diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e56d2723..b0c351df 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 ## 0.1.2-SNAPSHOT
 
+### `reitit-core`
+
+* Better handling of `nil` in route syntax:
+  * explicit `nil` after path string is always handled as `nil` route
+  * `nil` as path string causes the whole route to be `nil`
+  * `nil` as child route is stripped away
+
+```clj
+(testing "nil routes are stripped"
+  (is (= [] (r/routes (r/router nil))))
+  (is (= [] (r/routes (r/router [nil ["/ping"]]))))
+  (is (= [] (r/routes (r/router [nil [nil] [[nil nil nil]]]))))
+  (is (= [] (r/routes (r/router ["/ping" [nil "/pong"]])))))
+```
+### `reitit-ring`
+
+* Use HTTP redirect (302) with index-files in `reitit.ring/create-resource-handler`.
+* `reitit.ring/create-default-handler` now conforms to [RING Spec](https://github.com/ring-clojure/ring/blob/master/SPEC), Fixes [#83](https://github.com/metosin/reitit/issues/83)
+
+https://github.com/metosin/reitit/issues/83
+
 ### `reitit-schema`
 
 * updated dependencies:
@@ -14,6 +35,8 @@
 
 ### `reitit-swagger-ui`
 
+* Use HTTP redirect (302) with index-files in `reitit.swagger-ui/create-swagger-ui-handler`.
+
 * updated dependencies:
 
 ```clj
diff --git a/doc/ring/swagger.md b/doc/ring/swagger.md
index 3d282a65..cc6dadc6 100644
--- a/doc/ring/swagger.md
+++ b/doc/ring/swagger.md
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ Whole example project is in [`/examples/ring-swagger`](https://github.com/metosi
                                     "application/transit+json"}}}})
     (ring/routes
       (swagger-ui/create-swagger-ui-handler
-        {:path "", :url "/api/swagger.json"})
+        {:path "/", :url "/api/swagger.json"})
       (ring/create-default-handler))))
 
 (defn start []
diff --git a/examples/just-coercion-with-ring/project.clj b/examples/just-coercion-with-ring/project.clj
index d14fe645..e3d0513e 100644
--- a/examples/just-coercion-with-ring/project.clj
+++ b/examples/just-coercion-with-ring/project.clj
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.9.0"]
                  [ring "1.6.3"]
                  [metosin/muuntaja "0.4.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.1.1"]])
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]])
diff --git a/examples/ring-example/project.clj b/examples/ring-example/project.clj
index 332cb4b8..31429cc4 100644
--- a/examples/ring-example/project.clj
+++ b/examples/ring-example/project.clj
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.9.0"]
                  [ring "1.6.3"]
                  [metosin/muuntaja "0.4.1"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.1.1"]])
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]])
diff --git a/examples/ring-swagger/project.clj b/examples/ring-swagger/project.clj
index dfe97c89..37283a17 100644
--- a/examples/ring-swagger/project.clj
+++ b/examples/ring-swagger/project.clj
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
   :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.9.0"]
                  [ring "1.6.3"]
                  [metosin/muuntaja "0.5.0"]
-                 [metosin/reitit "0.1.1"]]
+                 [metosin/reitit "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]]
   :repl-options {:init-ns example.server})
diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/project.clj b/modules/reitit-core/project.clj
index 23099fba..d241b12b 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-core "0.1.1"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-core "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "Snappy data-driven router for Clojure(Script)"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
index 35d2c87b..b3785447 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/core.cljc
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@
      (walk-one [pacc macc routes]
        (if (vector? (first routes))
          (walk-many pacc macc routes)
-         (let [[path & [maybe-arg :as args]] routes
-               [data childs] (if (vector? maybe-arg)
-                               [{} args]
-                               [maybe-arg (rest args)])
-               macc (into macc (expand data opts))]
-           (if (seq childs)
-             (walk-many (str pacc path) macc childs)
-             [[(str pacc path) macc]]))))]
+         (when (string? (first routes))
+           (let [[path & [maybe-arg :as args]] routes
+                 [data childs] (if (or (vector? maybe-arg) (nil? maybe-arg))
+                                 [{} args]
+                                 [maybe-arg (rest args)])
+                 macc (into macc (expand data opts))
+                 child-routes (walk-many (str pacc path) macc (keep identity childs))]
+             (if (seq childs) (seq child-routes) [[(str pacc path) macc]])))))]
