diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index c2631c0f..6c6cf1b2 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@
   Note: app.params will not have registered for an unknown path param i.e. when express defines a different path name param than express (we should attempt to detect this and flag it)
 - (done) add tests with an indepently defined router
 - (done) throw error (e.g 404) when route is defined in express but not in openapi spec
-- test with merge middleware 
+- exclude routes
+- only throw not found on routes with a openapi base path
+- test with merge middleware
 - test with case insensitive and case sensitive routing