diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/SegmentTrie.java b/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/SegmentTrie.java
index fd6c6b30..ffd42936 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/SegmentTrie.java
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/SegmentTrie.java
@@ -106,17 +106,21 @@ public class SegmentTrie {
     if (!catchAll.isEmpty()) {
       m = new CatchAllMatcher(catchAll.keySet().iterator().next(), data);
     } else if (!wilds.isEmpty()) {
-      List<Matcher> matchers = new ArrayList<>();
-      if (data != null) {
-        matchers.add(new DataMatcher(data));
+      if(wilds.size() == 1 && data == null && childs.isEmpty()) {
+        m = new WildMatcher(wilds.keySet().iterator().next(), wilds.values().iterator().next().matcher());
+      } else {
+        List<Matcher> matchers = new ArrayList<>();
+        if (data != null) {
+          matchers.add(new DataMatcher(data));
+        }
+        if (!childs.isEmpty()) {
+          matchers.add(staticMatcher());
+        }
+        for (Map.Entry<Keyword, SegmentTrie> e : wilds.entrySet()) {
+          matchers.add(new WildMatcher(e.getKey(), e.getValue().matcher()));
+        }
+        m = new LinearMatcher(matchers);
       }
-      if (!childs.isEmpty()) {
-        matchers.add(staticMatcher());
-      }
-      for (Map.Entry<Keyword, SegmentTrie> e : wilds.entrySet()) {
-        matchers.add(new WildMatcher(e.getKey(), e.getValue().matcher()));
-      }
-      m = new LinearMatcher(matchers);
     } else if (!childs.isEmpty()) {
       m = staticMatcher();
       if (data != null) {
@@ -305,14 +309,11 @@ public class SegmentTrie {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
 
     SegmentTrie trie = new SegmentTrie();
-    trie.add("/:abba", 1);
-    trie.add("/abba/1", 2);
-    trie.add("/:abba/:dabba/doo", 3);
-    trie.add("/abba/:dabba/boo", 4);
+    trie.add("/repos/:owner/:repo/stargazers", 1);
     Matcher m = trie.matcher();
     System.err.println(m);
     System.err.println(m.getClass());
-    System.out.println(lookup(m, "/abba"));
+    System.out.println(lookup(m, "/repos/metosin/reitit/stargazers"));
     /*
     SegmentTrie trie = new SegmentTrie();
     trie.add("/user/:id/profile/:type", 1);
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj
index 1114f573..a2961bc1 100644
--- a/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@
   ;; 830ns (faster decode params)
   ;; 560µs (java-segment-router)
   ;; 490ns (java-segment-router, no injects)
+  ;; 440ns (java-segment-router, no injects, single-wild-optimization)
   (let [req (map->Req {:request-method :get, :uri "/repos/julienschmidt/httprouter/stargazers"})]
     (title "param")
     (assert (= {:status 200, :body "/repos/:owner/:repo/stargazers"} (app req)))
@@ -337,6 +338,7 @@
   ;; 160µs (faster decode params)
   ;; 120µs (java-segment-router)
   ;; 100µs (java-segment-router, no injects)
+  ;;  90µs (java-segment-router, no injects, single-wild-optimization)
   (let [requests (mapv route->req routes)]
     (title "all")
     (cc/quick-bench