diff --git a/.changeset/long-owls-complain.md b/.changeset/long-owls-complain.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f96b0f0987
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/long-owls-complain.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/frontend-app-api': patch
+---
+
+Fixed an issue preventing the routing system to match subroutes
diff --git a/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/CoreRoutes.tsx b/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/CoreRoutes.tsx
index 5006a87cac..8d22b40eec 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/CoreRoutes.tsx
+++ b/packages/frontend-app-api/src/extensions/CoreRoutes.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export const CoreRoutes = createExtension({
     const Routes = () => {
       const element = useRoutes(
         inputs.routes.map(route => ({
-          path: route.path,
+          path: `${route.path}/*`,
           element: route.element,
         })),
       );
diff --git a/plugins/user-settings/src/alpha.tsx b/plugins/user-settings/src/alpha.tsx
index 8e1be0d00c..2eb2febfe6 100644
--- a/plugins/user-settings/src/alpha.tsx
+++ b/plugins/user-settings/src/alpha.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export const userSettingsRouteRef = createRouteRef({
 
 const UserSettingsPage = createPageExtension({
   id: 'plugin.user-settings.page',
-  defaultPath: '/settings/*',
+  defaultPath: '/settings',
   routeRef: userSettingsRouteRef,
   inputs: {
     providerSettings: createExtensionInput(