diff --git a/lib/package-server.js b/lib/package-server.js
index 85da5de..0ac0c8a 100644
--- a/lib/package-server.js
+++ b/lib/package-server.js
@@ -236,11 +236,14 @@ function runApi(opts, router, req, res, next) {
   // TODO compile packagesMap
   // TODO people may want to use the framework in a non-framework way (i.e. to conceal the module name)
   router.packages.some(function (_route) {
+    if (!_route.api) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     var pathname = router.pathname;
     if ('/' === pathname) {
       pathname = '';
     }
-
     // TODO allow for special apis that do not follow convention (.well_known, webfinger, oauth3.html, etc)
     if (!_route._api_re) {
       _route._api_re = new RegExp(escapeStringRegexp(pathname + '/api/' + _route.api.id) + '\/([\\w\\.\\-]+)(\\/|\\?|$)');