diff --git a/lib/flash/flashIdCookieProvider.js b/lib/flash/flashIdCookieProvider.js
index 7ab4255..97c8da6 100644
--- a/lib/flash/flashIdCookieProvider.js
+++ b/lib/flash/flashIdCookieProvider.js
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ CookieIdProvider.prototype.clear = function(req, res, flashId) {
 
     res.headers["Set-Cookie"] = res.headers["Set-Cookie"].filter(function(el) {
       return !(new RegExp("^" + flashCookieName + "=").test(el));
-    });
+    }) || [];
     res.headers["Set-Cookie"].push(clearCookie);
   }
 
   return res;
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/lib/router.js b/lib/router.js
index a3dad73..440d186 100644
--- a/lib/router.js
+++ b/lib/router.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ var
     UPDATE: httpMethod.PUT,
     DESTROY: httpMethod.DELETE
   },
+  LAST_PARAM_DETECTION = /(\/:[\w\d]+)$/,
+  LAST_PARAM_REPLACEMENT = "?/([^\/\?]*)$",
   PATH_PARAMETER_REPLACEMENT = "([^\/\?]+)",
   PATH_PARAMETERS = /:([\w\d]+)/g;
 
@@ -132,7 +134,8 @@ Router.prototype.route = function(method, path /*, handlers... */) {
     paramNames = path.match(PATH_PARAMETERS) || [];
     paramNames = paramNames.map(function(x) { return x.substring(1); });
 
-    path = new RegExp("^"+path.replace(/\./, '\\.').replace(/\*/g, '(.+)').replace(PATH_PARAMETERS, PATH_PARAMETER_REPLACEMENT)+'$');
+    path = new RegExp("^"+path.replace(/\./, '\\.').replace(/\*/g, '(.+)').replace(LAST_PARAM_DETECTION, LAST_PARAM_REPLACEMENT).replace(PATH_PARAMETERS, PATH_PARAMETER_REPLACEMENT));
+    console.log(path);
   }
 
   route = makeRoute({ path: path, paramNames: paramNames, apps: apps, originalPath: originalPath });
diff --git a/spec/routerSpec.coffee b/spec/routerSpec.coffee
index 5758af9..d4e5ef6 100644
--- a/spec/routerSpec.coffee
+++ b/spec/routerSpec.coffee
@@ -197,6 +197,24 @@ describe 'regex route', ->
       expect(res).toBe routeRes
       done()
 
+describe 'request with an empty param', ->
+  res = null
+  routeRes = null
+
+  beforeEach ->
+    router = bogart.router()
+    routeRes = bogart.html 'hello'
+
+    router.get '/foo/:bar', (req) ->
+      routeRes
+
+    res = router() new MockRequest('/foo')
+
+  it 'should still match a variatic route', (done) ->
+    q.when res, (res) ->
+      expect(res).toBe routeRes
+      done()
+
 describe 'request path with encoded slashes', ->
   res = null
   routeRes = null