diff --git a/doc/images/opensensors.png b/doc/images/opensensors.png
index 94bf228a..9f65dff4 100644
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diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/Trie.java b/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/Trie.java
index 54ae9c62..78272b4a 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/Trie.java
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/java-src/reitit/Trie.java
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import java.util.*;
 
 public class Trie {
 
-  private static String decode(String ss, int begin, int end, boolean hasPercent, boolean hasPlus) {
-    final String s = ss.substring(begin, end);
+  private static String decode(char[] chars, int begin, int end, boolean hasPercent, boolean hasPlus) {
+    final String s = new String(chars, begin, end - begin);
     try {
       if (hasPercent) {
         return URLDecoder.decode(hasPlus ? s.replace("+", "%2B") : s, "UTF-8");
@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ public class Trie {
     return s;
   }
 
-  private static String decode(String s, int begin, int end) {
+  private static String decode(char[] chars, int begin, int end) {
     boolean hasPercent = false;
     boolean hasPlus = false;
     for (int j = begin; j < end; j++) {
-      final char c = s.charAt(j);
+      final char c = chars[j];
       if (c == '%') {
         hasPercent = true;
       } else if (c == '+') {
         hasPlus = true;
       }
     }
-    return decode(s, begin, end, hasPercent, hasPlus);
+    return decode(chars, begin, end, hasPercent, hasPlus);
   }
 
   public static class Match {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class Trie {
   }
 
   public interface Matcher {
-    Match match(int i, int max, String path, Match match);
+    Match match(int i, int max, char[] path, Match match);
 
     int depth();
   }
@@ -77,12 +77,12 @@ public class Trie {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Match match(int i, int max, String path, Match match) {
+    public Match match(int i, int max, char[] path, Match match) {
       if (max < i + size) {
         return null;
       }
       for (int j = 0; j < size; j++) {
-        if (path.charAt(j + i) != this.path[j]) {
+        if (path[j + i] != this.path[j]) {
           return null;
         }
       }
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class Trie {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Match match(int i, int max, String path, Match match) {
+    public Match match(int i, int max, char[] path, Match match) {
       if (i == max) {
         match.data = data;
         return match;
@@ -145,12 +145,12 @@ public class Trie {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Match match(int i, int max, String path, Match match) {
-      if (i < max && path.charAt(i) != '/') {
+    public Match match(int i, int max, char[] path, Match match) {
+      if (i < max && path[i] != '/') {
         boolean hasPercent = false;
         boolean hasPlus = false;
         for (int j = i; j < max; j++) {
-          final char c = path.charAt(j);
+          final char c = path[j];
           if (c == '/') {
             final Match m = child.match(j, max, path, match);
             if (m != null) {
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public class Trie {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Match match(int i, int max, String path, Match match) {
+    public Match match(int i, int max, char[] path, Match match) {
       if (i < max) {
         match.params.assoc(parameter, decode(path, i, max));
         match.data = data;
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public class Trie {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public Match match(int i, int max, String path, Match match) {
+    public Match match(int i, int max, char[] path, Match match) {
       for (int j = 0; j < size; j++) {
         final Match m = childs[j].match(i, max, path, match);
         if (m != null) {
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ public class Trie {
   }
 
   public static Object lookup(Matcher matcher, String path) {
-    return matcher.match(0, path.length(), path, new Match());
+    return matcher.match(0, path.length(), path.toCharArray(), new Match());
   }
 
   public static Matcher scanner(List<Matcher> matchers) {
@@ -263,13 +263,6 @@ public class Trie {
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) {
-
-    //Matcher matcher = new StaticMatcher("/kikka", new StaticMatcher("/kukka", new DataMatcher(1)));
-//    Matcher matcher =
-//            staticMatcher("/kikka/",
-//                    wildMatcher(Keyword.intern("kukka"),
-//                            staticMatcher("/kikka",
-//                                    dataMatcher(1))));
     Matcher matcher =
             linearMatcher(
                     Arrays.asList(
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj
index 1a6342ce..36678094 100644
--- a/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/go_perf_test.clj
@@ -20,8 +20,7 @@
 ;;
 
 (defn h [path]
-  (fn [_]
-    {:status 200, :body path}))
+  (constantly {:status 200, :body path}))
 
 (defn add [handler routes route]
   (let [method (-> route keys first str/lower-case keyword)
@@ -318,6 +317,7 @@
   ;; 140µs (java-segment-router)
   ;;  60ns (java-segment-router, no injects)
   ;;  55ns (trie-router, no injects)
+  ;;  54µs (trie-router, no injects, optimized)
   (let [req (map->Req {:request-method :get, :uri "/user/repos"})]
     (title "static")
     (assert (= {:status 200, :body "/user/repos"} (app req)))
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@
   ;; 490ns (java-segment-router, no injects)
   ;; 440ns (java-segment-router, no injects, single-wild-optimization)
   ;; 305ns (trie-router, no injects)
+  ;; 281µs (trie-router, no injects, optimized)
   (let [req (map->Req {:request-method :get, :uri "/repos/julienschmidt/httprouter/stargazers"})]
     (title "param")
     (assert (= {:status 200, :body "/repos/:owner/:repo/stargazers"} (app req)))
@@ -342,6 +343,7 @@
   ;; 100µs (java-segment-router, no injects)
   ;;  90µs (java-segment-router, no injects, single-wild-optimization)
   ;;  66µs (trie-router, no injects)
+  ;;  64µs (trie-router, no injects, optimized)
   (let [requests (mapv route->req routes)]
     (title "all")
     (cc/quick-bench
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/nodejs_perf_test.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/nodejs_perf_test.clj
index 27d664ba..7b30f118 100644
--- a/perf-test/clj/reitit/nodejs_perf_test.clj
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/nodejs_perf_test.clj
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
   ;; 25310 / 25126
   "regex"
 
-  ;; 112017 / 113811
+  ;; 112719 / 113959
   (title "reitit")
   ;; wrk -d ${DURATION:="30s"} http://127.0.0.1:2048/product/foo
   ;; wrk -d ${DURATION:="30s"} http://127.0.0.1:2048/twenty/bar
diff --git a/perf-test/clj/reitit/opensensors_perf_test.clj b/perf-test/clj/reitit/opensensors_perf_test.clj
index 50ecdc47..36e02fe0 100644
--- a/perf-test/clj/reitit/opensensors_perf_test.clj
+++ b/perf-test/clj/reitit/opensensors_perf_test.clj
@@ -584,12 +584,14 @@
     ;;   474ns (java-segment-router)
     ;;   373ns (trie)
     ;;   323ns (trie, prioritized)
+    ;;   289ns (trie, prioritized, zero-copy)
     (b! "reitit-ring" reitit-ring-f)
 
     ;;   385ns (java-segment-router, no injects)
     ;;   271ms (trie)
     ;;   240ns (trie, prioritized)
     (b! "reitit-ring-fast" reitit-ring-fast-f)
+    ;;   240ns (trie, prioritized, zero-copy)
 
     ;;  2553ns (linear-router)
     ;;   630ns (segment-router-backed)