diff --git a/src/node.c b/src/node.c
index 0190949..500f174 100644
--- a/src/node.c
+++ b/src/node.c
@@ -551,18 +551,16 @@ static r3_iovec_t* router_append_slug(R3Route * route, const char * slug, unsign
 
 static void get_slugs(R3Route * route, const char * path, int path_len) {
     const char *plh = path;
-    unsigned int l, namel;
-    l = 0;
     const char *name;
+    unsigned int plhl, namel;
     while (plh < (path + path_len)) {
-        plh = r3_slug_find_placeholder(plh+l, path_len, &l);
+        plh = r3_slug_find_placeholder(plh, path_len-(plh-path), &plhl);
         if (!plh) break;
-        namel = 0;
-        name = r3_slug_find_name(plh, l, &namel);
+        name = r3_slug_find_name(plh, plhl, &namel);
         if (name) {
             router_append_slug(route, name, namel);
         }
-        if ((plh + l) >= (path + path_len)) break;
+        plh += plhl;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/slug.c b/src/slug.c
index 3ecdad9..5f89207 100644
--- a/src/slug.c
+++ b/src/slug.c
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ int r3_slug_parse(r3_slug_t *s, const char *needle, int needle_len, const char *
     }
 
     // there is no slug
-    if (!r3_path_contains_slug_char(offset, needle_len)) {
+    if (!r3_path_contains_slug_char(offset, needle_len - (offset-needle))) {
         return 0;
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/check_routes2.c b/tests/check_routes2.c
index 86e74aa..e9cb14b 100644
--- a/tests/check_routes2.c
+++ b/tests/check_routes2.c
@@ -23,21 +23,58 @@ START_TEST (greedy_pattern)
     matched_route = r3_tree_match_route(n, entry);
     ck_assert(matched_route != NULL);
     ck_assert(matched_route->data == &uri0);
+    match_entry_free(entry);
 
     entry = match_entry_create("/foo");
     matched_route = r3_tree_match_route(n, entry);
     ck_assert(matched_route != NULL);
     ck_assert(matched_route->data == &uri0);
+    match_entry_free(entry);
 
     entry = match_entry_create("/foo/");
     matched_route = r3_tree_match_route(n, entry);
     ck_assert(matched_route != NULL);
     ck_assert(matched_route->data == &uri0);
+    match_entry_free(entry);
 
     entry = match_entry_create("/foo/bar/foo/mmasdfasdfasd/f/asdf/as/df");
     matched_route = r3_tree_match_route(n, entry);
     ck_assert(matched_route != NULL);
     ck_assert(matched_route->data == &uri0);
+    match_entry_free(entry);
+
+    r3_tree_free(n);
+}
+END_TEST
+
+START_TEST (common_pattern)
+{
+    R3Node * n = r3_tree_create(10);
+    match_entry * entry;
+    R3Route *r, *matched_route;
+
+    char * uri0 = "/foo/{slug}";
+    r = r3_tree_insert_routel(n, 0, uri0, strlen(uri0), &uri0);
+    ck_assert(r != NULL);
+    char * uri1 = "/foo/{slug}/bar";
+    r = r3_tree_insert_routel(n, 0, uri1, strlen(uri1), &uri1);
+    ck_assert(r != NULL);
+
+    char * err = NULL;
+    r3_tree_compile(n, &err);
+    ck_assert(err == NULL);
+
+    entry = match_entry_create("/foo/bar");
+    matched_route = r3_tree_match_route(n, entry);
+    ck_assert(matched_route != NULL);
+    ck_assert(matched_route->data == &uri0);
+    match_entry_free(entry);
+
+    entry = match_entry_create("/foo/bar/bar");
+    matched_route = r3_tree_match_route(n, entry);
+    ck_assert(matched_route != NULL);
+    ck_assert(matched_route->data == &uri1);
+    match_entry_free(entry);
 
     r3_tree_free(n);
 }
@@ -47,6 +84,7 @@ Suite* r3_suite (void) {
     Suite *suite = suite_create("r3 routes2 tests");
     TCase *tcase = tcase_create("testcase");
     tcase_add_test(tcase, greedy_pattern);
+    tcase_add_test(tcase, common_pattern);
     suite_add_tcase(suite, tcase);
     return suite;
 }