diff --git a/fox_test.go b/fox_test.go
index 450ace3..6ed42ba 100644
--- a/fox_test.go
+++ b/fox_test.go
@@ -507,6 +507,20 @@ func BenchmarkGithubParamsAll(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
+func BenchmarkLongParam(b *testing.B) {
+	r := New()
+	r.MustHandle(http.MethodGet, "/foo/{very_very_very_very_very_long_param}", emptyHandler)
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/foo/bar", nil)
+	w := new(mockResponseWriter)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		r.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkOverlappingRoute(b *testing.B) {
 	r := New()
 	for _, route := range overlappingRoutes {
diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index 9927fec..211ee1f 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ type node struct {
 	// each pointer reference to a new child node starting with the same character.
 	children []atomic.Pointer[node]
 
+	params []param
+
 	// The index of a paramChild if any, -1 if none (per rules, only one paramChildren is allowed).
 	paramChildIndex int
 }
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ func newNode(key string, handler HandlerFunc, children []*node, catchAllKey stri
 }
 
 func newNodeFromRef(key string, handler HandlerFunc, children []atomic.Pointer[node], childKeys []byte, catchAllKey string, childIndex int, path string) *node {
-	n := &node{
+	return &node{
 		key:             key,
 		childKeys:       childKeys,
 		children:        children,
@@ -68,9 +70,8 @@ func newNodeFromRef(key string, handler HandlerFunc, children []atomic.Pointer[n
 		catchAllKey:     catchAllKey,
 		path:            appendCatchAll(path, catchAllKey),
 		paramChildIndex: childIndex,
+		params:          parseWildcard(key),
 	}
-
-	return n
 }
 
 func (n *node) isLeaf() bool {
@@ -81,6 +82,10 @@ func (n *node) isCatchAll() bool {
 	return n.catchAllKey != ""
 }
 
+func (n *node) hasWildcard() bool {
+	return len(n.params) > 0
+}
+
 func (n *node) getEdge(s byte) *node {
 	if len(n.children) <= 50 {
 		id := linearSearch(n.childKeys, s)
@@ -184,7 +189,21 @@ func (n *node) string(space int) string {
 	if n.paramChildIndex >= 0 {
 		sb.WriteString(" [paramIdx=")
 		sb.WriteString(strconv.Itoa(n.paramChildIndex))
-		sb.WriteString("]")
+		sb.WriteByte(']')
+		if n.hasWildcard() {
+			sb.WriteString(" [")
+			for i, param := range n.params {
+				if i > 0 {
+					sb.WriteByte(',')
+				}
+				sb.WriteString(param.key)
+				sb.WriteString(" (")
+				sb.WriteString(strconv.Itoa(param.end))
+				sb.WriteString(")")
+			}
+			sb.WriteString("]")
+		}
+
 	}
 
 	if n.isCatchAll() {
@@ -195,6 +214,19 @@ func (n *node) string(space int) string {
 		sb.WriteString(n.path)
 		sb.WriteString("]")
 	}
+	if n.hasWildcard() {
+		sb.WriteString(" [")
+		for i, param := range n.params {
+			if i > 0 {
+				sb.WriteByte(',')
+			}
+			sb.WriteString(param.key)
+			sb.WriteString(" (")
+			sb.WriteString(strconv.Itoa(param.end))
+			sb.WriteString(")")
+		}
+		sb.WriteByte(']')
+	}
 
 	sb.WriteByte('\n')
 	children := n.getEdgesShallowCopy()
@@ -229,3 +261,74 @@ func appendCatchAll(path, catchAllKey string) string {
 	}
 	return path
 }
+
+// param represents a parsed parameter and its end position in the path.
+type param struct {
+	key      string
+	end      int // -1 if end with {a}, else pos of the next char
+	catchAll bool
+}
+
+func parseWildcard(segment string) []param {
+	var params []param
+
+	state := stateDefault
+	start := 0
+	i := 0
+	for i < len(segment) {
+		switch state {
+		case stateParam:
+			seg := string(segment[i])
+			_ = seg
+			if segment[i] == '}' {
+				end := -1
+				if len(segment[i+1:]) > 0 {
+					end = i + 1
+				}
+				params = append(params, param{
+					key: segment[start:i],
+					end: end,
+				})
+				start = 0
+				state = stateDefault
+			}
+			i++
+		case stateCatchAll:
+			seg := string(segment[i])
+			_ = seg
+			if segment[i] == '}' {
+				end := -1
+				if len(segment[i+1:]) > 0 {
+					end = i + 1
+				}
+				params = append(params, param{
+					key:      segment[start:i],
+					end:      end,
+					catchAll: true,
+				})
+				start = 0
+				state = stateDefault
+			}
+			i++
+		default:
+			seg := string(segment[i])
+			_ = seg
+			if segment[i] == '*' {
+				state = stateCatchAll
+				i += 2
+				start = i
+				continue
+			}
+
+			if segment[i] == '{' {
+				state = stateParam
+				i++
+				start = i
+				continue
+			}
+			i++
+		}
+	}
+
+	return params
+}
diff --git a/tree.go b/tree.go
index eb8033e..77d4d18 100644
--- a/tree.go
+++ b/tree.go
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ func (t *Tree) lookup(rootNode *node, path string, c *cTx, lazy bool) (n *node,
 		charsMatched            int
 		charsMatchedInNodeFound int
 		paramCnt                uint32
+		paramKeyCnt             uint32
 		parent                  *node
 	)
 
@@ -564,8 +565,7 @@ Walk:
 						break Walk
 					}
 
-					startKey := charsMatchedInNodeFound
-					idx = strings.IndexByte(current.key[startKey:], slashDelim)
+					idx = current.params[paramKeyCnt].end - charsMatchedInNodeFound
 					if idx >= 0 {
 						// -1 since on the next incrementation, if any, 'i' are going to be incremented
 						i += idx - 1
@@ -578,9 +578,9 @@ Walk:
 
 					if !lazy {
 						paramCnt++
-						*c.params = append(*c.params, Param{Key: current.key[startKey+1 : charsMatchedInNodeFound-1], Value: path[startPath:charsMatched]})
+						*c.params = append(*c.params, Param{Key: current.params[paramKeyCnt].key, Value: path[startPath:charsMatched]})
 					}
-
+					paramKeyCnt++
 					continue
 				}
 
@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ Walk:
 				idx = current.paramChildIndex
 				parent = current
 				current = current.children[idx].Load()
+				paramKeyCnt = 0
 				continue
 			}
 
@@ -624,10 +625,12 @@ Walk:
 			}
 			parent = current
 			current = current.children[idx].Load()
+			paramKeyCnt = 0
 		}
 	}
 
 	paramCnt = 0
+	paramKeyCnt = 0
 	hasSkpNds := len(*c.skipNds) > 0
 
 	if !current.isLeaf() {