diff --git a/Spock.cabal b/Spock.cabal
--- a/Spock.cabal
+++ b/Spock.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                Spock
-version:             0.7.5.0
+version:             0.7.5.1
 synopsis:            Another Haskell web framework for rapid development
 description:         This toolbox provides everything you need to get a quick start into web hacking with haskell: fast routing, middleware, json, blaze, sessions, cookies, database helper, csrf-protection
 Homepage:            https://github.com/agrafix/Spock
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
                        old-locale >=1.0,
                        path-pieces >=0.1.4,
                        random >=1.0,
-                       reroute >=0.2.1,
+                       reroute >=0.2.2.1,
                        resource-pool >=0.2,
                        resourcet >= 0.4,
                        stm >=2.4,
diff --git a/src/Web/Spock/Internal/CoreAction.hs b/src/Web/Spock/Internal/CoreAction.hs
--- a/src/Web/Spock/Internal/CoreAction.hs
+++ b/src/Web/Spock/Internal/CoreAction.hs
@@ -231,13 +231,13 @@
 -- | Send json as response. Content-Type will be "application/json"
 json :: (A.ToJSON a, MonadIO m) => a -> ActionT m b
 json val =
-    do setHeader "Content-Type" "application/json"
+    do setHeader "Content-Type" "application/json; charset=utf-8"
        lazyBytes $ A.encode val
 
 -- | Send blaze html as response. Content-Type will be "text/html"
 blaze :: MonadIO m => Html -> ActionT m a
 blaze val =
-    do setHeader "Content-Type" "text/html"
+    do setHeader "Content-Type" "text/html; charset=utf-8"
        lazyBytes $ renderHtml val
 
 -- | Basic authentification
diff --git a/test/Web/Spock/FrameworkSpecHelper.hs b/test/Web/Spock/FrameworkSpecHelper.hs
--- a/test/Web/Spock/FrameworkSpecHelper.hs
+++ b/test/Web/Spock/FrameworkSpecHelper.hs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
             get "/param-test/42" `shouldRespondWith` "int42" { matchStatus = 200 }
          it "can handle multiple matching routes" $
             get "/param-test/static" `shouldRespondWith` "static" { matchStatus = 200 }
+         it "ignores trailing slashes" $
+            get "/param-test/static/" `shouldRespondWith` "static" { matchStatus = 200 }
          it "works with subcomponents" $
             do get "/subcomponent/foo" `shouldRespondWith` "foo" { matchStatus = 200 }
                get "/subcomponent/subcomponent2/bar" `shouldRespondWith` "bar" { matchStatus = 200 }