diff --git a/app/models/category.rb b/app/models/category.rb
index 970dab5..54cd160 100644
--- a/app/models/category.rb
+++ b/app/models/category.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
 
+  validates_exclusion_of :slug, :in => [ 'index'], :message => N_('%{fm} cannot be like that.')
   validates_presence_of :name, :environment_id
   validates_uniqueness_of :slug,:scope => [ :environment_id, :parent_id ], :message => N_('%{fn} is already being used by another category.')
   belongs_to :environment
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index be69940..3bb7551 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|
   ######################################################
   ## Public controllers
   ######################################################
-
-  map.connect 'cat/:action/*path', :controller => 'category', :action => 'index'
+ 
+  map.connect 'cat', :controller => 'category', :action => 'index'
+  map.category 'cat/*path', :controller => 'category', :action => 'view'
 
   # *content viewing*
   # XXX this route must come last so other routes have priority over it.
diff --git a/test/functional/category_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/category_controller_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edf9106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/category_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../test_helper'
+require 'category_controller'
+
+# Re-raise errors caught by the controller.
+class CategoryController; def rescue_action(e) raise e end; end
+
+class CategoryControllerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def setup
+    @controller = CategoryController.new
+    @request    = ActionController::TestRequest.new
+    @response   = ActionController::TestResponse.new
+  end
+
+  # Replace this with your real tests.
+  def test_truth
+    assert true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/test/integration/routing_test.rb b/test/integration/routing_test.rb
index 772f519..d5c7d4e 100644
--- a/test/integration/routing_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/routing_test.rb
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ class RoutingTest < ActionController::IntegrationTest
   end
 
   def test_category_browser
-    assert_routing('/cat/some_action/products/eletronics', :controller => 'category', :action => 'some_action', :path => [ 'products', 'eletronics'])
-    assert_routing('/cat', :controller => 'category', :action => 'index', :path => [ ])
+    assert_routing('/cat/products/eletronics', :controller => 'category', :action => 'view', :path => [ 'products', 'eletronics'])
+    assert_routing('/cat', :controller => 'category', :action => 'index')
   end
 
 end
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