diff --git a/include/str.h b/include/str.h
index 2559c70..e1f9411 100644
--- a/include/str.h
+++ b/include/str.h
@@ -7,5 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef STR_H
 #define STR_H
 
+char * ltrim_slash(char* str);
+
+char** str_split(char* a_str, const char a_delim);
 
 #endif /* !STR_H */
diff --git a/src/str.c b/src/str.c
index b814e0a..399a0ed 100644
--- a/src/str.c
+++ b/src/str.c
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
 
 
 
+char * ltrim_slash(char* str)
+{
+    char * p = str;
+    while (*p == '/') p++;
+    return strdup(p);
+}
+
 char** str_split(char* a_str, const char a_delim)
 {
     char** result    = 0;
diff --git a/tests/test_tree.c b/tests/test_tree.c
index c0e7241..d899c11 100644
--- a/tests/test_tree.c
+++ b/tests/test_tree.c
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@
 #include "node.h"
 #include "token.h"
 
+START_TEST (test_ltrim_slash)
+{
+    fail_if( strcmp( ltrim_slash("/blog") , "blog" ) != 0 );
+    fail_if( strcmp( ltrim_slash("blog") , "blog" ) != 0 );
+}
+END_TEST
+
+
 START_TEST (test_route)
 {
     token_array *t;
@@ -42,13 +50,22 @@ END_TEST
 
 START_TEST (test_token_array)
 {
-    token_array * l = token_array_create(10);
+    token_array * l = token_array_create(3);
     fail_if( l == NULL );
-    fail_if( FALSE == token_array_resize(l, l->cap * 2) );
 
     fail_if( FALSE == token_array_append(l, strdup("abc") ) );
+    fail_if( l->len != 1 );
+
     fail_if( FALSE == token_array_append(l, strdup("foo") ) );
+    fail_if( l->len != 2 );
+
     fail_if( FALSE == token_array_append(l, strdup("bar") ) );
+    fail_if( l->len != 3 );
+
+    fail_if( FALSE == token_array_append(l, strdup("zoo") ) );
+    fail_if( l->len != 4 );
+
+    fail_if( FALSE == token_array_resize(l, l->cap * 2) );
 
     token_array_free(l);
 }
@@ -60,6 +77,7 @@ Suite* r3_suite (void) {
         TCase *tcase = tcase_create("testcase");
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_route);
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_token_array);
+        tcase_add_test(tcase, test_ltrim_slash);
 
         suite_add_tcase(suite, tcase);