diff --git a/src/str.c b/src/str.c
index c21cdef..939d067 100644
--- a/src/str.c
+++ b/src/str.c
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ int slug_count(const char * needle, int len, char **errstr) {
     char * p = (char*) needle;
 
     while( (p-needle) < len) {
+
+        if (*p == '\\' ) {
+            p++; p++;
+        }
+
         if (state == 1 && *p == '}') {
             cnt++;
         }
@@ -58,10 +63,10 @@ int slug_count(const char * needle, int len, char **errstr) {
         }
         p++;
     };
-    info("FOUND PATTERN: %s (%d), CHAR: '%s', STATE: %d\n", needle, len, p, state);
+    info("FOUND PATTERN: '%s' (%d), STATE: %d\n", needle, len, state);
     if (state != 0) {
         if (errstr) {
-            asprintf(errstr, "incomplete slug pattern. PATTERN: %s (%d), CHAR: '%s', STATE: %d\n", needle, len, p, state);
+            asprintf(errstr, "incomplete slug pattern. PATTERN (%d): '%s' (%d), OFFSET: %d, STATE: %d", len, needle, p - needle, state);
         }
         return 0;
     }
diff --git a/tests/check_slug.c b/tests/check_slug.c
index 7ba7a10..0919487 100644
--- a/tests/check_slug.c
+++ b/tests/check_slug.c
@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ START_TEST (test_inside_slug)
 }
 END_TEST
 
+START_TEST (test_incomplete_slug)
+{
+    int cnt = 0;
+    char * errstr = NULL;
+    char * pattern = "/user/{name:\\d{3}}/to/{id";
+    cnt = slug_count(pattern, strlen(pattern), &errstr);
+    ck_assert_int_eq(cnt, 0);
+    ck_assert(errstr);
+    printf("%s\n",errstr);
+}
+END_TEST
+
 START_TEST (test_slug_count)
 {
     int cnt = 0;
@@ -93,6 +105,10 @@ START_TEST (test_slug_count)
     char * pattern2 = "/user/{name:\\d{3}}/to/{id}";
     cnt = slug_count(pattern2, strlen(pattern2), &errstr);
     ck_assert_int_eq(cnt, 2);
+
+    char * pattern3 = "/user/{name:\\d{3}}/to/{id}";
+    cnt = slug_count(pattern3, strlen(pattern3), &errstr);
+    ck_assert_int_eq(cnt, 2);
 }
 END_TEST
 
@@ -117,6 +133,7 @@ Suite* r3_suite (void) {
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_slug_count);
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_slug_compile);
         tcase_add_test(tcase, test_pattern_to_opcode);
+        tcase_add_test(tcase, test_incomplete_slug);
 
         suite_add_tcase(suite, tcase);
         return suite;