     (walk-one path (mapv identity data) raw-routes)))
 
 (defn map-data [f routes]
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@
       (conflicts-str conflicts)
       {:conflicts conflicts})))
 
-(defn name-lookup [[_ {:keys [name]}] opts]
+(defn name-lookup [[_ {:keys [name]}] _]
   (if name #{name}))
 
-(defn find-names [routes opts]
+(defn find-names [routes _]
   (into [] (keep #(-> % second :name)) routes))
 
 (defn- compile-route [[p m :as route] {:keys [compile] :as opts}]
diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/spec.cljc b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/spec.cljc
index d3361f0d..cf98cf24 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/spec.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/spec.cljc
@@ -9,18 +9,19 @@
 
 (s/def ::path (s/with-gen string? #(gen/fmap (fn [s] (str "/" s)) (s/gen string?))))
 
-(s/def ::arg (s/and any? (complement vector?)))
+(s/def ::arg (s/and some? (complement vector?)))
 (s/def ::data (s/map-of keyword? any?))
 (s/def ::result any?)
 
 (s/def ::raw-route
-  (s/cat :path ::path
-         :arg (s/? ::arg)
-         :childs (s/* (s/and (s/nilable ::raw-route)))))
+  (s/nilable
+    (s/cat :path ::path
+           :arg (s/? ::arg)
+           :childs (s/* (s/and (s/nilable ::raw-routes))))))
 
 (s/def ::raw-routes
   (s/or :route ::raw-route
-        :routes (s/coll-of ::raw-route :into [])))
+        :routes (s/coll-of ::raw-routes :into [])))
 
 (s/def ::route
   (s/cat :path ::path
diff --git a/modules/reitit-ring/project.clj b/modules/reitit-ring/project.clj
index 71be148e..fbb913c1 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-ring/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-ring/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-ring "0.1.1"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-ring "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "Reitit: Ring routing"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc b/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
index 020ed15d..1c03e4f0 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-ring/src/reitit/ring.cljc
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
   | `:not-acceptable`      | 406, handler returned `nil`"
   ([]
    (create-default-handler
-     {:not-found (constantly {:status 404, :body ""})
-      :method-not-allowed (constantly {:status 405, :body ""})
-      :not-acceptable (constantly {:status 406, :body ""})}))
+     {:not-found (constantly {:status 404, :body "", :headers {}})
+      :method-not-allowed (constantly {:status 405, :body "", :headers {}})
+      :not-acceptable (constantly {:status 406, :body "", :headers {}})}))
   ([{:keys [not-found method-not-allowed not-acceptable]}]
    (fn
      ([request]
@@ -96,24 +96,30 @@
                      (fn
                        ([request] (handler request))
                        ([request respond _] (respond (handler request)))))
+            join-paths (fn [& paths]
+                         (str/replace (str/replace (str/join "/" paths) #"([/]+)" "/") #"/$" ""))
             resource-response (fn [path]
-                                (if-let [response (or (paths path) (response/resource-response path options))]
+                                (if-let [response (or (paths (join-paths "/" path))
+                                                      (response/resource-response path options))]
                                   (response/content-type response (mime-type/ext-mime-type path))))
-            path-or-index-response (fn [path]
+            path-or-index-response (fn [path uri]
                                      (or (resource-response path)
-                                         (let [separator (if-not (str/ends-with? path "/") "/")]
-                                           (loop [[file & files] index-files]
-                                             (if file
-                                               (or (resource-response (str path separator file))
-                                                   (recur files)))))))
+                                         (loop [[file & files] index-files]
+                                           (if file
+                                             (if (resource-response (join-paths path file))
+                                               (response/redirect (join-paths uri file))
+                                               (recur files))))))
             handler (if path
                       (fn [request]
                         (let [uri (:uri request)]
                           (if-let [path (if (>= (count uri) path-size) (subs uri path-size))]
-                            (path-or-index-response path))))
+                            (path-or-index-response path uri))))
                       (fn [request]
