diff --git a/serve.go b/serve.go
index d025409f..e8cad04e 100644
--- a/serve.go
+++ b/serve.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func (s *Server) url() string {
 // initializes any Context type with the base ContextNoBody context.
 //
 //	var ctx ContextWithBody[any] // does not work because it will create a ContextWithBody[any] with a nil value
-func InitContext[Contextable ctxWithBody[Body], Body any](baseContext ContextNoBody) (Contextable, error) {
+func initContext[Contextable ctxWithBody[Body], Body any](baseContext ContextNoBody) (Contextable, error) {
 	var c Contextable
 
 	err := validateParams(baseContext)
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ func HTTPHandler[ReturnType, Body any, Contextable ctxWithBody[Body]](s *Server,
 			templates = template.Must(s.template.Clone())
 		}
 
-		ctx, err := InitContext[Contextable](ContextNoBody{
+		ctx, err := initContext[Contextable](ContextNoBody{
 			Req: r,
 			Res: w,
 			readOptions: readOptions{
diff --git a/serve_test.go b/serve_test.go
index 54cc5e1f..132fe332 100644
--- a/serve_test.go
+++ b/serve_test.go
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ func TestIni(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("can initialize ContextNoBody", func(t *testing.T) {
 		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/ctx/error-in-rendering", nil)
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-		ctx, err := InitContext[ContextNoBody](ContextNoBody{
+		ctx, err := initContext[ContextNoBody](ContextNoBody{
 			Req: req,
 			Res: w,
 		})
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ func TestIni(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("can initialize ContextNoBody", func(t *testing.T) {
 		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/ctx/error-in-rendering", nil)
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-		ctx, err := InitContext[*ContextNoBody](ContextNoBody{
+		ctx, err := initContext[*ContextNoBody](ContextNoBody{
 			Req: req,
 			Res: w,
 		})
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ func TestIni(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("can initialize ContextWithBody[string]", func(t *testing.T) {
 		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/ctx/error-in-rendering", nil)
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-		ctx, err := InitContext[*ContextWithBody[string]](ContextNoBody{
+		ctx, err := initContext[*ContextWithBody[string]](ContextNoBody{
 			Req: req,
 			Res: w,
 		})
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func TestIni(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("can initialize ContextWithBody[struct]", func(t *testing.T) {
 		req := httptest.NewRequest("GET", "/ctx/error-in-rendering", nil)
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-		ctx, err := InitContext[*ContextWithBody[ans]](ContextNoBody{
+		ctx, err := initContext[*ContextWithBody[ans]](ContextNoBody{
 			Req: req,
 			Res: w,
 		})
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ func TestIni(t *testing.T) {
 		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
 
 		require.Panics(t, func() {
-			InitContext[ctxWithBody[any]](ContextNoBody{
+			initContext[ctxWithBody[any]](ContextNoBody{
 				Req: req,
 				Res: w,
 			})