diff --git a/lib/plugins/sammy.pure.js b/lib/plugins/sammy.pure.js
index 09d60553..def30e76 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/sammy.pure.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/sammy.pure.js
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
   Sammy.Pure = function(app, method_alias) {
 
     var pure = function(template, data, directives) {
-      return $(template).autoRender(data, directives);
+      return (typeof(directives) === 'object') ?
+        $(template).render(data, directives) :
+        $(template).autoRender(data);
     };
 
     // set the default method name/extension
diff --git a/lib/sammy.js b/lib/sammy.js
index 6bbc8ff7..e15de2df 100644
--- a/lib/sammy.js
+++ b/lib/sammy.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         return String(s).replace(/&(?!\w+;)/g, '&amp;').replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;').replace(/"/g, '&quot;');
       },
       _routeWrapper = function(verb) {
-        return function(path, callback) { return this.route.apply(this, [verb, path, callback]); };
+        return function(path, callback, exit) { return this.route.apply(this, [verb, path, callback, exit]); };
       },
       _template_cache = {},
       _has_history = !!(window.history && history.pushState),
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
     //    It is also possible to pass a string as the callback, which is looked up as the name
     //    of a method on the application.
     //
-    route: function(verb, path, callback) {
+    route: function(verb, path, callback, exit) {
       var app = this, param_names = [], add_route, path_match;
 
       // if the method signature is just (path, callback)
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@
         path = verb;
         callback = path;
         verb = 'any';
+        exit = exit;
       }
 
       verb = verb.toLowerCase(); // ensure verb is lower case
@@ -568,7 +569,7 @@
       }
 
       add_route = function(with_verb) {
-        var r = {verb: with_verb, path: path, callback: callback, param_names: param_names};
+        var r = {verb: with_verb, path: path, callback: callback, param_names: param_names, exit: exit};
         // add route to routes array
         app.routes[with_verb] = app.routes[with_verb] || [];
         // place routes in order of definition
@@ -1047,6 +1048,11 @@
               if (returned === false) { return false; }
             }
           }
+
+          if(app.last_route && app.last_route.exit) {
+              app.last_route.exit.apply(context);
+          }
+
           app.last_route = route;
           context.trigger('event-context-before', {context: context});
           returned = route.callback.apply(context, callback_args);
@@ -1524,6 +1530,7 @@
             data: {},
             dataType: is_json ? 'json' : 'text',
             type: 'get',
+            error: function() { console.warn(arguments); },
             success: function(data) {
               if (should_cache) {
                 context.event_context.app.templateCache(location, data);