diff --git a/__tests__/integration.js b/__tests__/integration.js
index 698ffebf..3f2e495d 100644
--- a/__tests__/integration.js
+++ b/__tests__/integration.js
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ describe.each(EACH_MATRIX)('%s:%s: integration tests', (eventSourceName, framewo
     serverlessExpressInstance = serverlessExpress({ app })
   })
 
-  test('handler returns promise', () => {
+  test('serverlessExpressInstance returns promise', () => {
     const event = makeEvent({
       eventSourceName,
       path: '/',
       httpMethod: 'GET'
     })
-    const response = serverlessExpressInstance.handler(event)
+    const response = serverlessExpressInstance(event)
     expect(response.then).toBeTruthy()
   })
 
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ describe.each(EACH_MATRIX)('%s:%s: integration tests', (eventSourceName, framewo
     // expect(customLogger.debug.mock.calls.length).toBe(0)
   })
 
-  test('legacy/deprecated usage', async () => {
+  test('legacy/deprecated createServer', async () => {
     const serverlessExpressMiddleware = require('../src/middleware')
     app = express()
     router = express.Router()
@@ -484,4 +484,60 @@ describe.each(EACH_MATRIX)('%s:%s: integration tests', (eventSourceName, framewo
     })
     expect(response).toEqual(expectedResponse)
   })
+
+  test('legacy/deprecated handler', async () => {
+    const serverlessExpressMiddleware = require('../src/middleware')
+    router.use(serverlessExpressMiddleware.eventContext())
+    router.get('/users', (req, res) => {
+      const { event } = req.apiGateway
+      const eventPath = event.path || event.rawPath || event.Records[0].cf.request.uri
+      res.json({
+        path: eventPath
+      })
+    })
+    const event = makeEvent({
+      eventSourceName,
+      path: '/users',
+      httpMethod: 'GET'
+    })
+    const response = await serverlessExpressInstance.handler(event)
+    const expectedResponse = makeResponse({
+      eventSourceName,
+      body: JSON.stringify({ path: '/users' }),
+      multiValueHeaders: {
+        'content-length': ['17'],
+        etag: ['W/"11-eM8YArY+qNwdvTL2ppeAaFc4Oq8"']
+      },
+      statusCode: 200
+    })
+    expect(response).toEqual(expectedResponse)
+  })
+
+  test('legacy/deprecated proxy', async () => {
+    const serverlessExpressMiddleware = require('../src/middleware')
+    router.use(serverlessExpressMiddleware.eventContext())
+    router.get('/users', (req, res) => {
+      const { event } = req.apiGateway
+      const eventPath = event.path || event.rawPath || event.Records[0].cf.request.uri
+      res.json({
+        path: eventPath
+      })
+    })
+    const event = makeEvent({
+      eventSourceName,
+      path: '/users',
+      httpMethod: 'GET'
+    })
+    const response = await serverlessExpressInstance.proxy({ event })
+    const expectedResponse = makeResponse({
+      eventSourceName,
+      body: JSON.stringify({ path: '/users' }),
+      multiValueHeaders: {
+        'content-length': ['17'],
+        etag: ['W/"11-eM8YArY+qNwdvTL2ppeAaFc4Oq8"']
+      },
+      statusCode: 200
+    })
+    expect(response).toEqual(expectedResponse)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/src/configure.d.ts b/src/configure.d.ts
index 045177bb..6bbb86ea 100644
--- a/src/configure.d.ts
+++ b/src/configure.d.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 import { RequestListener } from "http"
 import { Handler } from "aws-lambda"
 import Logger from "./logger"
-import ProxyParams from "./proxy"
 
+interface ProxyParams {
+  app: RequestListener,
+  binaryMimeTypes?: string[],
+  binarySettings?: BinarySettings
+}
+
+interface BinarySettings {
+  isBinary?: Function | boolean,
+  contentTypes?: string[]
+}
 interface ConfigureParams {
   app: RequestListener,
   binaryMimeTypes?: string[],
@@ -22,4 +31,6 @@ interface ConfigureResult {
 
