diff --git a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
index bbd1aded..8cb8f792 100644
--- a/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
+++ b/modules/reitit-core/src/reitit/trie.cljc
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
                 (instance? CatchAll path)
                 (assoc-in node [:catch-all path] (-node {:params params, :data data}))
 
-                (str/blank? path)
+                (empty? path)
                 (-insert node ps fp params data)
 
                 :else
@@ -439,7 +439,9 @@
      ["/v1/topics" 54]
      ["/v1/orgs" 55]
      ["/v1/users/:user-id/bookmarks" 56]
-     ["/v1/orgs/:org-id/topics" 57]]
+     ["/v1/orgs/:org-id/topics" 57]
+     ["/command1 {arg1} {arg2}" ::cmd1]
+     ["/command2 {arg1} {arg2} {arg3}" ::cmd2]]
     (insert)
     (compile)
     (pretty)))
diff --git a/test/cljc/reitit/trie_test.cljc b/test/cljc/reitit/trie_test.cljc
index 36ba52e4..983d52d0 100644
--- a/test/cljc/reitit/trie_test.cljc
+++ b/test/cljc/reitit/trie_test.cljc
@@ -121,4 +121,11 @@
                       (trie/compile)
                       (trie/path-matcher)) "/a")]
        (is (record? (:params match)))
-       (is (= (trie/->Match {:a "a"} {:a 1}) (update match :params (partial into {})))))))
+       (is (= (trie/->Match {:a "a"} {:a 1}) (update match :params (partial into {}))))))
+
+  (testing "space as separator"
+    (is (= (trie/->Match {:arg1 "say" :arg2 "hello"} ::cmd1)
+           ((-> (trie/insert nil "/command1 {arg1} {arg2}" ::cmd1)
+                (trie/insert "/command2 {arg1} {arg2} {arg3}" ::cmd2)
+                (trie/compile)
+                (trie/path-matcher)) "/command1 say hello")))))