diff --git a/proto/proto.go b/proto/proto.go
index 3bc63ed..8ca4cbb 100644
--- a/proto/proto.go
+++ b/proto/proto.go
@@ -346,12 +346,14 @@ func Path(payload []byte) []byte {
 	eol := bytes.IndexByte(payload[start:], '\r')
 	end := bytes.IndexByte(payload[start:], ' ')
 
-	if eol > 0 && eol < end {
-		return payload[start : start + eol]
-	} else if eol == - 1 { // support for legacy clients with wrong end of lines
+	if eol > 0 {
+		if end == -1 || eol < end {
+			return payload[start : start + eol]
+		}
+	} else { // support for legacy clients
 		eol = bytes.IndexByte(payload[start:], '\n')
 
-		if eol > 0 && eol < end {
+		if eol > 0 && (end == - 1 || eol < end) {
 			return payload[start : start + eol]
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/proto/proto_test.go b/proto/proto_test.go
index 4ff2dc5..210a9c1 100644
--- a/proto/proto_test.go
+++ b/proto/proto_test.go
@@ -243,6 +243,18 @@ func TestPath(t *testing.T) {
 	if path = Path(payload); !bytes.Equal(path, []byte("/get")) {
 		t.Error("Should find path", string(path))
 	}
+
+	payload = []byte("GET /get\n")
+
+	if path = Path(payload); !bytes.Equal(path, []byte("/get")) {
+		t.Error("Should find path", string(path))
+	}
+
+	payload = []byte("GET /get")
+
+	if path = Path(payload); !bytes.Equal(path, []byte("/get")) {
+		t.Error("Should find path", string(path))
+	}
 }
 
 func TestSetPath(t *testing.T) {