diff --git a/examples/custom-routes/nuxt.config.js b/examples/custom-routes/nuxt.config.js
index bb0765f744..3ca5309ed5 100644
--- a/examples/custom-routes/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/examples/custom-routes/nuxt.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 module.exports = {
   build: {
     vendor: ['axios']
+  },
+  generate: {
+    routeParams: {
+      '/users/:id': [{id: 1}, {id: 2}, {id: 3}, {id: 4}, {id: 5}],
+      '/posts/:slug': [{slug: 'welcome'}, {slug: 'foo'}, {slug: 'bar'}],
+      '/posts/:slug/comments': [{slug: 'welcome'}, {slug: 'foo'}, {slug: 'bar'}],
+      '/posts/:slug/:name': [{slug: 'welcome', name: 'a'}, {slug: 'foo', name: 'b'}, {slug: 'bar', name: 'a'}],
+      '/projects/:slug': [{slug: 'toto'}, {slug: 'titi'}, {slug: 'tutu'}]
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/build/index.js b/lib/build/index.js
index a1bf94b98f..8fd05707de 100644
--- a/lib/build/index.js
+++ b/lib/build/index.js
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ function * generateRoutesAndFiles () {
   */
   const files = yield glob('pages/**/*.vue', { cwd: this.srcDir })
   this.routes = _.uniq(_.map(files, (file) => {
-    return file.replace(/^pages/, '').replace(/\.vue$/, '').replace('/index', '').replace('_', ':').replace('', '/').replace(/\/{2,}/g, '/')
+    return file.replace(/^pages/, '').replace(/\.vue$/, '').replace(/\/index/g, '').replace(/_/g, ':').replace('', '/').replace(/\/{2,}/g, '/')
   }))
   /*
   ** Interpret and move template files to .nuxt/
diff --git a/lib/generate.js b/lib/generate.js
index fddef50686..9632636ab2 100644
--- a/lib/generate.js
+++ b/lib/generate.js
@@ -69,15 +69,15 @@ module.exports = function () {
     */
     let routes = []
     this.routes.forEach((route) => {
-      if (route.path.includes(':') || route.path.includes('*')) {
-        const routeParams = this.options.generate.routeParams[route.path]
+      if (route.includes(':') || route.includes('*')) {
+        const routeParams = this.options.generate.routeParams[route]
         if (!routeParams) {
-          console.error(`Could not generate the dynamic route ${route.path}, please add the mapping params in nuxt.config.js (generate.routeParams).`) // eslint-disable-line no-console
+          console.error(`Could not generate the dynamic route ${route}, please add the mapping params in nuxt.config.js (generate.routeParams).`) // eslint-disable-line no-console
           return process.exit(1)
         }
-        const toPath = pathToRegexp.compile(route.path)
+        const toPath = pathToRegexp.compile(route)
         routes = routes.concat(routeParams.map((params) => {
-          return Object.assign({}, route, { path: toPath(params) })
+          return toPath(params)
         }))
       } else {
         routes.push(route)
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ module.exports = function () {
       while (routes.length) {
         yield routes.splice(0, 500).map((route) => {
           return co(function * () {
-            const { html } = yield self.renderRoute(route.path)
-            var path = join(route.path, sep, 'index.html') // /about -> /about/index.html
+            const { html } = yield self.renderRoute(route)
+            var path = join(route, sep, 'index.html') // /about -> /about/index.html
             debug('Generate file: ' + path)
             path = join(distPath, path)
             // Make sure the sub folders are created