diff --git a/www/conservancy/urls.py b/www/conservancy/urls.py
index 71b74d81702689c7914ede59827af8b7196bc18b..991e03af7117fabcaa114a9099947f6c4e9ae560 100644
--- a/www/conservancy/urls.py
+++ b/www/conservancy/urls.py
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ urlpatterns = [
     url(r'^feeds/news/?$', feeds.PressReleaseFeed()),
     url(r'^feeds/omnibus/?$', feeds.OmnibusFeed()),
     url(r'^feeds/?$', feeds.view),
-    url(r'^news(/|$)', include('conservancy.apps.news.urls')),
-    url(r'^blog(/|$)', include('conservancy.apps.blog.urls')),
+    url(r'^news(?:/|$)', include('conservancy.apps.news.urls')),
+    url(r'^blog(?:/|$)', include('conservancy.apps.blog.urls')),
     # formerly static templated things... (dirs with templates)
     url(r'^error/(40[134]|500)(?:/index\.html|/|)$', static_views.handler),
     url(r'^error', static_views.index),