diff --git a/include/r3_str.h b/include/r3_str.h
index c670387..3072fef 100644
--- a/include/r3_str.h
+++ b/include/r3_str.h
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 #include "r3.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
-int slug_count(const char * p, int len, char ** errstr);
-
 char * slug_compile(const char * str, int len);
 
 char * slug_find_pattern(const char *s1, int *len);
diff --git a/src/slug.c b/src/slug.c
index 004516a..54b4b30 100644
--- a/src/slug.c
+++ b/src/slug.c
@@ -143,3 +143,79 @@ r3_slug_t * r3_slug_parse(char *needle, int needle_len, char *offset, char **err
     }
     return s;
 }
+
+
+/*
+int slug_count2(char * needle, int needle_len, char **errstr) {
+    // r3_slug_t * s = r3_slug_parse(needle, needle_len, needle);
+
+
+    int cnt = 0;
+    int state = 0;
+    char * p = (char*) needle;
+    while( (p-needle) < len) {
+
+        if (*p == '\\' ) {
+            p++; p++;
+        }
+
+        if (state == 1 && *p == '}') {
+            cnt++;
+        }
+        if ( *p == '{' ) {
+            state++;
+        } else if ( *p == '}' ) {
+            state--;
+        }
+        p++;
+    };
+    info("FOUND PATTERN: '%s' (%d), STATE: %d\n", needle, len, state);
+    if (state != 0) {
+        if (errstr) {
+            asprintf(errstr, "incomplete slug pattern. PATTERN (%d): '%s', OFFSET: %ld, STATE: %d", len, needle, p - needle, state);
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return cnt;
+}
+*/
+
+
+
+
+
+/**
+ * provide a quick way to count slugs, simply search for '{'
+ */
+int slug_count(const char * needle, int len, char **errstr) {
+    int cnt = 0;
+    int state = 0;
+    char * p = (char*) needle;
+
+    while( (p-needle) < len) {
+
+        if (*p == '\\' ) {
+            p++; p++;
+        }
+
+        if (state == 1 && *p == '}') {
+            cnt++;
+        }
+        if ( *p == '{' ) {
+            state++;
+        } else if ( *p == '}' ) {
+            state--;
+        }
+        p++;
+    };
+    info("FOUND PATTERN: '%s' (%d), STATE: %d\n", needle, len, state);
+    if (state != 0) {
+        if (errstr) {
+            asprintf(errstr, "incomplete slug pattern. PATTERN (%d): '%s', OFFSET: %ld, STATE: %d", len, needle, p - needle, state);
+        }
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return cnt;
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/slug.h b/src/slug.h
index d1328c0..7a44ea8 100644
--- a/src/slug.h
+++ b/src/slug.h
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ char * r3_slug_to_str(const r3_slug_t *s);
 
 void r3_slug_free(r3_slug_t * s);
 
-inline int r3_path_contains_slug_char(const char * str) {
+int slug_count(const char * needle, int len, char **errstr);
+
+static inline int r3_path_contains_slug_char(const char * str) {
     return strchr(str, '{') != NULL ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/str.c b/src/str.c
index a1f4c25..6e02356 100644
--- a/src/str.c
+++ b/src/str.c
@@ -39,39 +39,6 @@ int r3_pattern_to_opcode(const char * pattern, int len) {
 
 
 
-/**
- * provide a quick way to count slugs, simply search for '{'
- */
-int slug_count(const char * needle, int len, char **errstr) {
-    int cnt = 0;
-    int state = 0;
-    char * p = (char*) needle;
-
-    while( (p-needle) < len) {
-
-        if (*p == '\\' ) {
-            p++; p++;
-        }
-
-        if (state == 1 && *p == '}') {
-            cnt++;
-        }
-        if ( *p == '{' ) {
-            state++;
-        } else if ( *p == '}' ) {
-            state--;
-        }
-        p++;
-    };
-    info("FOUND PATTERN: '%s' (%d), STATE: %d\n", needle, len, state);
-    if (state != 0) {
-        if (errstr) {
-            asprintf(errstr, "incomplete slug pattern. PATTERN (%d): '%s', OFFSET: %ld, STATE: %d", len, needle, p - needle, state);
-        }
-        return 0;
-    }
-    return cnt;
-}
 
 char * inside_slug(const char * needle, int needle_len, char *offset, char **errstr) {
     char * s1 = offset;