diff --git a/examples/auth-routes/api/index.js b/examples/auth-routes/api/index.js
index 6d68c315f8..c1943b789e 100644
--- a/examples/auth-routes/api/index.js
+++ b/examples/auth-routes/api/index.js
@@ -1,38 +1,36 @@
 const express = require('express')
 
-module.exports = function () {
-  // Create express router
-  const router = express.Router()
+// Create express router
+const router = express.Router()
 
-  var app = express()
-  // Transform req & res to have the same API as express
-  // So we can use res.status() & res.json()
-  router.use((req, res, next) => {
-    Object.setPrototypeOf(req, app.request)
-    Object.setPrototypeOf(res, app.response)
-    req.res = res
-    res.req = req
-    next()
-  })
+// Transform req & res to have the same API as express
+// So we can use res.status() & res.json()
+var app = express()
+router.use((req, res, next) => {
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(req, app.request)
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(res, app.response)
+  req.res = res
+  res.req = req
+  next()
+})
 
-  // Add POST - /api/login
-  router.post('/login', (req, res) => {
-    if (req.body.username === 'demo' && req.body.password === 'demo') {
-      req.session.authUser = { username: 'demo' }
-      return res.json({ username: 'demo' })
-    }
-    res.status(401).json({ message: 'Bad credentials' })
-  })
+// Add POST - /api/login
+router.post('/login', (req, res) => {
+  if (req.body.username === 'demo' && req.body.password === 'demo') {
+    req.session.authUser = { username: 'demo' }
+    return res.json({ username: 'demo' })
+  }
+  res.status(401).json({ message: 'Bad credentials' })
+})
 
-  // Add POST - /api/logout
-  router.post('/logout', (req, res) => {
-    delete req.session.authUser
-    res.json({ ok: true })
-  })
+// Add POST - /api/logout
+router.post('/logout', (req, res) => {
+  delete req.session.authUser
+  res.json({ ok: true })
+})
 
-  // Add router to /api
-  this.addServerMiddleware({
-    path: '/api',
-    handler: router
-  })
+// Export the server middleware
+module.exports = {
+  path: '/api',
+  handler: router
 }
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diff --git a/examples/auth-routes/nuxt.config.js b/examples/auth-routes/nuxt.config.js
index 7a175740a8..1fd2ffb91b 100644
--- a/examples/auth-routes/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/examples/auth-routes/nuxt.config.js
@@ -27,11 +27,9 @@ module.exports = {
       resave: false,
       saveUninitialized: false,
       cookie: { maxAge: 60000 }
-    })
-  ],
-  /*
-  ** Add our custom module
-  ** In this module we add /api/login & /api/logout routes
-  */
-  modules: ['~/api']
+    }),
+    // Api middleware
+    // We add /api/login & /api/logout routes
+    '~/api'
+  ]
 }