diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/app/AppManager.test.tsx b/packages/core-app-api/src/app/AppManager.test.tsx
index 467145acfc..c70b43581a 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/app/AppManager.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/app/AppManager.test.tsx
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ describe('Integration Test', () => {
           </Provider>,
         ),
       ).toThrow(
-        'Parameter :thing is duplicated in path /test/:thing/some/:thing',
+        'Parameter :thing is duplicated in path test/:thing/some/:thing',
       );
     });
     expect(errorLogs).toEqual([
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/RouteResolver.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/RouteResolver.ts
index 31ea23d59f..f17c549bc6 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/RouteResolver.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/RouteResolver.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ function resolveTargetRef(
 
   // Find the path that our target route is bound to
   const resolvedPath = routePaths.get(targetRef);
-  if (!resolvedPath) {
+  if (resolvedPath === undefined) {
     return [undefined, ''];
   }
 
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ function resolveBasePath(
   // what parameters those are.
   const diffPaths = refDiffList.slice(0, -1).map(ref => {
     const path = routePaths.get(ref);
-    if (!path) {
+    if (path === undefined) {
       throw new Error(`No path for ${ref}`);
     }
     if (path.includes(':')) {
diff --git a/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/validation.ts b/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/validation.ts
index d8be7ee9bc..63950b9fdc 100644
--- a/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/validation.ts
+++ b/packages/core-app-api/src/routing/validation.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export function validateRouteParameters(
     let fullPath = '';
     while (currentRouteRef) {
       const path = routePaths.get(currentRouteRef);
-      if (!path) {
+      if (path === undefined) {
         throw new Error(`No path for ${currentRouteRef}`);
       }
       fullPath = joinPaths(path, fullPath);