-                        (let [path (-> request :path-params parameter)]
-                          (or (path-or-index-response path) {:status 404}))))]
+                        (let [uri (:uri request)
+                              path (-> request :path-params parameter)]
+                          (or (path-or-index-response path uri)
+                              ;; TODO: use generic not-found handler
+                              {:status 404}))))]
         (create handler)))))
 
 (defn ring-handler
@@ -129,7 +135,7 @@
        (fn
          ([request]
           (if-let [match (r/match-by-path router (:uri request))]
-            (let [method (:request-method request :any)
+            (let [method (:request-method request)
                   path-params (:path-params match)
                   result (:result match)
                   handler (-> result method :handler (or default-handler))
@@ -141,7 +147,7 @@
             (default-handler request)))
          ([request respond raise]
           (if-let [match (r/match-by-path router (:uri request))]
-            (let [method (:request-method request :any)
+            (let [method (:request-method request)
                   path-params (:path-params match)
                   result (:result match)
                   handler (-> result method :handler (or default-handler))
diff --git a/modules/reitit-schema/project.clj b/modules/reitit-schema/project.clj
index 0663c72b..d107bada 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-schema/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-schema/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-schema "0.1.1"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-schema "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "Reitit: Plumatic Schema coercion"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-spec/project.clj b/modules/reitit-spec/project.clj
index f217ae61..9ad9b343 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-spec/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-spec/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-spec "0.1.1"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-spec "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "Reitit: clojure.spec coercion"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/project.clj b/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/project.clj
index 5d530067..528791cd 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-swagger-ui "0.1.1"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-swagger-ui "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "Reitit: Swagger-ui support"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/src/reitit/swagger_ui.cljc b/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/src/reitit/swagger_ui.cljc
index 202556a8..137dbcb5 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/src/reitit/swagger_ui.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-swagger-ui/src/reitit/swagger_ui.cljc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
         ;; with path and url set, swagger validator disabled
         (swagger-ui/create-swagger-ui-handler
-          {:path \"\"
+          {:path \"/\"
            :url \"/api/swagger.json\"
            :config {:validator-url nil})"
      ([]
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
                           (update $ :root (fnil identity "swagger-ui"))
                           (update $ :url (fnil identity "/swagger.json"))
                           (update $ :config #(->> % (map mixed-case-key) (into {})))
-                          (assoc $ :paths {"conf.js" {:headers {"Content-Type" "application/javascript"}
-                                                      :status 200
-                                                      :body (conf-js $)}
-                                           "config.json" {:headers {"Content-Type" "application/json"}
-                                                          :status 200
-                                                          :body (config-json $)}}))]
+                          (assoc $ :paths {"/conf.js" {:headers {"Content-Type" "application/javascript"}
+                                                       :status 200
+                                                       :body (conf-js $)}
+                                           "/config.json" {:headers {"Content-Type" "application/json"}
+                                                           :status 200
+                                                           :body (config-json $)}}))]
         (ring/routes
           (ring/create-resource-handler options))))))
diff --git a/modules/reitit-swagger/project.clj b/modules/reitit-swagger/project.clj
