diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+#### 0.1.17.12
+
+* Ignore empty path segments in URLs
+
 #### 0.1.17.11
 
 * Use `json-schema 0.5.*`
diff --git a/rest-snap.cabal b/rest-snap.cabal
--- a/rest-snap.cabal
+++ b/rest-snap.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                rest-snap
-version:             0.1.17.11
+version:             0.1.17.12
 description:         Rest driver for Snap.
 synopsis:            Rest driver for Snap.
 maintainer:          code@silk.co
@@ -25,19 +25,9 @@
       base == 4.*
     , bytestring >= 0.9 && < 0.11
     , case-insensitive >= 0.4 && < 1.3
-    , containers >= 0.4 && < 0.6
-    , fclabels == 2.0.*
-    , hxt >= 9.2 && < 9.4
-    , json-schema == 0.5.*
-    , mtl >= 2.0 && < 2.3
-    , regular-xmlpickler == 0.2.*
-    , rest-core >= 0.28 && < 0.31
-    , rest-types == 1.10.*
+    , rest-core == 0.31.*
     , safe >= 0.2 && < 0.4
     , snap-core == 0.9.*
-    , split >= 0.1 && < 0.3
-    , text >= 0.11 && < 1.2
-    , transformers >= 0.3 && < 0.5
     , unordered-containers == 0.2.*
     , uri-encode == 1.5.*
     , utf8-string == 0.3.*
diff --git a/src/Rest/Driver/Snap.hs b/src/Rest/Driver/Snap.hs
--- a/src/Rest/Driver/Snap.hs
+++ b/src/Rest/Driver/Snap.hs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
   getParameter  nm   = getsRequest (fmap UTF8.toString . (>>= headMay) . rqParam (UTF8.fromString nm))
   getBody            = readRequestBody (1 * 1024 * 1024)
   getMethod          = getsRequest (toRestMethod . rqMethod)
-  getPaths           = getsRequest (map (UTF8.toString . URI.decodeByteString) . Char8.split '/' . rqPathInfo)
+  getPaths           = getsRequest (map (UTF8.toString . URI.decodeByteString) . filter (not . Char8.null) . Char8.split '/' . rqPathInfo)
   lookupMimeType     = return . fmap UTF8.toString . flip M.lookup defaultMimeTypes
   setHeader nm v     = modifyResponse (Snap.setHeader (CI.mk . UTF8.fromString $ nm) (UTF8.fromString v))
   setResponseCode cd = modifyResponse (Snap.setResponseCode cd)