diff --git a/lua/express/misc/path.lua b/lua/express/misc/path.lua
index fb25937..d385298 100644
--- a/lua/express/misc/path.lua
+++ b/lua/express/misc/path.lua
@@ -9,29 +9,29 @@ local string_split = require("express.utils").string_split
 -- (so also no leading and trailing slashes - it does not distinguish
 -- relative and absolute paths)
 local normalizeArray = function(parts, allowAboveRoot)
-	local res = {}
-	for i = 1, #parts do
-		local p = parts[i]
-
-		-- ignore empty parts
-		if not p or p == "." then
-			goto continue
-		end
-
-		if p == ".." then
-			if #res > 0 and res[#res] ~= ".." then
-				table.remove(res)
-			elseif allowAboveRoot then
-				table.insert(res, "..")
-			end
-		else
-			table.insert(res, p)
-		end
-
-		::continue::
-	end
-
-	return res
+    local res = {}
+    for i = 1, #parts do
+        repeat
+            local p = parts[i]
+
+            -- ignore empty parts
+            if not p or p == "." then
+                break
+            end
+
+            if p == ".." then
+                if #res > 0 and res[#res] ~= ".." then
+                    table.remove(res)
+                elseif allowAboveRoot then
+                    table.insert(res, "..")
+                end
+            else
+                table.insert(res, p)
+            end
+        until true
+    end
+
+    return res
 end
 
 -- path.normalize(path)
@@ -84,19 +84,19 @@ local function resolve(...)
 	local resolvedAbsolute = false
 
 	for i = select("#", ...), 0, -1 do
-		local path = (i >= 1) and select(i, ...) or full( arg[0] )
-
-		-- Skip empty and invalid entries
-		if type(path) ~= "string" then
-			error("Arguments to path.resolve must be strings")
-		elseif not path then
-			goto continue
-		end
-
-		resolvedPath = path .. "/" .. resolvedPath
-		resolvedAbsolute = path:sub(1, 1) == "/"
+		repeat
+			local path = (i >= 1) and select(i, ...) or full( arg[0] )
+
+			-- Skip empty and invalid entries
+			if type(path) ~= "string" then
+				error("Arguments to path.resolve must be strings")
+			elseif not path then
+				break
+			end
 
-		::continue::
+			resolvedPath = path .. "/" .. resolvedPath
+			resolvedAbsolute = path:sub(1, 1) == "/"
+		until true
 	end
 
 	-- At this point the path should be resolved to a full absolute path, but
diff --git a/lua/express/router/init.lua b/lua/express/router/init.lua
index 64eaa06..a61bf4c 100644
--- a/lua/express/router/init.lua
+++ b/lua/express/router/init.lua
@@ -167,43 +167,43 @@ function ROUTER_MT:handle(req, res, out)
 		-- find next matching layer
 		local layer, match, route
 		while match ~= true and idx <= #stack do
-			layer = stack[idx]
-			idx = idx + 1
-			match = matchLayer(layer, path) -- bool or err str
-			route = layer.route
-
-			if type(match) ~= "boolean" then
-				layerError = layerError or match
-			end
-
-			if match ~= true then
-				goto continue
-			end
-
-			if not route then
-				goto continue
-			end
-
-			-- routes do not match with a pending error
-			if layerError then
-				match = false
-				goto continue
-			end
-
-			local method = req.method
-			local has_method = route:_handles_method(method)
-
-			-- build up automatic options response
-			-- if not has_method and method == "OPTIONS" then
-			-- 	appendMethods(options, route:_options())
-			-- end
-
-			-- don't even bother matching route
-			if not has_method and method ~= "HEAD" then
-				match = false
-			end
-
-			::continue::
+			repeat
+				layer = stack[idx]
+				idx = idx + 1
+				match = matchLayer(layer, path) -- bool or err str
+				route = layer.route
+
+				if type(match) ~= "boolean" then
+					layerError = layerError or match
+				end
+
+				if match ~= true then
+					break
+				end
+
+				if not route then
+					break
+				end
+
+				-- routes do not match with a pending error
+				if layerError then
+					match = false
+					break
+				end
+
+				local method = req.method
+				local has_method = route:_handles_method(method)
+
+				-- build up automatic options response
+				-- if not has_method and method == "OPTIONS" then
+				--     appendMethods(options, route:_options())
+				-- end
+
+				-- don't even bother matching route
+				if not has_method and method ~= "HEAD" then
+					match = false
+				end
+			until true
 		end
 
 		if match ~= true then