diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/route.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/route.rb
index cf7cd05..5b9d961 100644
--- a/lib/action_subscriber/route.rb
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/route.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class Route
                 :action,
                 :durable, 
                 :exchange,
+                :exchange_durable,
                 :prefetch,
                 :queue,
                 :routing_key,
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ def initialize(attributes)
       @action = attributes.fetch(:action)
       @durable = attributes.fetch(:durable)
       @exchange = attributes.fetch(:exchange).to_s
+      @exchange_durable = attributes.fetch(:exchange_durable)
       @prefetch = attributes.fetch(:prefetch) { ::ActionSubscriber.config.prefetch }
       @queue = attributes.fetch(:queue)
       @routing_key = attributes.fetch(:routing_key)
diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/route_set.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/route_set.rb
index 8aad481..325c15e 100644
--- a/lib/action_subscriber/route_set.rb
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/route_set.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def queues
 
     def setup_queue(route)
       channel = ::ActionSubscriber::RabbitConnection.subscriber_connection.create_channel
-      exchange = channel.topic(route.exchange)
+      exchange = channel.topic(route.exchange, :durable => route.exchange_durable)
       queue = channel.queue(route.queue, :durable => route.durable)
       queue.bind(exchange, :routing_key => route.routing_key)
       queue
diff --git a/lib/action_subscriber/router.rb b/lib/action_subscriber/router.rb
index ce4e540..0e210bc 100644
--- a/lib/action_subscriber/router.rb
+++ b/lib/action_subscriber/router.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ def self.draw_routes(&block)
       :acknowledgements => false,
       :durable => false,
       :exchange => "events",
+      :exchange_durable => false
     }.freeze
 
     def default_routing_key_for(route_settings)