index 0339c0cc..e301f223 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-swagger/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit-swagger/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-swagger "0.1.1"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-swagger "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "Reitit: Swagger-support"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/modules/reitit/project.clj b/modules/reitit/project.clj
index 51aec6d4..6d1fffa5 100644
--- a/modules/reitit/project.clj
+++ b/modules/reitit/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit "0.1.1"
+(defproject metosin/reitit "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "Snappy data-driven router for Clojure(Script)"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/bide_perf_test.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/bide_perf_test.clj
index 9e3aecf8..be26dcde 100644
--- a/perf-test/clj/reitit/bide_perf_test.clj
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/bide_perf_test.clj
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
             [io.pedestal.http.route.definition.table :as table]
             [io.pedestal.http.route.map-tree :as map-tree]
             [io.pedestal.http.route.router :as pedestal]
-            [io.pedestal.http.route :as route]))
+            [io.pedestal.http.route :as route]
+            [reitit.ring :as ring]))
 
 ;;
 ;; start repl with `lein perf repl`
@@ -62,6 +63,26 @@
      ["/auth/recovery/token/:token" :auth/recovery]
      ["/workspace/:project/:page" :workspace/page]]))
 
+(def ring-app
+  (ring/ring-handler
+    (ring/router
+      [["/auth/login" {:get identity}]
+       ["/auth/recovery/token/:token" {:get identity}]
+       ["/workspace/:project/:page" {:get identity}]])))
+
+(comment
+
+  (ring-app {:request-method :get, :uri "/auth/login"})
+
+  ;; 213ns
+  ;; 204ns (remove if)
+  ;; 163ns (inline fast-assoc)
+  ;; 156ns (don't inline fast-assoc)
+  ;; 128ns (single method dispatch)
+  ;;  80ns --> (don't inject router & match)
+  (cc/quick-bench
+    (ring-app {:request-method :post, :uri "/auth/login"})))
+
 (defn routing-test1 []
 
   (suite "static route")
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/json_perf.cljc b/perf-test/clj/reitit/json_perf.cljc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9d81dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/json_perf.cljc
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+(ns reitit.json-perf
+  (:require [criterium.core :as cc]
+            [reitit.perf-utils :refer :all]
+
+    ;; reitit
+            [reitit.ring :as ring]
+            [muuntaja.middleware :as mm]
+
+    ;; bidi-yada
+            [yada.yada :as yada]
+            [bidi.ring :as bidi-ring]
+            [byte-streams :as bs]
+
+    ;; defaults
+            [ring.middleware.defaults :as defaults]
+            [compojure.core :as compojure]
+            [clojure.string :as str]))
+
+;;
+;; start repl with `lein perf repl`
+;; perf measured with the following setup:
+;;
+;; Model Name:            MacBook Pro
+;; Model Identifier:      MacBookPro113
+;; Processor Name:        Intel Core i7
+;; Processor Speed:       2,5 GHz
+;; Number of Processors:  1
+;; Total Number of Cores: 4
+;; L2 Cache (per Core):   256 KB
+;; L3 Cache:              6 MB
+;; Memory:                16 GB
+;;
+
+;; TODO: naive implementation
+(defn- with-security-headers [response]
+  (update
+    response
+    :headers
+    (fn [headers]
+      (-> headers
+          (assoc "x-frame-options" "SAMEORIGIN")
+          (assoc "x-xss-protection" "1; mode=block")
+          (assoc "x-content-type-options" "nosniff")))))
+
+(def security-middleware
+  {:name ::security
+   :wrap (fn [handler]
+           (fn [request]
+             (with-security-headers (handler request))))})
+
+(def reitit-app
+  (ring/ring-handler
+    (ring/router
+      ["/api/ping"
+       {:get {:handler (fn [_] {:status 200, :body {:ping "pong"}})}}]
+      {:data {:middleware [mm/wrap-format
+                           security-middleware]}})))
+
+(def bidi-yada-app
+  (bidi-ring/make-handler
+    ["/api/ping"
+     (yada/resource
+       {:produces {:media-type "application/json"}
+        :methods {:get {:response (fn [_] {:ping "pong"})}}})]))
+
+(def defaults-app
+  (defaults/wrap-defaults
+    (mm/wrap-format
+      (compojure/GET "/api/ping" [] {:status 200, :body {:ping "pong"}}))
+    defaults/site-defaults))
+
+(def request {:request-method :get, :uri "/api/ping"})
+
+(comment
+  (defaults-app request)
+  @(bidi-yada-app request)
+  (reitit-app request))
+
+(comment
+  (slurp (:body (defaults-app request)))
+  (slurp (:body (reitit-app request)))
+  (bs/to-string (:body @(bidi-yada-app request))))
+
+
+(defn expect! [body]
+  (assert (str/starts-with? body "{\"ping\":\"pong\"}")))
+
+(defn perf-test []
+
+  ;; 176µs
