diff --git a/Sources/Request.swift b/Sources/Request.swift
index b519ea9..7925bd7 100644
--- a/Sources/Request.swift
+++ b/Sources/Request.swift
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ open class Request {
     
     public init(method: String, fullPath: String, version: String, headers: HeaderDictionary, body: [Byte]) {
         self.method = method
-        self.fullPath = fullPath
+        self.fullPath = fullPath.trimmedRoute
         self.version = version
         self.headers = headers
         self.body = body
@@ -49,13 +49,14 @@ open class Request {
         if params.count > 0 {
             if params.count != route.paramNames.count { // this should not happen actually
                 return false
-            }            
+            }
             zip(route.paramNames, params).forEach {
                 routeParams[$0] = Url.unescape($1)
             }
             
             return true
         }
+        
         return self.path == route.path
     }
 }
@@ -69,5 +70,3 @@ extension String {
         return "Content-Type"
     }
 }
-
-
diff --git a/Sources/Route.swift b/Sources/Route.swift
index 4271c77..3173cda 100644
--- a/Sources/Route.swift
+++ b/Sources/Route.swift
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ open class Route {
     
     public init(method: String, path: String, handler: @escaping RouteHandler) {
         self.method = method
-        self.path = "/".appendingPathComponent(path)
+        let path = path.trimmedRoute
+        self.path = path
         self.handler = handler
         
         self.paramNames = try! Regex.matches(path, pattern: "\\{(.+?)\\}")
@@ -36,3 +37,15 @@ open class Route {
         return self
     }
 }
+
+extension CharacterSet {
+    static var slashes: CharacterSet {
+        return CharacterSet.init(charactersIn: "/")
+    }
+}
+
+extension String {
+    var trimmedRoute: String {
+        return "/".appendingPathComponent(self.trimmingCharacters(in: .slashes))
+    }
+}