diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+0.0.2
+
+* allow .../* request for all on one line
+
 0.0.1
 
 * Initial release
diff --git a/metar-http.cabal b/metar-http.cabal
--- a/metar-http.cabal
+++ b/metar-http.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:               metar-http
-version:            0.0.1
+version:            0.0.2
 license:            BSD3
 license-file:       LICENCE
 author:             Tony Morris <ʇǝu˙sıɹɹoɯʇ@sıɹɹoɯʇ>
diff --git a/src/Data/Aviation/Metar/Http.hs b/src/Data/Aviation/Metar/Http.hs
--- a/src/Data/Aviation/Metar/Http.hs
+++ b/src/Data/Aviation/Metar/Http.hs
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
 import Data.Function(($))
 import Data.List(intercalate, take)
 import Data.Maybe(Maybe(Nothing, Just), listToMaybe)
-import Text.Read(reads)
+import Data.String(String)
 import Data.Semigroup((<>))
-import Text.Show(show)
 import Data.Text(unpack, toLower)
 import Data.Tuple(fst)
 import Network.HTTP.Types.Header(hContentType)
@@ -26,12 +25,21 @@
 import Network.Wai.Handler.Warp(setPort, runSettings, defaultSettings)
 import System.Environment(getArgs)
 import System.IO(IO)
+import Text.Read(Read, reads)
+import Text.Show(show)
 
+readMaybe ::
+  Read a =>
+  String
+  -> Maybe a
+readMaybe n =
+  fst <$> listToMaybe (reads n)
+
 metarHTTPapp ::
   Application
 metarHTTPapp req withResp =
   let msg =
-        "path /metar/<icao> or /metar/<icao>/<nlines> or /taf/<icao> or /taf/<icao>/<nlines>"
+        "path /metar/<icao> OR /metar/<icao>/<nlines> OR /taf/<icao> OR /taf/<icao>/<nlines> OR /metar/<icao>/* OR /taf/<icao>/*"
       _404 =
         responseLBS
           status404
@@ -43,8 +51,12 @@
                 unpack xxxx
               tk r' =
                 case unpack <$> r' of
+                  "":_ ->
+                    Just id
+                  "*":_ ->
+                    Just (\k -> [intercalate " " k])
                   n:_ ->
-                    take . fst <$> listToMaybe (reads n)
+                    take <$> readMaybe n
                   [] ->
                     Just id
               mt =
@@ -98,7 +110,7 @@
               [] ->
                 id
               (q:_) ->
-                case fst <$> listToMaybe (reads q) of
+                case readMaybe q of
                   Nothing ->
                     id
                   Just n ->