diff --git a/core/lib/src/rocket.rs b/core/lib/src/rocket.rs
index 341900fc..368d7a47 100644
--- a/core/lib/src/rocket.rs
+++ b/core/lib/src/rocket.rs
@@ -499,22 +499,28 @@ impl Rocket {
               Paint::blue(base));
 
         if base.contains('<') || base.contains('>') {
-            error_!("Invalid mount point: {}", base);
-            panic!("Mount points cannot contain dynamic parameters");
+            error_!("Mount point '{}' contains dynamic paramters.", base);
+            panic!("Invalid mount point.");
+        }
+
+        let base_uri = Origin::parse(base)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
+                error_!("Invalid origin URI '{}' used as mount point.", base);
+                panic!("Error: {}", e);
+            });
+
+        if base_uri.query().is_some() {
+            error_!("Mount point '{}' contains query string.", base);
+            panic!("Invalid mount point.");
+        }
+
+        if !base_uri.is_normalized() {
+            error_!("Mount point '{}' is not normalized.", base_uri);
+            info_!("Expected: '{}'.", base_uri.to_normalized());
+            panic!("Invalid mount point.");
         }
 
         for mut route in routes {
-            let base_uri = Origin::parse(base)
-                .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
-                    error_!("Invalid origin URI used as mount point: {}", base);
-                    panic!("Error: {}", e);
-                });
-
-            if base_uri.query().is_some() {
-                error_!("Mount point cannot contain a query string: {}", base_uri);
-                panic!("Invalid mount point.");
-            }
-
             let complete_uri = format!("{}/{}", base_uri, route.uri);
             let uri = Origin::parse_route(&complete_uri)
                 .unwrap_or_else(|e| {
@@ -522,11 +528,7 @@ impl Rocket {
                     panic!("Error: {}", e)
                 });
 
-            if !uri.is_normalized() {
-                warn_!("Abnormal URI '{}' will be automatically normalized.", uri);
-            }
-
-            route.set_base(base_uri);
+            route.set_base(base_uri.clone());
             route.set_uri(uri.to_normalized());
 
             info_!("{}", route);
diff --git a/core/lib/src/router/route.rs b/core/lib/src/router/route.rs
index 65cb8615..f5eb356b 100644
--- a/core/lib/src/router/route.rs
+++ b/core/lib/src/router/route.rs
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Route {
 #[doc(hidden)]
 impl<'a> From<&'a StaticRouteInfo> for Route {
     fn from(info: &'a StaticRouteInfo) -> Route {
+        // This should never panic since `info.path` is statically checked.
         let mut route = Route::new(info.method, info.path, info.handler);
         route.format = info.format.clone();
         route.name = Some(info.name);
diff --git a/examples/todo/src/main.rs b/examples/todo/src/main.rs
index d6c4474d..f2aa293d 100644
--- a/examples/todo/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/todo/src/main.rs
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fn rocket() -> (Rocket, Option<db::Conn>) {
     let rocket = rocket::ignite()
         .manage(pool)
         .mount("/", routes![index, static_files::all])
-        .mount("/todo/", routes![new, toggle, delete])
+        .mount("/todo", routes![new, toggle, delete])
         .attach(Template::fairing());
 
     (rocket, conn)