diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0bd360c..fde0350 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -283,3 +283,44 @@ function authorize(req, res, next) {
     //...
 }
 ```
+
+### Running alongside a node development webserver
+
+For production, it is recommended to run the API separate from the
+webserver.  And as such, this middleware assumes that it is the only
+thing running inside the express app.
+
+However, if you would like to run your API alongside a webserver as a
+convenience during development, it is possible.  In this scenario, you
+will want to do two things:
+
+1. Remove the express parent app view configuration from the settings
+that are configured on the parent app during mount.  This will allow
+any other template rendering system you may have already configured
+intact.
+
+2. Stand up the API server relatively late in your `server.js`.  This
+will give this middleware a fair chance at being the last thing that
+configures required settings on the parent express application.
+
+Example:
+
+```
+
+var Swaggerize = require('swaggerize-express');
+delete Swaggerize.defaultExpressOptions['views'];
+delete Swaggerize.defaultExpressOptions['view cache'];
+delete Swaggerize.defaultExpressOptions['view engine'];
+
+... the bulk of your other server stuff goes here ...
+
+// Stand up API =============================================================
+app.use(Swaggerize({
+    api: path.resolve('./<API_NAME>/config/swagger.json'),
+    handlers: path.resolve('./<API_NAME>/handlers')
+}));
+
+// launch ===================================================================
+app.listen(port);
+console.log('The magic happens on port ' + port);
+```
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index fc7bac4..ac0220c 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -44,30 +44,22 @@ function swaggerize(options) {
 function mount(app, options) {
 
     return function onmount(parent) {
-        var settings;
-
         parent._router.stack.pop();
 
         //If a mountpath was provided, override basePath in api.
         options.api.basePath = app.mountpath !== '/' ? app.mountpath : options.api.basePath;
 
-        Object.keys(settings = {
-            'x-powered-by': false,
-            'trust proxy': false,
-            'jsonp callback name': null,
-            'json replacer': null,
-            'json spaces': 0,
-            'case sensitive routing': false,
-            'strict routing': false,
-            'views': null,
-            'view cache': false,
-            'view engine': false
-        }).forEach(function (option) {
-            parent.set(option, settings[option]);
+        var expressOptions = {};
+        Object.keys(swaggerize.defaultExpressOptions).forEach(function (option) {
+            expressOptions[option] = swaggerize.defaultExpressOptions[option];
         });
 
         Object.keys(options.express).forEach(function (option) {
-            parent.set(option, options.express[option]);
+            expressOptions[option] = options.express[option];
+        });
+
+        Object.keys(expressOptions).forEach(function (option) {
+            parent.set(option, expressOptions[option]);
         });
 
         parent.mountpath = options.api.basePath;
@@ -83,6 +75,19 @@ function mount(app, options) {
     };
 }
 
+swaggerize.defaultExpressOptions = {
+            'x-powered-by': false,
+            'trust proxy': false,
+            'jsonp callback name': null,
+            'json replacer': null,
+            'json spaces': 0,
+            'case sensitive routing': false,
+            'strict routing': false,
+            'views': null,
+            'view cache': false,
+            'view engine': false
+        };
+
 /**
  * Loads the api from a path, with support for yaml..
  * @param apiPath