diff --git a/src/router.js b/src/router.js
index d4ec4fef..2eb109c2 100644
--- a/src/router.js
+++ b/src/router.js
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ module.exports = class Router extends EventEmitter {
             }
             routes.push(route);
             // normal routes optimization
-            if(canBeOptimized(route.path) && route.pattern !== '/*' && !this.parent && this.get('case sensitive routing') && this.uwsApp) {
+            if(!route.complex && canBeOptimized(route.path) && !this.parent && this.get('case sensitive routing') && this.uwsApp) {
                 if(supportedUwsMethods.has(method)) {
                     const optimizedPath = this._optimizeRoute(route, this._routes);
                     if(optimizedPath) {
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 78c63814..4decfa95 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -52,14 +52,25 @@ function patternToRegex(pattern, isPrefix = false) {
     }
 
     let wildcardIndex = 0;
-    let regexPattern = pattern
-        .replaceAll('.', '\\.')
-        .replaceAll('-', '\\-')
-        .replaceAll(/(\*|\(.*?\))/g, (match) => `(?<_wc${wildcardIndex++}>${match.startsWith('(') ? match.slice(1, -1) : match.replaceAll('*', '.*')})`) // Convert * to .* and stuff in parentheses to capture group
-        .replace(/\/:(\w+)(\(.+?\))?\??/g, (match, param, regex) => {
-            const optional = match.endsWith('?');
-            return `\\/${optional ? '?' : ''}(?<${param}>${regex ? regex + '($|\\/)' : '[^/]+'})${optional ? '?' : ''}`;
-        }); // Convert :param to capture group
+    let regexPattern = '';
+    const captureGroupTest = /(\/|[.-]+):(\w+)(?:\((.+?)\))?\??/g;
+    let offset = 0;
+    while (true) {
+        const result = captureGroupTest.exec(pattern);
+        // Process last preceding part if matched, or final part if match ended
+        regexPattern += pattern.substring(offset, result?.index ?? pattern.length)
+            .replaceAll('.', '\\.')
+            .replaceAll('-', '\\-')
+            .replaceAll(/(\*|\(.*?\))/g, (match) => // Convert * to .* and stuff in parentheses to capture group
+                `(?<_wc${wildcardIndex++}>${match.startsWith('(') ? match.slice(1, -1) : match.replaceAll('*', '.*')})`
+        );
+        if (!result) break;
+        const [match, prefix, param, regex] = result;
+        const optional = match.endsWith('?');
+        // Convert :param to capture group
+        regexPattern += `${optional ? '(' : ''}${prefix}(?<${param}>${regex ? regex + '(?=$|\/)' : '[^/]+'})${optional ? ')?' : ''}`;
+        offset = result.index + match.length;
+    }
 
     return new RegExp(`^${regexPattern}${isPrefix ? '(?=$|\/)' : '$'}`);
 }
diff --git a/tests/tests/routers/multi-params.js b/tests/tests/routers/multi-params.js
index 203c63c5..7f672b7c 100644
--- a/tests/tests/routers/multi-params.js
+++ b/tests/tests/routers/multi-params.js
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ const express = require("express");
 
 const app = express();
 
+app.get("/api/1.0/info/:subdir(ab|cd)?/:item([0-9A-Za-z-_]{6}.[^.])/:empty(.{0})?/details", (req, res) => {
+    res.json({path: req.path, params: req.params});
+});
+
 app.get("/api/1.0/projects/:project_id/user/:user_id", (req, res) => {
     res.json({path: req.path, params: req.params});
 });
@@ -12,6 +16,10 @@ app.get("/api/1.0/projects/:project_id/users", (req, res) => {
     res.json({path: req.path, params: req.params});
 });
 
+app.use((req, res, next) => {
+     res.send('404');
+});
+
 app.listen(13333, async () => {
     console.log("Server is running at http://localhost:13333");
 
@@ -22,6 +30,21 @@ app.listen(13333, async () => {
         fetch("http://localhost:13333/api/1.0/projects/456/user/789").then((res) =>
             res.json()
         ),
+        fetch("http://localhost:13333/api/1.0/info/AAAAAA.2//details").then((res) =>
+            res.json()
+        ),
+        fetch("http://localhost:13333/api/1.0/info/zzzzzz+2//details").then((res) =>
+            res.json()
+        ),
+        fetch("http://localhost:13333/api/1.0/info/ab/Ab_23-+$/details").then((res) =>
+            res.json()
+        ),
+        fetch("http://localhost:13333/api/1.0/info/cd//AAAAAA.a///details").then((res) =>
+            res.json()
+        ),
+        fetch("http://localhost:13333/api/1.0/info/Ab%20c.+//details").then((res) =>
+            res.json()
+        ),
     ]);
 
     console.log(responses);
diff --git a/tests/tests/routing/special-characters.js b/tests/tests/routing/special-characters.js
index b2dec870..dd2980e1 100644
--- a/tests/tests/routing/special-characters.js
+++ b/tests/tests/routing/special-characters.js
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ app.get('/hi-bye*a', (req, res) => {
     res.send('hi-bye');
 });
 
+app.get('/test/:from--:to', (req, res) => {
+    res.send(`from: ${req.params.from}, to: ${req.params.to}`);
+});
+
 app.listen(13333, async () => {
     console.log('Server is running on port 13333');
 
@@ -23,6 +27,9 @@ app.listen(13333, async () => {
 
     res = await fetch('http://localhost:13333/test/hiAbyeaa');
     console.log(await res.text());
+    
+    res = await fetch('http://localhost:13333/test/123--xyz');
+    console.log(await res.text());
 
     process.exit(0);
 })