+  (title "compojure + ring-defaults")
+  (let [f (fn [] (defaults-app request))]
+    (expect! (-> (f) :body slurp))
+    (cc/quick-bench (f)))
+
+  ;; 60µs
+  (title "bidi + yada")
+  (let [f (fn [] (bidi-yada-app request))]
+    (expect! (-> (f) deref :body bs/to-string))
+    (cc/quick-bench (f)))
+
+  ;; 5.0µs
+  (title "reitit-ring")
+  (let [f (fn [] (reitit-app request))]
+    (expect! (-> (f) :body slurp))
+    (cc/quick-bench (f))))
+
+(comment
+  (perf-test))
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/middleware_interceptor_perf.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/middleware_interceptor_perf.clj
index d769ec61..1079533d 100644
--- a/perf-test/clj/reitit/middleware_interceptor_perf.clj
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/middleware_interceptor_perf.clj
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
 (defrecord RequestOrContext [values queue stack])
 
-(def +items+ 100)
+(def +items+ 10)
 
 (defn expected! [x]
   (assert (= (range +items+) (:values x))))
@@ -47,18 +47,19 @@
         map-request {}
         record-request (map->RequestOrContext map-request)]
 
-    ;; 10.8 µs
+    ;; 1000ns
     (title "middleware - map")
     (expected! (app map-request))
     (cc/quick-bench
       (app map-request))
 
-    ;; 4.7 µs
+    ;;  365ns
     (title "middleware - record")
     (expected! (app record-request))
     (cc/quick-bench
       (app record-request))
 
+    ;; 6900ns
     (title "middleware - dynamic")
     (expected! ((middleware/chain mw identity) record-request))
     (cc/quick-bench
@@ -110,21 +111,21 @@
                        {:enter (interceptor value)}) (range +items+)))
         ctx (io.pedestal.interceptor.chain/enqueue nil is)]
 
-    ;; 78 µs
+    ;; 8400ns
     (title "pedestal")
     (cc/quick-bench
       (io.pedestal.interceptor.chain/execute ctx))))
 
-(defn pedestal-tuned-chain-text []
-  (let [is (map io.pedestal.interceptor/interceptor
-                (map (fn [value]
-                       {:enter (interceptor value)}) (range +items+)))
-        ctx (reitit.chain/map->Context (reitit.chain/enqueue nil is))]
+#_(defn pedestal-tuned-chain-text []
+    (let [is (map io.pedestal.interceptor/interceptor
+                  (map (fn [value]
+                         {:enter (interceptor value)}) (range +items+)))
+          ctx (reitit.chain/map->Context (reitit.chain/enqueue nil is))]
 
-    ;; 67 µs
-    (title "pedestal - tuned")
-    (cc/quick-bench
-      (reitit.chain/execute ctx))))
+      ;; 67 µs
+      (title "pedestal - tuned")
+      (cc/quick-bench
+        (reitit.chain/execute ctx))))
 
 ;;
 ;; Naive chain
@@ -140,17 +141,17 @@
 
 (defn interceptor-test []
   (let [interceptors (map (fn [value] [interceptor value]) (range +items+))
-        app (executor-reduce (interceptor/chain interceptors identity))
+        app (executor-reduce (interceptor/chain interceptors identity {}))
         map-request {}
         record-request (map->RequestOrContext map-request)]
 
-    ;; 13.5 µs (Map)
+    ;; 1900ns
     (title "interceptors - map")
     (expected! (app map-request))
     (cc/quick-bench
       (app map-request))
 
-    ;;  7.2 µs (Record)
+    ;; 1300ns
     (title "interceptors - record")
     (expected! (app record-request))
     (cc/quick-bench
@@ -212,24 +213,24 @@
 
 (defn interceptor-chain-test []
   (let [interceptors (map (fn [value] [interceptor value]) (range +items+))
-        app-reduce (executor-reduce (interceptor/chain interceptors identity))
-        app-queue (executor-queue (interceptor/chain interceptors identity))
-        app-ctx-queue (executor-ctx-queue (interceptor/chain interceptors identity))
+        app-reduce (executor-reduce (interceptor/chain interceptors identity {}))
+        app-queue (executor-queue (interceptor/chain interceptors identity {}))
+        app-ctx-queue (executor-ctx-queue (interceptor/chain interceptors identity {}))
         request {}]
 
-    ;;  14.2 µs
+    ;; 2000ns
     (title "interceptors - reduce")
     (expected! (app-reduce request))
     (cc/quick-bench
       (app-reduce request))
 
-    ;;  19.4 µs
+    ;; 2500ns
     (title "interceptors - queue")
     (expected! (app-queue request))
     (cc/quick-bench
       (app-queue request))
 
-    ;;  30.9 µs
+    ;; 3200ns
     (title "interceptors - ctx-queue")
     (expected! (app-ctx-queue request))
     (cc/quick-bench
diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index 7a682cc8..bbe85707 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject metosin/reitit-parent "0.1.1"
+(defproject metosin/reitit-parent "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"
   :description "Snappy data-driven router for Clojure(Script)"
   :url "https://github.com/metosin/reitit"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
