diff --git a/Sources/Peasy/Internal/RequestParser.swift b/Sources/Peasy/Internal/RequestParser.swift
index 3f2c8ae..fe5a6b1 100644
--- a/Sources/Peasy/Internal/RequestParser.swift
+++ b/Sources/Peasy/Internal/RequestParser.swift
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ struct RequestParser {
 		let methodRaw = String(statusComponents[0])
 		let pathWithQuery = String(statusComponents[1])
 		
-		let method = Request.Method(rawValue: methodRaw)!
+        let method = Request.Method(rawValue: methodRaw) ?? .unknown
 		let path = parsePath(pathWithQuery)
 		let headers = parseHeaders(lines.map { String($0) })
 		let queryParams = parseQueryParams(pathWithQuery)
diff --git a/Sources/Peasy/Request.swift b/Sources/Peasy/Request.swift
index e6b3645..9935123 100644
--- a/Sources/Peasy/Request.swift
+++ b/Sources/Peasy/Request.swift
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ public extension Request {
 		case put = "PUT"
 		case delete = "DELETE"
 		case head = "HEAD"
+        case patch = "PATCH"
+        case unknown
 	}
 	
 	/// Represents a query parameter in the request.