diff --git a/lona/client/context.js b/lona/client/context.js
index fc13aaf6..23de39d0 100644
--- a/lona/client/context.js
+++ b/lona/client/context.js
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Lona.LonaContext = function(settings) {
         this.settings.follow_http_redirects = true;
     };
 
+    if(typeof(this.settings.scroll_to_top_on_view_start) == 'undefined') {
+        this.settings.scroll_to_top_on_view_start = true;
+    };
+
     // state ------------------------------------------------------------------
     this._windows = {};
     this._connect_hooks = [];
diff --git a/lona/client/window.js b/lona/client/window.js
index 5b4fcedd..9815b4c8 100644
--- a/lona/client/window.js
+++ b/lona/client/window.js
@@ -396,6 +396,15 @@ Lona.LonaWindow = function(lona_context, root, window_id) {
             this._clear();
         };
 
+        // scroll to top
+        // If the a new view gets started with the page scrolled down, and
+        // the page has a fixed height set in css, for example the min-height
+        // of the body is set to 100%, the new view starts scrolled to the
+        // bottom, which is counterintuitive to end users.
+        if(this.lona_context.settings.scroll_to_top_on_view_start) {
+            window.scrollTo(0, 0);
+        };
+
         // encode message
         var message = [
             this._window_id,
diff --git a/lona/routing.py b/lona/routing.py
index 5b34a639..41944861 100644
--- a/lona/routing.py
+++ b/lona/routing.py
@@ -35,27 +35,26 @@ def __init__(self, raw_pattern, view, name='', interactive=True,
 
         # string or regex
         else:
-            if self.raw_pattern.endswith(OPTIONAL_TRAILING_SLASH_PATTERN):
+            raw_pattern = self.raw_pattern
+
+            if raw_pattern.endswith(OPTIONAL_TRAILING_SLASH_PATTERN):
                 self.optional_trailing_slash = True
 
-            groups = ABSTRACT_ROUTE_RE.findall(self.raw_pattern)
+                raw_pattern = \
+                    raw_pattern[:-len(OPTIONAL_TRAILING_SLASH_PATTERN)]
+
+            groups = ABSTRACT_ROUTE_RE.findall(raw_pattern)
 
             # path is no pattern but simple string
             if not groups:
-                self.path = self.raw_pattern
-                self.format_string = self.raw_pattern
-
-                if self.optional_trailing_slash:
-                    suffix_len = len(OPTIONAL_TRAILING_SLASH_PATTERN) * -1
-
-                    self.path = self.path[:suffix_len]
-                    self.format_string = self.path[:suffix_len]
+                self.path = raw_pattern
+                self.format_string = raw_pattern
 
                 return
 
             pattern_names = [i[0] for i in groups]
             patterns = [(i[0], i[2] or DEFAULT_PATTERN) for i in groups]
-            cleaned_pattern = ABSTRACT_ROUTE_RE.sub('{}', self.raw_pattern)
+            cleaned_pattern = ABSTRACT_ROUTE_RE.sub('{}', raw_pattern)
 
             # setup format string
             self.format_string = cleaned_pattern.format(
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ def __init__(self, raw_pattern, view, name='', interactive=True,
                         *[ROUTE_PART_FORMAT_STRING.format(*i)
                           for i in patterns],
                     ),
-                    (OPTIONAL_TRAILING_SLASH_PATTERN
+                    (r'(/)?'
                         if self.optional_trailing_slash else ''),
                 ),
             )
diff --git a/tests/test_routing.py b/tests/test_routing.py
index bf463aa3..496102b5 100644
--- a/tests/test_routing.py
+++ b/tests/test_routing.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def setup(self):
         self.routes = [
             Route('/foo(/)', None),
             Route('/bar/', None),
+            Route('/foobar/<arg>(/)', None),
         ]
 
         self.router = Router()
@@ -98,6 +99,20 @@ def test_optional_slash_resolves_with_slash(self):
         assert route == self.routes[0]
         assert match_info == {}
 
+    def test_optional_slash_resolves_without_slash_and_argument(self):
+        match, route, match_info = self.router.resolve('/foobar/foobar')
+
+        assert match
+        assert route == self.routes[2]
+        assert match_info == {'arg': 'foobar'}
+
+    def test_optional_slash_resolves_with_slash_and_argument(self):
+        match, route, match_info = self.router.resolve('/foobar/foobar/')
+
+        assert match
+        assert route == self.routes[2]
+        assert match_info == {'arg': 'foobar'}
+
     def test_required_slash_doesnt_resolve_without_slash(self):
         match, route, match_info = self.router.resolve('/bar')
 
@@ -117,6 +132,7 @@ def setup(self):
         routes = [
             Route('/foo/<arg>/', None, name='foo'),
             Route('/bar/', None, name='bar'),
+            Route('/foobar/<arg>(/)', None, name='foobar'),
         ]
         self.router = Router()
         self.router.add_routes(*routes)
@@ -126,6 +142,11 @@ def test_reverse_with_arg(self):
 
         assert url == '/foo/bar/'
 
+    def test_reverse_with_arg_and_optional_slash(self):
+        url = self.router.reverse('foobar', arg='foobar')
+
+        assert url == '/foobar/foobar'
+
     def test_reverse_without_arg(self):
         url = self.router.reverse('bar')