diff --git a/src/SegmentRouter.php b/src/SegmentRouter.php
index a149d33..5247c68 100644
--- a/src/SegmentRouter.php
+++ b/src/SegmentRouter.php
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ class SegmentRouter implements RouterInterface
 		// node is a reference to our current location in the node tree
 		$node = $this->routes;
 
-		// params will hold any dynamic segments we find
-		$params = [];
-
 		// if the URI is just a slash, we can return the handler for the root node
 		if ($uri === '/') {
 			return isset($node[$method])
@@ -80,6 +77,9 @@ class SegmentRouter implements RouterInterface
 				: ['code' => 405, 'handler' => null, 'params' => null];
 		}
 
+		// params will hold any dynamic segments we find
+		$params = [];
+
 		// We'll split up the URI into segments and traverse the node tree
 		foreach (explode('/', trim($uri, '/')) as $segment) {
 			// if there is a node for this segment, move to it