 declare function configure(configureParams: ConfigureParams): ConfigureResult
 
+// declare function proxy(proxyParams: ProxyParams): Promise<any>
+
 export default configure
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/configure.js b/src/configure.js
index 08138814..db9e9672 100644
--- a/src/configure.js
+++ b/src/configure.js
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
-const { getFramework } = require('./frameworks')
+const util = require('util')
 const logger = require('./logger')
-const proxy = require('./proxy')
+const { setCurrentInvoke } = require('./current-invoke')
+const { getEventSource } = require('./event-sources')
+const { getEventSourceNameBasedOnEvent } = require('./event-sources/utils')
+const { getFramework } = require('./frameworks')
+const makeResolver = require('./make-resolver')
+const { forwardRequestToNodeServer, respondToEventSourceWithError } = require('./transport')
+
+const DEFAULT_BINARY_ENCODINGS = ['gzip', 'deflate', 'br']
+const DEFAULT_BINARY_CONTENT_TYPES = ['image/*']
+
+function getDefaultBinarySettings (deprecatedBinaryMimeTypes) {
+  return {
+    contentTypes: deprecatedBinaryMimeTypes || DEFAULT_BINARY_CONTENT_TYPES,
+    contentEncodings: DEFAULT_BINARY_ENCODINGS
+  }
+}
 
 function configure ({
   app: configureApp,
@@ -12,44 +27,93 @@ function configure ({
   resolutionMode: configureResolutionMode = 'PROMISE',
   eventSourceName: configureEventSourceName,
   eventSource: configureEventFns,
-  respondWithErrors: configureRespondWithErrors = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development',
-  proxy: configureProxy = ({
-    app: configureProxyApp = configureApp,
-    framework: configureProxyFramework = configureFramework,
+  respondWithErrors: configureRespondWithErrors = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
+} = {}) {
+  function proxy ({
+    app = configureApp,
+    framework = configureFramework,
+    event = {},
+    context = {},
+    callback = null,
     resolutionMode = configureResolutionMode,
-    event,
-    context,
-    callback,
-    eventSourceName = configureEventSourceName,
+    eventSourceName = configureEventSourceName || getEventSourceNameBasedOnEvent({ event }),
     binaryMimeTypes = configureBinaryMimeTypes,
-    binarySettings = configureBinarySettings,
-    eventSource = configureEventFns,
+    binarySettings = configureBinarySettings || getDefaultBinarySettings(binaryMimeTypes),
+    eventSource = configureEventFns || getEventSource({ eventSourceName }),
     log = configureLog,
     respondWithErrors = configureRespondWithErrors
-  } = {}) => proxy({
-    app: configureProxyApp,
-    framework: configureProxyFramework,
-    event,
-    context,
-    resolutionMode,
-    callback,
-    eventSourceName,
-    binaryMimeTypes,
-    binarySettings,
-    eventSource,
-    log,
-    respondWithErrors
-  }),
-  handler: configureHandler = (event, context, callback) => configureProxy({
-    event,
-    context,
-    callback
-  })
-} = {}) {
-  configureHandler.handler = configureHandler
-  configureHandler.proxy = configureProxy
-  configureHandler.log = configureLog
-  return configureHandler
+  }) {
+    log.debug('SERVERLESS_EXPRESS:PROXY', {
+      event: util.inspect(event, { depth: null }),
+      context: util.inspect(context, { depth: null }),
+      resolutionMode,
+      eventSourceName,
+      binarySettings,
+      respondWithErrors
+    })
+
+    if (binaryMimeTypes) {
+      console.warn('[DEPRECATION NOTICE] { binaryMimeTypes: [] } is deprecated. base64 encoding is now automatically determined based on response content-type and content-encoding. If you need to manually set binary content types, instead, use { binarySettings: { contentTypes: [] } }')
+    }
+
+    setCurrentInvoke({ event, context })
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const promise = {
+        resolve,
+        reject
+      }
+      const resolver = makeResolver({
+        context,
+        callback,
+        promise,
+        resolutionMode
+      })
+
+      try {
+        forwardRequestToNodeServer({
+          app,
+          framework,
+          event,
+          context,
+          resolver,
+          eventSourceName,
+          binarySettings,
+          eventSource,
+          log
+        })
+      } catch (error) {
+        respondToEventSourceWithError({
+          error,
+          resolver,
+          log,
+          respondWithErrors,
+          eventSource
+        })
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
+  function handler (event, context, callback) {
+    return proxy({
+      event,
+      context,
+      callback
+    })
+  }
+
+  handler.handler = (...params) => {
+    console.warn('[DEPRECATION NOTICE] You\'re using the deprecated `serverlessExpress({...}).handler({...})` method. This will be removed in a future version of @vendia/serverless-express. Instead, simply return `serverlessExpress({...})` as your handler.')
+    return handler(...params)
+  }
+
+  handler.proxy = (...params) => {
+    console.warn('[DEPRECATION NOTICE] You\'re using the deprecated `serverlessExpress({...}).proxy({...})` method. This will be removed in a future version of @vendia/serverless-express. Instead, simply return `serverlessExpress({...})` as your handler.')
+    return proxy(...params)
+  }
+
+  handler.log = configureLog
+
+  return handler
 }
 
