diff --git a/src/http_loop/http_loop.c b/src/http_loop/http_loop.c
index d6c9539..e5c7d20 100644
--- a/src/http_loop/http_loop.c
+++ b/src/http_loop/http_loop.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void http_loop_run(event_loop *el, int port) {
     if (route->type == http_route_regex) {
       regex_t *r = calloc(sizeof(regex_t), 1);
 
-      if (regcomp(r, route->path, 0) != 0) {
+      if (regcomp(r, route->path, REG_EXTENDED) != 0) {
         critical(1, "RegEx expression '%s' failed to compile", route->path);
       }
 
diff --git a/src/lander/lander.c b/src/lander/lander.c
index 5713c58..60ee83d 100644
--- a/src/lander/lander.c
+++ b/src/lander/lander.c
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ http_route lander_routes[] = {
      .steps = {lander_get_index, NULL}},
     {.type = http_route_regex,
      .method = http_get,
-     .path = "^/\\([^/]\\+\\)$",
+     .path = "^/([^/]+)$",
      .steps = {lander_get_entry, NULL}},
     {.type = http_route_regex,
      .method = http_post,
-     .path = "^/s\\(l\\?\\)/\\([^/]*\\)$",
+     .path = "^/s(l?)/([^/]*)$",
      .steps = {http_loop_step_auth, http_loop_step_body_to_buf,
                lander_post_redirect, NULL}},
     {.type = http_route_regex,
      .method = http_post,
-     .path = "^/p\\(l\\?\\)/\\([^/]*\\)$",
+     .path = "^/p(l?)/([^/]*)$",
      .steps = {http_loop_step_auth, lander_post_paste,
                http_loop_step_body_to_file, http_loop_step_switch_res, NULL}},
 };