diff --git a/include/rest_rpc/router.h b/include/rest_rpc/router.h
index bd1449c..e4bf9b1 100644
--- a/include/rest_rpc/router.h
+++ b/include/rest_rpc/router.h
@@ -21,21 +21,45 @@ struct route_result_t {
   std::string result;
 };
 
+template <typename Tuple, bool is_pub> class helper_t {
+public:
+  helper_t(Tuple &tp) : tp_(tp) {}
+
+  void operator()() {}
+
+private:
+  Tuple &tp_;
+};
+
+template <typename Tuple> class helper_t<Tuple, true> {
+public:
+  helper_t(Tuple &tp) : tp_(tp) {}
+
+  void operator()() {
+    auto &arg = std::get<std::tuple_size<Tuple>::value - 1>(tp_);
+    msgpack_codec codec;
+    arg = codec.unpack<std::string>(arg.data(), arg.size());
+  }
+
+private:
+  Tuple &tp_;
+};
+
 class router : asio::noncopyable {
 public:
-  template <typename Function>
-  void register_handler(std::string const &name, Function f) {
+  template <bool is_pub = false, typename Function>
+  void register_handler(std::string const &name, Function f, bool pub = false) {
     uint32_t key = MD5::MD5Hash32(name.data());
     key2func_name_.emplace(key, name);
-    return register_nonmember_func(key, std::move(f));
+    return register_nonmember_func<is_pub>(key, std::move(f));
   }
 
-  template <typename Function, typename Self>
+  template <bool is_pub = false, typename Function, typename Self>
   void register_handler(std::string const &name, const Function &f,
                         Self *self) {
     uint32_t key = MD5::MD5Hash32(name.data());
     key2func_name_.emplace(key, name);
-    return register_member_func(key, f, self);
+    return register_member_func<is_pub>(key, f, self);
   }
 
   void remove_handler(std::string const &name) {
@@ -154,7 +178,7 @@ class router : asio::noncopyable {
     result = msgpack_codec::pack_args_str(result_code::OK, r);
   }
 
-  template <typename Function>
+  template <bool is_pub, typename Function>
   void register_nonmember_func(uint32_t key, Function f) {
     this->map_invokers_[key] = [f](std::weak_ptr<connection> conn,
                                    nonstd::string_view str,
@@ -163,6 +187,7 @@ class router : asio::noncopyable {
       msgpack_codec codec;
       try {
         auto tp = codec.unpack<args_tuple>(str.data(), str.size());
+        helper_t<args_tuple, is_pub>{tp}();
         call(f, conn, result, std::move(tp));
       } catch (std::invalid_argument &e) {
         result = codec.pack_args_str(result_code::FAIL, e.what());
@@ -172,7 +197,7 @@ class router : asio::noncopyable {
     };
   }
 
-  template <typename Function, typename Self>
+  template <bool is_pub, typename Function, typename Self>
   void register_member_func(uint32_t key, const Function &f, Self *self) {
     this->map_invokers_[key] = [f, self](std::weak_ptr<connection> conn,
                                          nonstd::string_view str,
@@ -181,6 +206,7 @@ class router : asio::noncopyable {
       msgpack_codec codec;
       try {
         auto tp = codec.unpack<args_tuple>(str.data(), str.size());
+        helper_t<args_tuple, is_pub>{tp}();
         call_member(f, self, conn, result, std::move(tp));
       } catch (std::invalid_argument &e) {
         result = codec.pack_args_str(result_code::FAIL, e.what());
diff --git a/include/rest_rpc/rpc_server.h b/include/rest_rpc/rpc_server.h
index 28f3126..11fcfa0 100644
--- a/include/rest_rpc/rpc_server.h
+++ b/include/rest_rpc/rpc_server.h
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ class rpc_server : private asio::noncopyable {
 
   void run() { io_service_pool_.run(); }
 
-  template <typename Function>
+  template <bool is_pub = false, typename Function>
   void register_handler(std::string const &name, const Function &f) {
-    router_.register_handler(name, f);
+    router_.register_handler<is_pub>(name, f);
   }
 
-  template <typename Function, typename Self>
+  template <bool is_pub = false, typename Function, typename Self>
   void register_handler(std::string const &name, const Function &f,
                         Self *self) {
-    router_.register_handler(name, f, self);
+    router_.register_handler<is_pub>(name, f, self);
   }
 
   void set_conn_timeout_callback(std::function<void(int64_t)> callback) {
diff --git a/tests/test_rest_rpc.cpp b/tests/test_rest_rpc.cpp
index 9b7f291..f3048a5 100644
--- a/tests/test_rest_rpc.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_rest_rpc.cpp
@@ -204,11 +204,12 @@ TEST_CASE("test_client_async_call_with_timeout") {
 
 TEST_CASE("test_client_subscribe") {
   rpc_server server(9000, std::thread::hardware_concurrency());
-  server.register_handler("publish",
-                          [&server](rpc_conn conn, std::string key,
-                                    std::string token, std::string val) {
-                            server.publish(std::move(key), std::move(val));
-                          });
+  server.register_handler<true>(
+      "publish", [&server](rpc_conn conn, std::string key, std::string token,
+                           std::string val) {
+        CHECK(val == "hello subscriber");
+        server.publish(std::move(key), std::move(val));
+      });
   bool stop = false;
   std::thread thd([&server, &stop] {
     while (!stop) {
@@ -221,6 +222,8 @@ TEST_CASE("test_client_subscribe") {
   rpc_client client;
   bool r = client.connect("127.0.0.1", 9000);
   CHECK(r);
+  client.publish("key", "hello subscriber");
+
   client.subscribe("key", [&stop](string_view data) {
     std::cout << data << "\n";
     CHECK_EQ(data, "hello subscriber");