diff --git a/Web/Routes/Boomerang.hs b/Web/Routes/Boomerang.hs
--- a/Web/Routes/Boomerang.hs
+++ b/Web/Routes/Boomerang.hs
@@ -148,13 +148,14 @@
     , boomerangSiteRouteT
     ) where
 
+import Data.Text              (Text, pack, unpack)
 import Text.Boomerang          -- (PrinterParser(..), ParserError(..), (:-), condenseErrors, parse1, showParserError, unparse1)
 import Text.Boomerang.Strings  -- (StringsPos(..), isComplete)
-import Web.Routes           (RouteT(..), Site(..))
+import Web.Routes             (RouteT(..), Site(..))
 
 type Router url = PrinterParser StringsError [String] () (url :- ())
 
-boomerangSite :: ((url -> [(String, String)] -> String) -> url -> a) -- ^ handler function
+boomerangSite :: ((url -> [(Text, Maybe Text)] -> Text) -> url -> a) -- ^ handler function
        -> Router url -- ^ the router
        -> Site url a
 boomerangSite handler r@(PrinterParser pf sf) =
@@ -162,14 +163,13 @@
          , formatPathSegments =  \url ->
              case unparseStrings r url of
                Nothing -> error "formatPathSegments failed to produce a url"
-               (Just ps) -> (ps, [])
-         , parsePathSegments = \paths -> mapLeft (showErrors paths) (parseStrings r paths)
+               (Just ps) -> (map pack ps, [])
+         , parsePathSegments = \paths -> mapLeft (showErrors paths) (parseStrings r $ map unpack paths)
          }
     where
       mapLeft f       = either (Left . f) Right
       showErrors paths err = (showParserError showPos err) ++ " while parsing " ++ show paths
       showPos (MajorMinorPos s c) = "path segment " ++ show (s + 1) ++ ", character " ++ show c
-
 
 boomerangSiteRouteT :: (url -> RouteT url m a) -- ^ handler function
        -> Router url -- ^ the router
diff --git a/web-routes-boomerang.cabal b/web-routes-boomerang.cabal
--- a/web-routes-boomerang.cabal
+++ b/web-routes-boomerang.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:             web-routes-boomerang
-Version:          0.25.1
+Version:          0.26.0
 License:          BSD3
 License-File:     LICENSE
 Author:           jeremy@seereason.com
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
         Build-Depends:    base >= 4 && < 5,
                           boomerang,
                           mtl,
-                          web-routes
+                          text == 0.11.*,
+                          web-routes >= 0.26
         Exposed-Modules:  Web.Routes.Boomerang
 
         Extensions:       TypeOperators