diff --git a/lib/app.rb b/lib/app.rb
index a93d980b..c13087e8 100644
--- a/lib/app.rb
+++ b/lib/app.rb
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class App < Sinatra::Application
   get %r{\A/([\w~\.%]+)(\-[\w\-]+)?(/.*)?\z} do |doc, type, rest|
     doc.sub! '%7E', '~'
     return redirect "/#{DOC_REDIRECTS[doc]}#{type}#{rest}", 301 if DOC_REDIRECTS.key?(doc)
-    return redirect "/angularjs/api#{rest}", 301 if doc == 'angular' && rest.start_with?('/ng')
+    return redirect "/angularjs/api#{rest}", 301 if doc == 'angular' && rest && rest.start_with?('/ng')
     return 404 unless @doc = find_doc(doc)
 
     if rest.nil?