diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a0a949b..068ec512 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 <!-- do not remove -->
 
+
 ## 0.3.2
 
 ### New Features
diff --git a/fasthtml/core.py b/fasthtml/core.py
index 701b955b..f635ba77 100644
--- a/fasthtml/core.py
+++ b/fasthtml/core.py
@@ -409,8 +409,12 @@ def __init__(self, debug=False, routes=None, middleware=None, exception_handlers
     def route(self, path:str, methods=None, name=None, include_in_schema=True):
         "Add a route at `path`; the function name is the default method"
         def f(func):
-            m = [methods] if isinstance(methods,str) else [func.__name__] if not methods else methods
-            self.router.add_route(path, func, methods=m, name=name, include_in_schema=include_in_schema)
+            n = name
+            if methods:
+                m = [methods] if isinstance(methods,str) else methods
+                if not n: n = func.__name__
+            else: m = [func.__name__]
+            self.router.add_route(path, func, methods=m, name=n, include_in_schema=include_in_schema)
             return func
         return f
 
diff --git a/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb b/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb
index 3c52e22e..84e465a9 100644
--- a/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb
+++ b/nbs/api/00_core.ipynb
@@ -1168,8 +1168,12 @@
     "    def route(self, path:str, methods=None, name=None, include_in_schema=True):\n",
     "        \"Add a route at `path`; the function name is the default method\"\n",
     "        def f(func):\n",
-    "            m = [methods] if isinstance(methods,str) else [func.__name__] if not methods else methods\n",
-    "            self.router.add_route(path, func, methods=m, name=name, include_in_schema=include_in_schema)\n",
+    "            n = name\n",
+    "            if methods:\n",
+    "                m = [methods] if isinstance(methods,str) else methods\n",
+    "                if not n: n = func.__name__\n",
+    "            else: m = [func.__name__]\n",
+    "            self.router.add_route(path, func, methods=m, name=n, include_in_schema=include_in_schema)\n",
     "            return func\n",
     "        return f\n",
     "\n",
@@ -1384,6 +1388,30 @@
     "cli.get('/user/Alexis').text"
    ]
   },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "54266599",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "'http://testserver/user/Alexis; http://testserver/'"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": null,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "@rt('/link')\n",
+    "def get(req): return f\"{req.url_for('gday', nm='Alexis')}; {req.url_for('show_host')}\"\n",
+    "\n",
+    "cli.get('/link').text"
+   ]
+  },
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": null,
@@ -1689,7 +1717,7 @@
     {
      "data": {
       "text/plain": [
-       "'Cookie was set at time 05:17:05.477355'"
+       "'Cookie was set at time 07:51:08.366446'"
       ]
      },
      "execution_count": null,
@@ -1730,7 +1758,7 @@
      "name": "stdout",
      "output_type": "stream",
      "text": [
-      "Set to 2024-08-12 05:17:05.526551\n"
+      "Set to 2024-08-12 07:51:08.415948\n"
      ]
     },
     {
@@ -1764,11 +1792,12 @@
       "\n",
       "<!-- do not remove -->\n",
       "\n",
+      "\n",
       "## 0.3.2\n",
       "\n",
       "### New Features\n",
       "\n",
-      "- generic l\n"
+      "- generic \n"
      ]
     }
    ],
@@ -1796,11 +1825,12 @@
       "\n",
       "<!-- do not remove -->\n",
       "\n",
+      "\n",
       "## 0.3.2\n",
       "\n",
       "### New Features\n",
       "\n",
-      "- generic l\n"
+      "- generic \n"
      ]
     }
    ],