diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ead6897..30b798c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ require: {
 ```php
 use TinyLara\TinyRoute\TinyRoute as Route;
 
-Route::get('', 'HomeController@home');
+Route::get('/', 'HomeController@home');
 
 // GET
 Route::get('foo', function() {
diff --git a/TinyRoute.php b/TinyRoute.php
index 9c8391e..6d5f7b2 100644
--- a/TinyRoute.php
+++ b/TinyRoute.php
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ class TinyRoute {
    */
   public static function __callstatic($method, $params)
   {
-
-    $uri = dirname($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']).$params[0];
+    $uri = $params[0];
     $callback = $params[1];
 
     if ( $method == 'any' ) {
@@ -71,7 +70,7 @@ public static function error($callback)
    */
   public static function dispatch($after=null)
   {
-    $uri = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH);
+    $uri = self::detect_uri();
     $method = $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'];
 
     $searches = array_keys(static::$patterns);
@@ -163,7 +162,6 @@ public static function dispatch($after=null)
       }
     }
 
-
     // run the error callback if the route was not found
     if ($found_route == false) {
       if (!self::$error_callback) {
@@ -175,4 +173,20 @@ public static function dispatch($after=null)
       call_user_func(self::$error_callback);
     }
   }
+
+  // detect true URI, inspired by CodeIgniter 2
+  private static function detect_uri()
+  {
+    $uri = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+    if (strpos($uri, $_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']) === 0) {
+      $uri = substr($uri, strlen($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']));
+    } elseif (strpos($uri, dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])) === 0) {
+      $uri = substr($uri, strlen(dirname($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'])));
+    }
+    if ($uri == '/' || empty($uri)) {
+      return '/';
+    }
+    $uri = parse_url($uri, PHP_URL_PATH);
+    return str_replace(array('//', '../'), '/', trim($uri, '/'));
+  }
 }
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