diff --git a/common/schema/metadataingress.go b/common/schema/metadataingress.go
index c8ec235786..8e78889d56 100644
--- a/common/schema/metadataingress.go
+++ b/common/schema/metadataingress.go
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package schema
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/block/ftl/common/slices"
 )
 
 //protobuf:2
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ type MetadataIngress struct {
 
 	Type   string                 `parser:"'+' 'ingress' @('http')?" protobuf:"2"`
 	Method string                 `parser:"@('GET' | 'POST' | 'PUT' | 'DELETE')" protobuf:"3"`
-	Path   []IngressPathComponent `parser:"('/' @@)+" protobuf:"4"`
+	Path   []IngressPathComponent `parser:"'/' (@@ ('/' @@)*)?" protobuf:"4"`
 }
 
 var _ Metadata = (*MetadataIngress)(nil)
@@ -25,15 +27,7 @@ func (m *MetadataIngress) String() string {
 //
 // For example, /foo/{bar}
 func (m *MetadataIngress) PathString() string {
-	path := make([]string, len(m.Path))
-	for i, p := range m.Path {
-		switch v := p.(type) {
-		case *IngressPathLiteral:
-			path[i] = v.Text
-		case *IngressPathParameter:
-			path[i] = fmt.Sprintf("{%s}", v.Name)
-		}
-	}
+	path := slices.Map(m.Path, func(c IngressPathComponent) string { return c.String() })
 	return "/" + strings.Join(path, "/")
 }
 
@@ -76,6 +70,6 @@ type IngressPathParameter struct {
 var _ IngressPathComponent = (*IngressPathParameter)(nil)
 
 func (l *IngressPathParameter) Position() Position        { return l.Pos }
-func (l *IngressPathParameter) String() string            { return l.Name }
+func (l *IngressPathParameter) String() string            { return "{" + l.Name + "}" }
 func (*IngressPathParameter) schemaChildren() []Node      { return nil }
 func (*IngressPathParameter) schemaIngressPathComponent() {}
diff --git a/common/schema/schema_test.go b/common/schema/schema_test.go
index 4fe9c9f81f..e80fea805b 100644
--- a/common/schema/schema_test.go
+++ b/common/schema/schema_test.go
@@ -314,6 +314,46 @@ func TestParsing(t *testing.T) {
 		errors   []string
 		expected *Schema
 	}{
+		{name: "IngressRoot",
+			input: `
+				realm test {
+					module test {
+						export verb index(builtin.HttpRequest<Unit, Unit, Unit>) builtin.HttpResponse<Unit, String>
+					        +ingress http GET /
+					}
+				}
+		`,
+			expected: &Schema{
+				Realms: []*Realm{{
+					Name: "test",
+					Modules: []*Module{{
+						Name: "test",
+						Decls: []Decl{
+							&Verb{
+								Visibility: VisibilityScopeModule,
+								Name:       "index",
+								Request: &Ref{
+									Module:         "builtin",
+									Name:           "HttpRequest",
+									TypeParameters: []Type{&Unit{}, &Unit{}, &Unit{}},
+								},
+								Response: &Ref{
+									Module:         "builtin",
+									Name:           "HttpResponse",
+									TypeParameters: []Type{&Unit{}, &String{}},
+								},
+								Metadata: []Metadata{
+									&MetadataIngress{
+										Type:   "http",
+										Method: "GET",
+									},
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					}},
+				}},
+			},
+		},
 		{name: "Empty Realm",
 			input:    `realm foo { }`,
 			expected: &Schema{Realms: []*Realm{{Name: "foo"}}},
@@ -843,7 +883,7 @@ realm foo {
 			} else {
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
 				actual = Normalise(actual)
-				assert.NotZero(t, test.expected, "test.expected is nil")
+				assert.NotZero(t, test.expected, "test.expected is nil but should contain a schema")
 				test.expected.Realms[0].Modules = append([]*Module{Builtins()}, test.expected.Realms[0].Modules...)
 				assert.Equal(t, Normalise(test.expected), Normalise(actual), assert.OmitEmpty(), assert.Exclude[Position]())
 			}