diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
index 63ff9c1..b6ded4f 100644
--- a/example/go.mod
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ go 1.21
 replace github.com/samber/slog-echo => ../
 
 require (
-	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.13.0
+	github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.13.3
 	github.com/samber/slog-echo v1.0.0
 	github.com/samber/slog-formatter v1.0.0
 )
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel v1.29.0 // indirect
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.29.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.24.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/example/go.sum b/example/go.sum
index 4de14a3..e556b5a 100644
--- a/example/go.sum
+++ b/example/go.sum
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
-github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.13.0 h1:8DjSi4H/k+RqoOmwXkxW14A2H1pdPdS95+qmdJ4q1Tg=
-github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.13.0/go.mod h1:61j7WN2+bp8V21qerqRs4yVlVTGyOagMBpF0vE7VcmM=
+github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.13.3 h1:pwhpCPrTl5qry5HRdM5FwdXnhXSLSY+WE+YQSeCaafY=
+github.com/labstack/echo/v4 v4.13.3/go.mod h1:o90YNEeQWjDozo584l7AwhJMHN0bOC4tAfg+Xox9q5g=
 github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2 h1:F8qTUNXgG1+6WQmqoUWnz8WiEU60mXVVw0P4ht1WRA0=
 github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2/go.mod h1:QlUFxVM+SNXhDL/Z7YhocGIBYOiwB0mXm1+1bAPHPyU=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ github.com/samber/slog-formatter v1.0.0 h1:ULxHV+jNqi6aFP8xtzGHl2ejFRMl2+jI2UhCp
 github.com/samber/slog-formatter v1.0.0/go.mod h1:c7pRfwhCfZQNzJz+XirmTveElxXln7M0Y8Pq781uxlo=
 github.com/samber/slog-multi v1.0.0 h1:snvP/P5GLQ8TQh5WSqdRaxDANW8AAA3egwEoytLsqvc=
 github.com/samber/slog-multi v1.0.0/go.mod h1:uLAvHpGqbYgX4FSL0p1ZwoLuveIAJvBECtE07XmYvFo=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0 h1:Xv5erBjTwe/5IxqUQTdXv5kgmIvbHo3QQyRwhJsOfJA=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.10.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
 github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 h1:lxLXG0uE3Qnshl9QyaK6XJxMXlQZELvChBOCmQD0Loo=
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.29.0 h1:J/8ZNK4XgR7a21DZUAsbF8pZ5Jcw1VhACmnYt3
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.29.0/go.mod h1:eHl3w0sp3paPkYstJOmAimxhiFXPg+MMTlEh3nsQgWQ=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 h1:ihbySMvVjLAeSH1IbfcRTkD/iNscyz8rGzjF/E5hV6U=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0/go.mod h1:kDsLvtWBEx7MV9tJOj9bnXsPbxwJQ6csT/x4KIN4Ssk=
-golang.org/x/net v0.24.0 h1:1PcaxkF854Fu3+lvBIx5SYn9wRlBzzcnHZSiaFFAb0w=
-golang.org/x/net v0.24.0/go.mod h1:2Q7sJY5mzlzWjKtYUEXSlBWCdyaioyXzRB2RtU8KVE8=
+golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 h1:74SYHlV8BIgHIFC/LrYkOGIwL19eTYXQ5wc6TBuO36I=
+golang.org/x/net v0.33.0/go.mod h1:HXLR5J+9DxmrqMwG9qjGCxZ+zKXxBru04zlTvWlWuN4=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 h1:zyQAAkrwaneQ066sspRyJaG9VNi/YJ1NfzcGB3hZ/qo=
 golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
-golang.org/x/time v0.5.0 h1:o7cqy6amK/52YcAKIPlM3a+Fpj35zvRj2TP+e1xFSfk=
-golang.org/x/time v0.5.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
+golang.org/x/time v0.8.0 h1:9i3RxcPv3PZnitoVGMPDKZSq1xW1gK1Xy3ArNOGZfEg=
+golang.org/x/time v0.8.0/go.mod h1:3BpzKBy/shNhVucY/MWOyx10tF3SFh9QdLuxbVysPQM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/middleware.go b/middleware.go
index 26d505c..38949e5 100644
--- a/middleware.go
+++ b/middleware.go
@@ -135,6 +135,13 @@ func NewWithConfig(logger *slog.Logger, config Config) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 				}
 			}
 
+			// Pass thru filters and skip early the code below, to prevent unnecessary processing.
+			for _, filter := range config.Filters {
+				if !filter(c) {
+					return
+				}
+			}
+
 			status := res.Status
 			method := req.Method
 			host := req.Host
@@ -262,12 +269,6 @@ func NewWithConfig(logger *slog.Logger, config Config) echo.MiddlewareFunc {
 				}
 			}
 
-			for _, filter := range config.Filters {
-				if !filter(c) {
-					return
-				}
-			}
-
 			level := config.DefaultLevel
 			msg := "Incoming request"