diff --git a/docs/guides/templating.md b/docs/guides/templating.md
index cdf1952b3..47e54be3a 100644
--- a/docs/guides/templating.md
+++ b/docs/guides/templating.md
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ To return a mustache template, you need to load a page using `#!cpp auto page =
 You also need to set up the context by using `#!cpp crow::mustache::context ctx;`. Then you need to assign the keys and values, this can be done the same way you assign values to a json write value (`ctx["key"] = value;`).<br>
 With your context and page ready, just `#!cpp return page.render(ctx);`. This will use the context data to return a filled template.<br>
 Alternatively you could just render the page without a context using `#!cpp return page.render();`.
+
+!!! note
+
+    `#!cpp page.render();` returns a crow::returnable class in order to set the `Content-Type` header. to get a simple string, use `#!cpp page.render_string()` instead.
+
diff --git a/include/crow/mustache.h b/include/crow/mustache.h
index 866d8dc6c..e69be72e6 100644
--- a/include/crow/mustache.h
+++ b/include/crow/mustache.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <functional>
 #include "crow/json.h"
 #include "crow/logging.h"
+#include "crow/returnable.h"
 #include "crow/utility.h"
 
 namespace crow
@@ -29,6 +30,22 @@ namespace crow
             std::string msg;
         };
 
+        struct rendered_template : returnable
+        {
+            rendered_template():
+              returnable("text/html") {}
+
+            rendered_template(std::string& body):
+              returnable("text/html"), body_(std::move(body)) {}
+
+            std::string body_;
+
+            std::string dump() const override
+            {
+                return body_;
+            }
+        };
+
         enum class ActionType
         {
             Ignore,
@@ -231,7 +248,7 @@ namespace crow
                                     while (execute_result.find("{{") != std::string::npos)
                                     {
                                         template_t result_plug(execute_result);
-                                        execute_result = result_plug.render(*(stack[0]));
+                                        execute_result = result_plug.render_string(*(stack[0]));
                                     }
 
                                     if (action.t == ActionType::Tag)
@@ -339,7 +356,31 @@ namespace crow
             }
 
         public:
-            std::string render() const
+            /// Output a returnable template from this mustache template
+            rendered_template render() const
+            {
+                context empty_ctx;
+                std::vector<context*> stack;
+                stack.emplace_back(&empty_ctx);
+
+                std::string ret;
+                render_internal(0, fragments_.size() - 1, stack, ret, 0);
+                return rendered_template(ret);
+            }
+
+            /// Apply the values from the context provided and output a returnable template from this mustache template
+            rendered_template render(context& ctx) const
+            {
+                std::vector<context*> stack;
+                stack.emplace_back(&ctx);
+
+                std::string ret;
+                render_internal(0, fragments_.size() - 1, stack, ret, 0);
+                return rendered_template(ret);
+            }
+
+            /// Output a returnable template from this mustache template
+            std::string render_string() const
             {
                 context empty_ctx;
                 std::vector<context*> stack;
@@ -349,7 +390,9 @@ namespace crow
                 render_internal(0, fragments_.size() - 1, stack, ret, 0);
                 return ret;
             }
-            std::string render(context& ctx) const
+
+            /// Apply the values from the context provided and output a returnable template from this mustache template
+            std::string render_string(context& ctx) const
             {
                 std::vector<context*> stack;
                 stack.emplace_back(&ctx);
diff --git a/tests/template/mustachetest.cpp b/tests/template/mustachetest.cpp
index 5a347a712..2701be2c9 100644
--- a/tests/template/mustachetest.cpp
+++ b/tests/template/mustachetest.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ int main()
         return "";
     });
     context ctx(data);
-    cout << templ.render(ctx);
+    cout << templ.render_string(ctx);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tests/unittest.cpp b/tests/unittest.cpp
index e74761c78..e8d6c1b3c 100644
--- a/tests/unittest.cpp
+++ b/tests/unittest.cpp
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ TEST_CASE("template_basic")
     auto t = crow::mustache::compile(R"---(attack of {{name}})---");
     crow::mustache::context ctx;
     ctx["name"] = "killer tomatoes";
-    auto result = t.render(ctx);
+    auto result = t.render_string(ctx);
     CHECK("attack of killer tomatoes" == result);
 } // template_basic
 
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ TEST_CASE("template_function")
     ctx["func"] = [&](std::string) {
         return std::string("{{name}}, IN SPACE!");
     };
-    auto result = t.render(ctx);
+    auto result = t.render_string(ctx);
     CHECK("attack of killer tomatoes, IN SPACE!" == result);
 }
 
@@ -1159,11 +1159,38 @@ TEST_CASE("template_load")
     auto t = crow::mustache::load("test.mustache");
     crow::mustache::context ctx;
     ctx["name"] = "killer tomatoes";
-    auto result = t.render(ctx);
+    auto result = t.render_string(ctx);
     CHECK("attack of killer tomatoes" == result);
     unlink("test.mustache");
 } // template_load
 
+TEST_CASE("TemplateRouting")
+{
+    SimpleApp app;
+
+    CROW_ROUTE(app, "/temp")
+    ([] {
+        auto t = crow::mustache::compile(R"---(attack of {{name}})---");
+        crow::mustache::context ctx;
+        ctx["name"] = "killer tomatoes";
+        return crow::response(t.render(ctx));
+    });
+
+    app.validate();
+
+    {
+        request req;
+        response res;
+
+        req.url = "/temp";
+
+        app.handle(req, res);
+
+        CHECK("attack of killer tomatoes" == res.body);
+        CHECK("text/html" == crow::get_header_value(res.headers, "Content-Type"));
+    }
+} // PathRouting
+
 TEST_CASE("black_magic")
 {
     using namespace black_magic;