diff --git a/src/SegmentRouter.php b/src/SegmentRouter.php
index 1d61379..49cb5b1 100644
--- a/src/SegmentRouter.php
+++ b/src/SegmentRouter.php
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ class SegmentRouter implements Router
 		// 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])
+				? ['code' => 200, 'handler' => $node[$method], 'params' => null]
+				: ['code' => 405];
+		}
+
 		// We'll split up the URI into segments and traverse the node tree
 		foreach (explode('/', trim($uri, '/')) as $segment) {
 			// if there is a node for this segment, move to it
diff --git a/tests/test.php b/tests/test.php
index 25a24d6..52b2914 100644
--- a/tests/test.php
+++ b/tests/test.php
@@ -90,6 +90,22 @@ for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
 	$res['handler'](...$res['params']);
 }
 
+$r->clear();
+echoTitle('Testing root node');
+
+$r->add('GET', '/', function() {
+	echo "Root node is gtg!\n";
+});
+
+$res = $r->lookup('GET', '/');
+if ($res['code'] !== 200) {
+	echo "Failed to handle request for /\n";
+	exit(1);
+}
+$res['handler']();
+
+echo "\n".Color::blue("✔️ Done!")."\n\n";
+
 function echoTitle(string $title) {
 	echo "\n";
 	echo Color::bold(Color::black("===============================================================")) . "\n";