diff --git a/examples/custom-routes/nuxt.config.js b/examples/custom-routes/nuxt.config.js
index 2bba54c06f..5a1789baab 100644
--- a/examples/custom-routes/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/examples/custom-routes/nuxt.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   router: {
     routes: [
-      { name: 'user', path: '/users/:id', component: '~pages/_user' }
+      { name: 'user', path: '/users/:id', component: 'pages/_user' }
     ]
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/app/router.js b/lib/app/router.js
index 9d0857c869..850a8a1a59 100644
--- a/lib/app/router.js
+++ b/lib/app/router.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import Router from 'vue-router'
 
 Vue.use(Router)
 
-<% router.routes.forEach(function (route) { %>
+<% uniqBy(router.routes, '_name').forEach((route) => { %>
 const <%= route._name %> = process.BROWSER ? () => System.import('<%= route._component %>') : require('<%= route._component %>')
 <% }) %>
 
diff --git a/lib/build/index.js b/lib/build/index.js
index a07d2d544e..9eebb686c3 100644
--- a/lib/build/index.js
+++ b/lib/build/index.js
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ const hash = require('hash-sum')
 const pify = require('pify')
 const webpack = require('webpack')
 const { createBundleRenderer } = require('vue-server-renderer')
-const { join, resolve, sep } = require('path')
+const { join, resolve, sep, posix } = require('path')
+const basename = posix.basename
 const remove = pify(fs.remove)
 const readFile = pify(fs.readFile)
 const writeFile = pify(fs.writeFile)
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ function * generateRoutesAndFiles () {
   let routes = []
   files.forEach((file) => {
     let path = file.replace(/^pages/, '').replace(/index\.vue$/, '/').replace(/\.vue$/, '').replace(/\/{2,}/g, '/')
-    if (path[1] === '_') return
+    if (basename(path)[0] === '_') return
     routes.push({ path: path, component: r(this.dir, file) })
   })
   // Concat pages routes and custom routes in this.routes
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ function * generateRoutesAndFiles () {
     'components/nuxt-loading.vue'
   ]
   let templateVars = {
+    uniqBy: _.uniqBy,
     isDev: this.dev,
     router: {
       base: this.options.router.base,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b24b2aa051..dc873878e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "nuxt",
-  "version": "0.5.1",
+  "version": "0.5.2",
   "description": "A minimalistic framework for server-rendered Vue.js applications (inspired by Next.js)",
   "main": "index.js",
   "license": "MIT",