diff --git a/lib/instrumentation/module/express.js b/lib/instrumentation/module/express.js
index e05ee857..53de3d47 100644
--- a/lib/instrumentation/module/express.js
+++ b/lib/instrumentation/module/express.js
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ const { makeMethodDescriptorBuilder } = require('../../context/make-method-descr
 const ExpressMethodDescriptorBuilder = require('../../context/express-method-descriptor-builder')
 const semver = require('semver')
 
+const parameterizedLayerPathSymbol = Symbol('PinpointParameterizedLayerPathSymbol')
+const layerPatchedSymbol = Symbol('layer-patched')
+
 // https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-nodejs/blob/master/lib/instrumentation/modules/express.js
 module.exports = function (agent, version, express) {
   try {
@@ -28,8 +31,6 @@ module.exports = function (agent, version, express) {
     return express
   }
 
-  const layerPatchedSymbol = Symbol('layer-patched')
-
   const MODULE_NAME = 'express'
   const methodNames = ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'HEAD', 'DELETE', 'OPTIONS', 'PATCH', 'ALL']
 
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ module.exports = function (agent, version, express) {
   })
 
   function patchLayer(layer, objectName, layerName, layerPath) {
+    /*
     if (!layer[layerPatchedSymbol] && false) {
       layer[layerPatchedSymbol] = true
 
@@ -81,22 +83,30 @@ module.exports = function (agent, version, express) {
         let handle
 
         if (origin.length !== 4) {
-          // https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-nodejs/issues/443#issuecomment-455352070
-          if (!layer.route && layerPath && typeof next === 'function') {
-
-          }
           handle = function (req, res, next) {
-
+            // https://github.com/elastic/apm-agent-nodejs/issues/443#issuecomment-455352070
+            if (!layer.route && layerPath && typeof next === 'function') {
+              safePush(req, parameterizedLayerPathSymbol, layerPath)
+              arguments[2] = function () {
+                if (!(req.route && arguments[0] instanceof Error)) {
+                  req[parameterizedLayerPathSymbol].pop()
+                }
+                return next.apply(this, arguments)
+              }
+            }
+
+            return origin.apply(this, arguments)
           }
         } else {
           handle = function (err, req, res, next) {
-
+            return origin.apply(this, arguments)
           }
         }
 
         return handle
       })
     }
+    */
     let appAllMethodDescriptor
     let handlerMethodDescriptor
     if (objectName == 'route') {
@@ -112,6 +122,11 @@ module.exports = function (agent, version, express) {
     })
   }
 
+  function safePush(obj, prop, value) {
+    if (!obj[prop]) obj[prop] = []
+    obj[prop].push(value)
+  }
+
   function recordHandle(original, objectName, layerName, appAllMethodDescriptor, handlerMethodDescriptor, layerPath) {
     return function (req) {
       const trace = agent.traceContext.currentTraceObject()