diff --git a/curly.go b/curly.go
index d8aa0bf1..f3ea5f73 100644
--- a/curly.go
+++ b/curly.go
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func (c CurlyRouter) matchesRouteByPathTokens(routeTokens, requestTokens []strin
 
 // regularMatchesPathToken tests whether the regular expression part of routeToken matches the requestToken or all remaining tokens
 // format routeToken is {someVar:someExpression}, e.g. {zipcode:[\d][\d][\d][\d][A-Z][A-Z]}
-func (c CurlyRouter) regularMatchesPathToken(routeToken string, colon int, requestToken string) (bool, bool) {
+func (c CurlyRouter) regularMatchesPathToken(routeToken string, colon int, requestToken string) (matchesToken bool, matchesRemainder bool) {
 	regPart := routeToken[colon+1 : len(routeToken)-1]
 	if regPart == "*" {
 		return true, true
diff --git a/curly_test.go b/curly_test.go
index f79d42c0..9d3195ad 100644
--- a/curly_test.go
+++ b/curly_test.go
@@ -137,16 +137,24 @@ func Test_matchesRouteByPathTokens(t *testing.T) {
 // clear && go test -v -test.run TestExtractParameters_Wildcard1 ...restful
 func TestExtractParameters_Wildcard1(t *testing.T) {
 	params := doExtractParams("/fixed/{var:*}", 2, "/fixed/remainder", t)
-	if params["var"] == "remainder" {
-		t.Errorf("parameter mismatch var")
+	if params["var"] != "remainder" {
+		t.Errorf("parameter mismatch var: %s", params["var"])
 	}
 }
 
 // clear && go test -v -test.run TestExtractParameters_Wildcard2 ...restful
 func TestExtractParameters_Wildcard2(t *testing.T) {
 	params := doExtractParams("/fixed/{var:*}", 2, "/fixed/remain/der", t)
-	if params["var"] == "remain/der" {
-		t.Errorf("parameter mismatch var")
+	if params["var"] != "remain/der" {
+		t.Errorf("parameter mismatch var: %s", params["var"])
+	}
+}
+
+// clear && go test -v -test.run TestExtractParameters_Wildcard3 ...restful
+func TestExtractParameters_Wildcard3(t *testing.T) {
+	params := doExtractParams("/static/{var:*}", 2, "/static/test/sub/hi.html", t)
+	if params["var"] != "test/sub/hi.html" {
+		t.Errorf("parameter mismatch var: %s", params["var"])
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/restful-serve-static.go b/examples/restful-serve-static.go
index c1e9c728..8cb7848c 100644
--- a/examples/restful-serve-static.go
+++ b/examples/restful-serve-static.go
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/emicklei/go-restful"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"path"
+
+	"github.com/emicklei/go-restful"
 )
 
 // This example shows how to define methods that serve static files
@@ -17,9 +19,10 @@ import (
 var rootdir = "/tmp"
 
 func main() {
+	restful.DefaultContainer.Router(restful.CurlyRouter{})
 
 	ws := new(restful.WebService)
-	ws.Route(ws.GET("/static/{resource}").To(staticFromPathParam))
+	ws.Route(ws.GET("/static/{subpath:*}").To(staticFromPathParam))
 	ws.Route(ws.GET("/static").To(staticFromQueryParam))
 	restful.Add(ws)
 
@@ -28,10 +31,12 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func staticFromPathParam(req *restful.Request, resp *restful.Response) {
+	actual := path.Join(rootdir, req.PathParameter("subpath"))
+	fmt.Printf("serving %s ... (from %s)\n", actual, req.PathParameter("subpath"))
 	http.ServeFile(
 		resp.ResponseWriter,
 		req.Request,
-		path.Join(rootdir, req.PathParameter("resource")))
+		actual)
 }
 
 func staticFromQueryParam(req *restful.Request, resp *restful.Response) {
diff --git a/route.go b/route.go
index b8c07309..0c8018bc 100644
--- a/route.go
+++ b/route.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func (r Route) extractParameters(urlPath string) map[string]string {
 				regPart := key[colon+1 : len(key)-1]
 				keyPart := key[1:colon]
 				if regPart == "*" {
-					pathParameters[keyPart] = untokenizePath(i+1, urlParts)
+					pathParameters[keyPart] = untokenizePath(i, urlParts)
 					break
 				} else {
 					pathParameters[keyPart] = value