diff --git a/laravel/routing/router.php b/laravel/routing/router.php
index e9935e4c..b2578169 100644
--- a/laravel/routing/router.php
+++ b/laravel/routing/router.php
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class Router {
 	public static $patterns = array(
 		'(:num)' => '([0-9]+)',
 		'(:any)' => '([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_%=]+)',
+		'(:segment)' => '([^/]+)',
 		'(:all)' => '(.*)',
 	);
 
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ class Router {
 	public static $optional = array(
 		'/(:num?)' => '(?:/([0-9]+)',
 		'/(:any?)' => '(?:/([a-zA-Z0-9\.\-_%=]+)',
+		'/(:segment?)' => '(?:/([^/]+)',
 		'/(:all?)' => '(?:/(.*)',
 	);
 
@@ -494,7 +496,7 @@ class Router {
 			// we just did before we started searching.
 			if (str_contains($route, '('))
 			{
-				$pattern = '#^'.static::wildcards($route).'$#';
+				$pattern = '#^'.static::wildcards($route).'$#u';
 
 				// If we get a match we'll return the route and slice off the first
 				// parameter match, as preg_match sets the first array item to the