           :source-uri "https://github.com/metosin/reitit/{version}/{filepath}#L{line}"
           :metadata {:doc/format :markdown}}
 
-  :managed-dependencies [[metosin/reitit "0.1.1"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-core "0.1.1"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-ring "0.1.1"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-spec "0.1.1"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-schema "0.1.1"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-swagger "0.1.1"]
-                         [metosin/reitit-swagger-ui "0.1.1"]
+  :managed-dependencies [[metosin/reitit "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-core "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-ring "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-spec "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-schema "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-swagger "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]
+                         [metosin/reitit-swagger-ui "0.1.2-SNAPSHOT"]
 
                          [meta-merge "1.0.0"]
                          [ring/ring-core "1.6.3"]
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
                                   [ring "1.6.3"]
                                   [ikitommi/immutant-web "3.0.0-alpha1"]
-                                  [metosin/muuntaja "0.5.0"]
+                                  [metosin/muuntaja "0.6.0-SNAPSHOT"]
                                   [metosin/ring-swagger-ui "2.2.10"]
                                   [metosin/jsonista "0.2.1"]
 
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
                                    [ikitommi/immutant-web "3.0.0-alpha1"]
                                    [io.pedestal/pedestal.route "0.5.3"]
                                    [org.clojure/core.async "0.4.474"]
+                                   [yada "1.2.13"]
+                                   [ring/ring-defaults "0.3.1"]
                                    [ataraxy "0.4.0"]
                                    [bidi "2.1.3"]]}
              :analyze {:jvm-opts ^:replace ["-server"
diff --git a/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc b/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc
index e8144e75..f8233888 100644
--- a/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc
+++ b/test/cljc/reitit/core_test.cljc
@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@
       r/segment-router :segment-router
       r/mixed-router :mixed-router))
 
+  (testing "nil routes are stripped"
+    (is (= [] (r/routes (r/router nil))))
+    (is (= [] (r/routes (r/router [nil ["/ping"]]))))
+    (is (= [] (r/routes (r/router [nil [nil] [[nil nil nil]]]))))
+    (is (= [] (r/routes (r/router ["/ping" [nil "/pong"]])))))
+
   (testing "route coercion & compilation"
 
     (testing "custom compile"
diff --git a/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc b/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc
index 27a5ad83..5fb6d3d1 100644
--- a/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc
+++ b/test/cljc/reitit/ring_test.cljc
@@ -267,56 +267,154 @@
 
 #?(:clj
    (deftest resource-handler-test
-     (doseq [[test app] [["inside a router"
-                          (ring/ring-handler
-                            (ring/router
-                              [["/ping" (constantly {:status 200, :body "pong"})]
-                               ["/files/*" (ring/create-resource-handler)]
-                               ["/*" (ring/create-resource-handler)]]
-                              {:conflicts (constantly nil)})
-                            (ring/create-default-handler))]
+     (let [redirect (fn [uri] {:status 302, :body "", :headers {"Location" uri}})
+           request (fn [uri] {:uri uri, :request-method :get})]
+       (testing "inside a router"
 
-                         ["outside of a router"
-                          (ring/ring-handler
-                            (ring/router
-                              ["/ping" (constantly {:status 200, :body "pong"})])
-                            (ring/routes
-                              (ring/create-resource-handler {:path "/files"})
-                              (ring/create-resource-handler {:path "/"})
-                              (ring/create-default-handler)))]]
-             prefix ["" "/" "/files" "/files/"]
-             :let [request (fn [uri] {:uri (str prefix uri), :request-method :get})]]
+         (testing "from root"
+           (let [app (ring/ring-handler
+                       (ring/router
+                         ["/*" (ring/create-resource-handler)])
+                       (ring/create-default-handler))]
+             (testing test
+               (testing "different file-types"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/hello.json"))]