 module.exports = configure
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 164ad408..e33efd3f 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module.exports.configure = configure
 // Legacy/deprecated:
 
 function createServer (app, serverListenCallback, binaryMimeTypes) {
-  console.warn('You\'re using the deprecated createServer method that will be removed in the next major version. See https://github.com/vendia/serverless-express/blob/mainline/UPGRADE.md to upgrade.')
+  console.warn('[DEPRECATION NOTICE] You\'re using the deprecated createServer method that will be removed in the next major version. See https://github.com/vendia/serverless-express/blob/mainline/UPGRADE.md to upgrade.')
 
   if (serverListenCallback) {
     throw new Error('serverListenCallback is no longer supported.')
diff --git a/src/proxy.d.ts b/src/proxy.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f68d076b..00000000
--- a/src/proxy.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { RequestListener } from "http"
-
-interface ProxyParams {
-  app: RequestListener,
-  binaryMimeTypes?: string[],
-  binarySettings?: BinarySettings
-}
-
-interface BinarySettings {
-  isBinary?: Function | boolean,
-  contentTypes?: string[]
-}
-
-declare function proxy(proxyParams: ProxyParams): Promise<any>
-
-export default ProxyParams
diff --git a/src/proxy.js b/src/proxy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 32076ce8..00000000
--- a/src/proxy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-const util = require('util')
-const { setCurrentInvoke } = require('./current-invoke')
-const { getEventSource } = require('./event-sources')
-const { getEventSourceNameBasedOnEvent } = require('./event-sources/utils')
-const { getFramework } = require('./frameworks')
-const makeResolver = require('./make-resolver')
-const { forwardRequestToNodeServer, respondToEventSourceWithError } = require('./transport')
-
-const DEFAULT_BINARY_ENCODINGS = ['gzip', 'deflate', 'br']
-const DEFAULT_BINARY_CONTENT_TYPES = ['image/*']
-
-function getDefaultBinarySettings (deprecatedBinaryMimeTypes) {
-  return {
-    contentTypes: deprecatedBinaryMimeTypes || DEFAULT_BINARY_CONTENT_TYPES,
-    contentEncodings: DEFAULT_BINARY_ENCODINGS
-  }
-}
-
-function proxy ({
-  app,
-  framework = getFramework({ app }),
-  event = {},
-  context = {},
-  callback = null,
-  resolutionMode = 'PROMISE',
-  eventSourceName = getEventSourceNameBasedOnEvent({ event }),
-  binaryMimeTypes,
-  binarySettings = getDefaultBinarySettings(binaryMimeTypes),
-  eventSource = getEventSource({ eventSourceName }),
-  log,
-  respondWithErrors
-}) {
-  log.debug('SERVERLESS_EXPRESS:PROXY', {
-    event: util.inspect(event, { depth: null }),
-    context: util.inspect(context, { depth: null }),
-    resolutionMode,
-    eventSourceName,
-    binarySettings,
-    respondWithErrors
-  })
-
-  if (binaryMimeTypes) {
-    console.warn('{ binaryMimeTypes: [] } is deprecated. base64 encoding is now automatically determined based on response content-type and content-encoding. If you need to manually set binary content types, instead, use { binarySettings: { contentTypes: [] } }')
-  }
-
-  setCurrentInvoke({ event, context })
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const promise = {
-      resolve,
-      reject
-    }
-    const resolver = makeResolver({
-      context,
-      callback,
-      promise,
-      resolutionMode
-    })
-
-    try {
-      forwardRequestToNodeServer({
-        app,
-        framework,
-        event,
-        context,
-        resolver,
-        eventSourceName,
-        binarySettings,
-        eventSource,
-        log
-      })
-    } catch (error) {
-      respondToEventSourceWithError({
-        error,
-        resolver,
-        log,
-        respondWithErrors,
-        eventSource
-      })
-    }
-  })
-}
-
-module.exports = proxy