req)` - path normalization for `includePath` option
-* **excludeRoutes**: array of strings or regexp specifying which routes should be skipped for `http_request_duration_seconds` metric. It uses `req.path` as subject when checking
 * **autoregister**: if `/metrics` endpoint should be registered. (Default: **true**)
 * **whitelist**, **blacklist**: array of strings or regexp specifying which metrics to include/exclude
-
+* **excludeRoutes**: (deprecated) array of strings or regexp specifying which routes should be skipped for `http_request_duration_seconds` metric. It uses `req.originalUrl` as subject when checking. You want normally use express or meddleware features instead of this options.
 ### More details on includePath option
 
 The goal is to have separate latency statistics by URL path, e.g. `/my-app/user/`, `/products/by-category` etc.
@@ -71,23 +70,18 @@ For more details:
 setup std. metrics but exclude `up`-metric:
 
 ```javascript
-"use strict";
-
 const express = require("express");
 const app = express();
 const promBundle = require("express-prom-bundle");
 
-
 // calls to this route will not appear in metrics
 // because it's applied before promBundle
 app.get("/status", (req, res) => res.send("i am healthy"));
 
-app.use(promBundle({
-    includePath: true,
-    excludeRoutes: ["/foo"]
-}));
+// register metrics collection for all routes except those starting with /foo
+app.use("/((?!foo))*", promBundle({includePath: true}));
 
-// this call will NOT appear in metrics, because it matches excludeRoutes
+// this call will NOT appear in metrics, because express will skip the metrics middleware
 app.get("/foo", (req, res) => res.send("bar"));
 
 // calls to this route will appear in metrics
@@ -113,8 +107,34 @@ app.use(/* your middleware */);
 app.listen(3000);
 ```
 
+## Using together with kraken.js
+
+Here is meddleware config sample, which can be used in a standard **kraken.js** application:
+
+```json
+{
+  "middleware": {
+    "expressPromBundle": {
+      "route": "/((?!status|favicon.ico|robots.txt))*",
+      "priority": 0,
+      "module": {
+        "name": "express-prom-bundle",
+        "arguments": [
+          {
+            "includeMethod": true,
+            "buckets": [0.1, 1, 5]
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
 ## Changelog
 
+ * **2.1.0**
+    * deprecate **excludeRoutes**, use **req.originalPath** instead of **req.path**
  * **2.0.0**
     * the reason for the version lift were:
       * compliance to official naming recommendation: https://prometheus.io/docs/practices/naming/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 66a08b8..44a34bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "express-prom-bundle",
-  "version": "2.0.1",
+  "version": "2.1.0",
   "description": "express middleware with popular prometheus metrics in one bundle",
   "main": "src/index.js",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index aef181d..166ec76 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 'use strict';
 const onFinished = require('on-finished');
-const url = require('url');
 const promClient = require('prom-client');
 const normalizePath = require('./normalizePath');
 
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ function prepareMetricNames(opts, metricTemplates) {
 }
 
 function main(opts) {
-  opts = Object.assign({autoregister: true}, opts || {});
+  opts = Object.assign({autoregister: true}, opts);
   if (arguments[2] && arguments[1] && arguments[1].send) {
     arguments[1].status(500)
       .send('<h1>500 Error</h1>\n'
@@ -96,18 +95,17 @@ function main(opts) {
     metrics.up.set(1);
   }
 
-  const metricsMiddleware = function(req,res) {
+  const metricsMiddleware = function(req, res) {
     res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/plain'});
     res.end(promClient.register.metrics());
   };
 
   const middleware = function (req, res, next) {
-
-    const path = req.path || url.parse(req.url).pathname;
+    const path = req.originalUrl;
     let labels;
 
-    if (opts.autoregister && path === '/metrics') {
-      return metricsMiddleware(req,res);
+    if (opts.autoregister && path.match(/^\/metrics\/?$/)) {
+      return metricsMiddleware(req, res);
     }
 
     if (opts.excludeRoutes && matchVsRegExps(path, opts.excludeRoutes)) {