+                   (is (= "application/json" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "{\"hello\": \"file\"}" (slurp (:body response)))))
+                 (let [response (app (request "/hello.xml"))]
+                   (is (= "text/xml" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
 
-       (testing test
-         (testing "different file-types"
-           (let [response (app (request "/hello.json"))]
-             (is (= "application/json" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
-             (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
-             (is (= "{\"hello\": \"file\"}" (slurp (:body response)))))
-           (let [response (app (request "/hello.xml"))]
-             (is (= "text/xml" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
-             (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
-             (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
+               (testing "index-files"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/docs"))]
+                   (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response)))
+                 (let [response (app (request "/docs/"))]
+                   (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response))))
 
-         (testing "index-files"
-           (let [response (app (request "/docs"))]
-             (is (= "text/html" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
-             (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
-             (is (= "<h1>hello</h1>\n" (slurp (:body response)))))
-           (let [response (app (request "/docs/"))]
-             (is (= "text/html" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
-             (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
-             (is (= "<h1>hello</h1>\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
+               (testing "not found"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/not-found"))]
+                   (is (= 404 (:status response)))))
 
-         (testing "not found"
-           (let [response (app (request "/not-found"))]
-             (is (= 404 (:status response)))))
+               (testing "3-arity"
+                 (let [result (atom nil)
+                       respond (partial reset! result)
+                       raise ::not-called]
+                   (app (request "/hello.xml") respond raise)
+                   (is (= "text/xml" (get-in @result [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in @result [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body @result)))))))))
 
-         (testing "3-arity"
-           (let [result (atom nil)
-                 respond (partial reset! result)
-                 raise ::not-called]
-             (app (request "/hello.xml") respond raise)
-             (is (= "text/xml" (get-in @result [:headers "Content-Type"])))
-             (is (get-in @result [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
-             (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body @result))))))))))
+         (testing "from path"
+           (let [app (ring/ring-handler
+                       (ring/router
+                         ["/files/*" (ring/create-resource-handler)])
+                       (ring/create-default-handler))
+                 request #(request (str "/files" %))
+                 redirect #(redirect (str "/files" %))]
+             (testing test
+               (testing "different file-types"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/hello.json"))]
+                   (is (= "application/json" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "{\"hello\": \"file\"}" (slurp (:body response)))))
+                 (let [response (app (request "/hello.xml"))]
+                   (is (= "text/xml" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
+
+               (testing "index-files"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/docs"))]
+                   (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response)))
+                 (let [response (app (request "/docs/"))]
+                   (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response))))
+
+               (testing "not found"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/not-found"))]
+                   (is (= 404 (:status response)))))
+
+               (testing "3-arity"
+                 (let [result (atom nil)
+                       respond (partial reset! result)
+                       raise ::not-called]
+                   (app (request "/hello.xml") respond raise)
+                   (is (= "text/xml" (get-in @result [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in @result [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body @result))))))))))
+
+       (testing "outside a router"
