NewRelic APM Transactions name + Laravel

NewRelicMiddleware.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Routing\Route;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;

class NewRelicMiddleware
{
    /**
     * Handles the request by naming the transaction for New Relic
     *
     * @param Request $request
     * @param Closure $next
     *
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle(Request $request, Closure $next)
    {
        // We must let the response get handled before naming the transaction, otherwise the necessary route i
        // information won't be available in the request object.
        $response = $next($request);

        if (extension_loaded('newrelic')) {
            newrelic_name_transaction($this->getTransactionName($request));
        }

        return $response;
    }

    /**
     * Example "GET|HEAD api/v1/user"
     *
     * @param Request $request
     * @return string
     */
    public function getTransactionName(Request $request): string
    {
        $route = $request->route();
        $transactionName = '';

        if ($route instanceof Route) {
            $transactionName = Str::replaceFirst('App\\Http\\Controllers\\', '', $route->getActionName());
        }

        return $transactionName;
    }
}

https://medium.com/@dermanov.mark/newrelic-apm-transactions-name-with-laravel-4906a9fb3366

Looks Great, but I keep getting Null on $request->route();