diff --git a/url_manipulation.c b/url_manipulation.c
index be58483..f62cb9a 100644
--- a/url_manipulation.c
+++ b/url_manipulation.c
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 
-#define DEFAULT_PATH "/index.html"
+#define DEFAULT_PATH "/"
 
 char* url_to_proto(char* url) {
         size_t length = strlen(url);
@@ -68,8 +68,12 @@ char* url_to_path(char* url) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (sentinel == 0) {
-		to_return = DEFAULT_PATH;
+	if (num_slashes < 3 || sentinel == str_len) { 	/* If we don't find the requisite number of slashes after 
+							parsing the string OR the third slash is at the end of the string
+							("e.g. www.example.com/")... */
+
+		strcpy(to_return,DEFAULT_PATH); /* ...Then return the default path - "/" */
+		return to_return;
 	}
 
 	/* Copy all bytes of the string, starting from the third slash */