+
+         (testing "from root"
+           (let [app (ring/ring-handler
+                       (ring/router [])
+                       (ring/routes
+                         (ring/create-resource-handler {:path "/"})
+                         (ring/create-default-handler)))]
+             (testing test
+               (testing "different file-types"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/hello.json"))]
+                   (is (= "application/json" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "{\"hello\": \"file\"}" (slurp (:body response)))))
+                 (let [response (app (request "/hello.xml"))]
+                   (is (= "text/xml" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
+
+               (testing "index-files"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/docs"))]
+                   (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response)))
+                 (let [response (app (request "/docs/"))]
+                   (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response))))
+
+               (testing "not found"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/not-found"))]
+                   (is (= 404 (:status response)))))
+
+               (testing "3-arity"
+                 (let [result (atom nil)
+                       respond (partial reset! result)
+                       raise ::not-called]
+                   (app (request "/hello.xml") respond raise)
+                   (is (= "text/xml" (get-in @result [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in @result [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body @result)))))))))
+
+         (testing "from path"
+           (let [app (ring/ring-handler
+                       (ring/router [])
+                       (ring/routes
+                         (ring/create-resource-handler {:path "/files"})
+                         (ring/create-default-handler)))
+                 request #(request (str "/files" %))
+                 redirect #(redirect (str "/files" %))]
+             (testing test
+               (testing "different file-types"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/hello.json"))]
+                   (is (= "application/json" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "{\"hello\": \"file\"}" (slurp (:body response)))))
+                 (let [response (app (request "/hello.xml"))]
+                   (is (= "text/xml" (get-in response [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in response [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body response))))))
+
+               (testing "index-files"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/docs"))]
+                   (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response)))
+                 (let [response (app (request "/docs/"))]
+                   (is (= (redirect "/docs/index.html") response))))
+
+               (testing "not found"
+                 (let [response (app (request "/not-found"))]
+                   (is (= 404 (:status response)))))
+
+               (testing "3-arity"
+                 (let [result (atom nil)
+                       respond (partial reset! result)
+                       raise ::not-called]
+                   (app (request "/hello.xml") respond raise)
+                   (is (= "text/xml" (get-in @result [:headers "Content-Type"])))
+                   (is (get-in @result [:headers "Last-Modified"]))
+                   (is (= "<xml><hello>file</hello></xml>\n" (slurp (:body @result)))))))))))))
diff --git a/test/cljc/reitit/spec_test.cljc b/test/cljc/reitit/spec_test.cljc
index 62012cd2..880328e5 100644
--- a/test/cljc/reitit/spec_test.cljc
+++ b/test/cljc/reitit/spec_test.cljc
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 (ns reitit.spec-test
-  (:require [clojure.test :refer [deftest testing is are]]
+  (:require [clojure.test :refer [deftest testing is are use-fixtures]]
             [#?(:clj clojure.spec.test.alpha :cljs cljs.spec.test.alpha) :as stest]
             [clojure.spec.alpha :as s]
             [reitit.core :as r]
-            [reitit.spec :as rs]
-            [expound.alpha :as e])
+            [reitit.spec :as rs])
   #?(:clj
      (:import (clojure.lang ExceptionInfo))))
 
-(stest/instrument)
+(defn instrument-all [f]
+  (try
+    (stest/instrument)
+    (f)
+    (finally
+      (stest/unstrument))))
+
+(use-fixtures :each instrument-all)
 
 (deftest router-spec-test
 
@@ -40,9 +46,9 @@
           ;; path
           [:invalid {}]
 
-          ;; vector data
-          ["/api" []
-           ["/ipa"]])))
+          ;; nested path
+          ["/api"
+           [:ipa]])))
 
     (testing "routes conform to spec (can't spec protocol functions)"
       (is (s/valid? ::rs/routes (r/routes (r/router ["/ping"])))))