diff --git a/lib/route-node.js b/lib/route-node.js
index 6c67816..957685e 100644
--- a/lib/route-node.js
+++ b/lib/route-node.js
@@ -48,27 +48,30 @@ assign(RouteNode.prototype, {
   get: function get(parts, args, done) {
     parts = parts || []
     args = args || []
-
     if (parts.length === 0) {
       return done(null, this.handler, this.context, args)
     }
+
     var part = parts.shift()
-    var childNode = this._children[part]
-    if (childNode) {
-      return childNode.get(parts, args, done)
-    } else {
-      var results = this._getRegexChild(part)
-      if (results && results.node) {
-        return results.node.get(parts, args.concat(results.args), done)
-      } else {
-        results = this._getFunctionChild(part)
-        if (results && results.node) {
-          return results.node.get(parts, args.concat(results.args), done)
-        } else {
-          return done(new Error('not found'))
-        }
-      }
+
+    // Check exact matches
+    if (this._children[part]) {
+      return this._children[part].get(parts, args, done)
     }
+
+    // Check regex matches
+    var results = this._getRegexChild(part)
+    if (results && results.node) {
+      return results.node.get(parts, args.concat(results.args), done)
+    }
+
+    // Check function matches
+    results = this._getFunctionChild(part)
+    if (results && results.node) {
+      return results.node.get(parts, args.concat(results.args), done)
+    }
+
+    return done(new Error('not found'))
   },
 
   _getRegexChild: function _getRegexChild(part) {