diff --git a/laravel/routing/route.php b/laravel/routing/route.php
index ddabf660..ee1893d7 100644
--- a/laravel/routing/route.php
+++ b/laravel/routing/route.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public function __construct($key, $action, $parameters = array())
 		// Extract each URI from the route key. Since the route key has the request
 		// method, we will extract that from the string. If the URI points to the
 		// root of the application, a single forward slash will be returned.
-		$uris = array_get($action, 'handles', array());
+		$uris = array_get($action, 'handles', array($key));
 
 		$this->uris = array_map(array($this, 'extract'), $uris);
 
diff --git a/laravel/routing/router.php b/laravel/routing/router.php
index 48cf41f1..1dcb595d 100644
--- a/laravel/routing/router.php
+++ b/laravel/routing/router.php
@@ -200,8 +200,6 @@ protected static function controller($bundle, $method, $destination, $segments)
 
 			$action = array('uses' => Bundle::prefix($bundle).'home@index');
 
-			$action['handles'] = array($destination);
-
 			return new Route($method.' '.$uri, $action);
 		}
 
@@ -245,8 +243,6 @@ protected static function controller($bundle, $method, $destination, $segments)
 
 			$action = array('uses' => $prefix.$controller.'@'.$method);
 
-			$action['handles'] = array($destination);
-
 			return new Route($destination, $action, $segments);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/tests/cases/laravel/route.test.php b/tests/cases/laravel/route.test.php
index 246724d2..5be4f2ec 100644
--- a/tests/cases/laravel/route.test.php
+++ b/tests/cases/laravel/route.test.php
@@ -19,9 +19,10 @@ public function testHandlesIndicatesIfTheRouteHandlesAGivenURI()
 	{
 		$route = new Laravel\Routing\Route('GET /', array('handles' => array('GET /foo/bar')));
 
+		$this->assertFalse($route->handles('/'));
+		$this->assertFalse($route->handles('baz'));
 		$this->assertTrue($route->handles('foo/*'));
 		$this->assertTrue($route->handles('foo/bar'));
-		$this->assertFalse($route->handles('baz'));
 
 		$route = new Laravel\Routing\Route('GET /', array('handles' => array('GET /', 'GET /home')));