diff --git a/src/factory.ts b/src/factory.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ef0b6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/factory.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { HttpProxyMiddleware } from './http-proxy-middleware';
+import type { Options, RequestHandler, NextFunction } from './types';
+import type * as http from 'http';
+
+export function createProxyMiddleware<
+  TReq = http.IncomingMessage,
+  TRes = http.ServerResponse,
+  TNext = NextFunction,
+>(options: Options<TReq, TRes>): RequestHandler<TReq, TRes, TNext> {
+  const { middleware } = new HttpProxyMiddleware<TReq, TRes>(options);
+  return middleware as unknown as RequestHandler<TReq, TRes, TNext>;
+}
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 6d77e229..058ab5cb 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,4 @@
-import { HttpProxyMiddleware } from './http-proxy-middleware';
-import type { Options, RequestHandler, NextFunction } from './types';
-import type * as http from 'http';
-
-export function createProxyMiddleware<
-  TReq = http.IncomingMessage,
-  TRes = http.ServerResponse,
-  TNext = NextFunction,
->(options: Options<TReq, TRes>): RequestHandler<TReq, TRes, TNext> {
-  const { middleware } = new HttpProxyMiddleware<TReq, TRes>(options);
-  return middleware as unknown as RequestHandler<TReq, TRes, TNext>;
-}
+export * from './factory';
 
 export * from './handlers';
 
diff --git a/src/legacy/create-proxy-middleware.ts b/src/legacy/create-proxy-middleware.ts
index 5dcb88f7..16fd4376 100644
--- a/src/legacy/create-proxy-middleware.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/create-proxy-middleware.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createProxyMiddleware } from '..';
+import { createProxyMiddleware } from '../factory';
 import { Debug } from '../debug';
 import { Filter, RequestHandler } from '../types';
 import { legacyOptionsAdapter } from './options-adapter';
diff --git a/src/legacy/options-adapter.ts b/src/legacy/options-adapter.ts
index e1460ced..5022c440 100644
--- a/src/legacy/options-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/options-adapter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import * as url from 'url';
-import { Filter, Options } from '..';
+import { Filter, Options } from '../types';
 import { LegacyOptions } from './types';
 import { Debug } from '../debug';
 import { getLogger } from '../logger';
diff --git a/src/legacy/types.ts b/src/legacy/types.ts
index 1e053ab3..4d442c1f 100644
--- a/src/legacy/types.ts
+++ b/src/legacy/types.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type * as http from 'http';
-import { Options } from '..';
+import { Options } from '../types';
 
 /**
  * @deprecated