diff --git a/lib/middleware/redirects.js b/lib/middleware/redirects.js
index 1a242d53..2bfa676e 100644
--- a/lib/middleware/redirects.js
+++ b/lib/middleware/redirects.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ var _ = require('lodash');
 
 var minimatch = require('minimatch');
 var pathToRegexp = require('path-to-regexp');
-var slasher = require('glob-slasher');
 
 function formatExternalUrl(u) {
   var cleaned = u
@@ -32,10 +31,22 @@ function addQuery(url, qs) {
 
 var Redirect = function(source, destination, type) {
   this.type = type || 301;
-  this.source = slasher(source);
+
+  // no leading slash
+  if (source[0] !== '/') {
+    // glob pattern but no leading slash
+    if (source[0] === '!' && source[1] && source[1] !== '/') {
+      this.source = '!/' + source.substring(2);
+    } else {
+      this.source = '/' + source;
+    }
+  } else {
+    this.source = source;
+  }
+
   this.destination = destination;
 
-  if (this.destination.match(/(?:^|\/):/)) {
+  if (this.source.match(/(?:^|\/):/)) {
     this.captureKeys = [];
     this.capture = pathToRegexp(this.source, this.captureKeys);
     this.compileDestination = pathToRegexp.compile(this.destination);
@@ -51,9 +62,11 @@ Redirect.prototype.test = function(url) {
   }
 
   var match;
+
   if (this.capture) {
     match = this.capture.exec(url);
   }
+
   if (match) {
     var params = {};
     for (var i = 0; i < this.captureKeys.length; i++) {