diff --git a/lib/cradle/database/views.js b/lib/cradle/database/views.js
index 9d76e2f..5226406 100644
--- a/lib/cradle/database/views.js
+++ b/lib/cradle/database/views.js
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ Database.prototype.view = function (path, options, callback) {
         options = {};
     }
 
-    path = path.split('/');
+    path = function(path) {
+      path = path.split('/');
+      path[0] !== '' || path.shift();
+      path[2] !== '' || path.pop();
+      return path;
+    }(path);
     path = ['_design', path[0], '_view', path[1]].map(querystring.escape).join('/');
 
     return this._getOrPostView(path, options, callback);
diff --git a/test/database-view-test.js b/test/database-view-test.js
index 072851d..714959f 100644
--- a/test/database-view-test.js
+++ b/test/database-view-test.js
@@ -65,6 +65,24 @@ vows.describe('cradle/database/view').addBatch(
                 },
                 ['mike', 'bill'],
                 3
+            ),
+            'with leading slashes': shouldQueryView(
+                function(db) {
+                    db.view('/pigs/all', this.callback);
+                },
+                ['bill','mike','alex']
+            ),
+            'with trailing slashes': shouldQueryView(
+                function(db) {
+                    db.view('pigs/all/', this.callback);
+                },
+                ['bill','mike','alex']
+            ),
+            'with leading and trailing slashes': shouldQueryView(
+                function(db) {
+                    db.view('/pigs/all/', this.callback);
+                },
+                ['bill','mike','alex']
             )
         },
         // same as the above test, but with a temporary view