diff --git a/Classes/MOC/Redirects/Routing/RedirectFrontendNodeRoutePartHandler.php b/Classes/MOC/Redirects/Routing/RedirectFrontendNodeRoutePartHandler.php
index 55841f1..4bc4a62 100644
--- a/Classes/MOC/Redirects/Routing/RedirectFrontendNodeRoutePartHandler.php
+++ b/Classes/MOC/Redirects/Routing/RedirectFrontendNodeRoutePartHandler.php
@@ -35,24 +35,6 @@ protected function findValueToMatch($requestPath)
         return $requestPath;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @param string $haystack
-     * @param string $needle
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    protected function endsWith($haystack, $needle) {
-        return $needle === "" || (($temp = strlen($haystack) - strlen($needle)) >= 0 && strpos($haystack, $needle, $temp) !== FALSE);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $haystack
-     * @param string $needle
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    protected function startsWith($haystack, $needle) {
-        return $needle === "" || strrpos($haystack, $needle, -strlen($haystack)) !== FALSE;
-    }
-
     /**
      * @param string $requestPath
      * @return boolean TRUE if the $requestPath could be matched, otherwise FALSE
@@ -62,9 +44,6 @@ protected function matchValue($requestPath)
         /** @var Uri $uri */
         $uri = $this->bootstrap->getActiveRequestHandler()->getHttpRequest()->getUri();
         $relativeUrl = rtrim($uri->getPath(), '/');
-        if($this->startsWith($relativeUrl, '/')){
-            $tempRelativeUrl = substr($relativeUrl, 1);
-        }
         $relativeUrlWithQueryString = $relativeUrl . ($uri->getQuery() ? '?' . $uri->getQuery() : '');
         $absoluteUrl = $uri->getHost() . $relativeUrl;
         $absoluteUrlWithQueryString = $uri->getHost() . $relativeUrlWithQueryString;
@@ -81,7 +60,8 @@ protected function matchValue($requestPath)
             ->where('n.workspace = :workspace')
             ->setParameter('workspace', 'live')
             ->andWhere('n.properties LIKE :relativeUrl')
-            ->setParameter('relativeUrl', '%"redirectUrl"%' . str_replace('/', '\\\\\\/', $tempRelativeUrl) . '%');
+            ->setParameter('relativeUrl', '%"redirectUrl"%' . str_replace('/', '\\\\\\/', ltrim($relativeUrl, '/')) . '%');
+
         $query = $queryBuilder->getQuery();
         $nodes = $query->getResult();
         if (empty($nodes)) {
@@ -91,27 +71,20 @@ protected function matchValue($requestPath)
         foreach ($nodes as $node) {
             /** @var NodeData $node */
             // Prevent partial matches
-            $redirectUrl = preg_replace('#^https?://#', '', $node->getProperty('redirectUrl'));
-            if($this->endsWith($redirectUrl, '/') === TRUE){
-                $redirectUrl = substr($redirectUrl, 0, -1);
-            }
-            if($this->startsWith($relativeUrl, '/') === TRUE){
-                $relativeUrl = substr($relativeUrl, 1);
-            }
-
-            if (in_array($redirectUrl,
-                array($relativeUrl, $relativeUrlWithQueryString, $absoluteUrl, $absoluteUrlWithQueryString), true)) {
-
+            $redirectUrl = trim(preg_replace('#^https?://#', '', $node->getProperty('redirectUrl')), '/');
+            if (in_array($redirectUrl, array($relativeUrl, $relativeUrlWithQueryString, $absoluteUrl, $absoluteUrlWithQueryString), true)) {
                 $matchingNode = $node;
                 break;
             }
         }
+
         if (!isset($matchingNode)) {
             return false;
         }
 
         $this->setName('node');
         $this->value = $matchingNode->getPath();
+
         return true;
     }