diff --git a/lib/http/base.js b/lib/http/base.js
index 74f78407..a997263a 100644
--- a/lib/http/base.js
+++ b/lib/http/base.js
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ function Request(req, res, url) {
   this.headers = Object.create(null);
   this.contentType = 'bin';
   this.url = '/';
-  this.pathname = '';
+  this.pathname = '/';
   this.path = [];
   this.trailing = false;
   this.query = Object.create(null);
@@ -1221,8 +1221,13 @@ Request.prototype.init = function init(req, res, url) {
     this.emit('end');
   });
 
-  if (url != null)
-    this.parse(url);
+  if (url != null) {
+    try {
+      this.parse(url);
+    } catch (e) {
+      ;
+    }
+  }
 };
 
 Request.prototype.parse = function parse(url) {
@@ -1245,6 +1250,7 @@ Request.prototype.parse = function parse(url) {
       }
     }
 
+    pathname = pathname.replace(/%2f/gi, '');
     pathname = unescape(pathname);
   } else {
     pathname = '/';