diff --git a/src/node.c b/src/node.c
index 823e8f8..1b49953 100644
--- a/src/node.c
+++ b/src/node.c
@@ -422,14 +422,17 @@ node * _r3_tree_insert_pathl(node *tree, char *path, int path_len, route * route
     if ( prefix_len == 0 ) {
         // there are two more slugs, we should break them into several parts
         if ( count_slug(path, path_len) > 1 ) {
-            char *p = find_slug_placeholder(path, NULL);
+            int   slug_len;
+            char *p = find_slug_placeholder(path, &slug_len);
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
             assert(p);
 #endif
 
             // find the next one
-            p = find_slug_placeholder(p + 1, NULL);
+            if(p) {
+                p = find_slug_placeholder(p + slug_len + 1, NULL);
+            }
 #ifdef DEBUG
             assert(p);
 #endif
diff --git a/src/str.c b/src/str.c
index 0057dbb..0970ca4 100644
--- a/src/str.c
+++ b/src/str.c
@@ -183,6 +183,8 @@ char * compile_slug(char * str, int len)
     }
     s1 += s1_len;
     strncat(o, s1, strlen(s1));
+
+    printf("compiled slug: %s\n", out);
     return out;
 }