diff --git a/include/http.h b/include/http.h
index 80352c2..4d38f07 100644
--- a/include/http.h
+++ b/include/http.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ extern const char http_405[];
 extern const size_t http_405_len;
 extern const char http_500[];
 extern const size_t http_500_len;
+extern const char http_501[];
+extern const size_t http_501_len;
 
 typedef enum http_request_method {
   http_request_method_get = 0,
@@ -24,14 +26,16 @@ typedef enum http_request_method {
   http_request_method_delete = 4
 } http_request_method;
 
+extern const char *request_method_names[];
+extern const size_t request_method_names_len;
+
 /*
  * Struct representing the specific type of request
  */
 typedef struct http_request {
   size_t len;
   int minor_version;
-  const char *method;
-  size_t method_len;
+  http_request_method method;
   const char *path;
   size_t path_len;
   const char *query;
@@ -43,13 +47,15 @@ typedef enum http_parse_error {
   http_parse_error_ok = 0,
   http_parse_error_incomplete = 1,
   http_parse_error_invalid = 2,
+  http_parse_error_unknown_method = 3
 } http_parse_error;
 
 /* void http_route(event_loop_conn *conn); */
 
 typedef enum http_response_type {
   http_not_found = 404,
-  http_method_not_allowed = 405
+  http_method_not_allowed = 405,
+  http_method_not_implemented = 501
 } http_response_type;
 
 void http_write_standard_response(event_loop_conn *conn,
diff --git a/src/http_loop/http_loop.c b/src/http_loop/http_loop.c
index 058d631..d74cca1 100644
--- a/src/http_loop/http_loop.c
+++ b/src/http_loop/http_loop.c
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ bool http_loop_handle_request(event_loop_conn *conn) {
 
       return false;
     }
+    // It's fun to respond with extremely specific error messages
+    // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/501
+    else if (res == http_parse_error_unknown_method) {
+      http_write_standard_response(conn, 501);
+      return false;
+    }
 
     conn->rbuf_read += res;
 
diff --git a/src/http_loop/http_loop_consts.c b/src/http_loop/http_loop_consts.c
index 9190d0a..a58cf48 100644
--- a/src/http_loop/http_loop_consts.c
+++ b/src/http_loop/http_loop_consts.c
@@ -11,3 +11,11 @@ const size_t http_405_len = sizeof(http_405) - 1;
 const char http_500[] = "HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error\n"
                         "Content-Length: 0\n\n";
 const size_t http_500_len = sizeof(http_500) - 1;
+const char http_501[] = "HTTP/1.1 501 Not Implemented\n"
+                        "Content-Length: 0\n\n";
+const size_t http_501_len = sizeof(http_501) - 1;
+
+// Very important that this is in the same order as http_request_method
+const char *request_method_names[] = {"GET", "POST", "PUT", "PATCH", "DELETE"};
+const size_t request_method_names_len =
+    sizeof(request_method_names) / sizeof(request_method_names[0]);
diff --git a/src/http_loop/http_loop_route.c b/src/http_loop/http_loop_route.c
index 8ba1a4a..5d61ced 100644
--- a/src/http_loop/http_loop_route.c
+++ b/src/http_loop/http_loop_route.c
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@ http_parse_error http_loop_parse_request(event_loop_conn *conn) {
   size_t num_headers = HTTP_MAX_ALLOWED_HEADERS;
   http_request *req = &ctx->req;
 
-  int res =
-      phr_parse_request((const char *)&conn->rbuf[conn->rbuf_read],
-                        conn->rbuf_size - conn->rbuf_read, &req->method,
-                        &req->method_len, &req->path, &req->path_len,
-                        &req->minor_version, req->headers, &num_headers, 0);
+  const char *method;
+  size_t method_len;
+
+  int res = phr_parse_request(
+      (const char *)&conn->rbuf[conn->rbuf_read],
+      conn->rbuf_size - conn->rbuf_read, &method, &method_len, &req->path,
+      &req->path_len, &req->minor_version, req->headers, &num_headers, 0);
 
   if (res == -1) {
     return http_parse_error_invalid;
@@ -24,8 +26,23 @@ http_parse_error http_loop_parse_request(event_loop_conn *conn) {
 
   req->len = res;
 
-  // Split path into path & query
+  // Try to parse the method type
+  bool match = false;
   size_t i = 0;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < request_method_names_len; i++) {
+    if (strncmp(method, request_method_names[i], method_len) == 0) {
+      req->method = i;
+      match = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!match) {
+    return http_parse_error_unknown_method;
+  }
+
+  // Split path into path & query
+  i = 0;
   bool no_query = true;
 
   while (no_query && i < req->path_len) {
@@ -77,7 +94,7 @@ bool http_loop_route_request(event_loop_conn *conn) {
   http_loop_ctx *ctx = conn->ctx;
   http_loop_gctx *gctx = ctx->g;
 
-  info("%.*s %.*s", ctx->req.method_len, ctx->req.method, ctx->req.path_len,
+  info("%s %.*s", request_method_names[ctx->req.method], ctx->req.path_len,
        ctx->req.path);
 
   http_route *route;
diff --git a/src/http_loop/http_loop_util.c b/src/http_loop/http_loop_util.c
index 0289b62..69389c6 100644
--- a/src/http_loop/http_loop_util.c
+++ b/src/http_loop/http_loop_util.c
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ void http_write_standard_response(event_loop_conn *conn,
   case 405:
     s = http_405;
     len = http_405_len;
+  case 501:
+    s = http_501;
+    len = http_501_len;
   }
 
   memcpy(conn->wbuf, s, len);