diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
index acca35a7..d4a6c3b6 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
         (case (get s to)
           \{ (let [to' (or (str/index-of s "}" to) (ex/fail! (str "Unclosed brackets: " (pr-str s))))]
                (if (= \* (get s (inc to)))
-                 (recur (concat ss (-static from to) (-catch-all (inc to) to')) (inc to') (inc to'))
-                 (recur (concat ss (-static from to) (-wild to to')) (inc to') (inc to'))))
+                 (recur (concat ss (-static from to) (-catch-all (inc to) to')) (long (inc to')) (long (inc to')))
+                 (recur (concat ss (-static from to) (-wild to to')) (long (inc to')) (long (inc to')))))
           \: (let [to' (or (str/index-of s "/" to) (count s))]
                (if (= 1 (- to' to))
                  (recur ss from (inc to))