diff --git a/.changeset/fifty-ways-think.md b/.changeset/fifty-ways-think.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ddd84e0c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fifty-ways-think.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@solidjs/start": patch
+---
+
+Reintroduce flat routing
diff --git a/packages/start/config/fs-router.js b/packages/start/config/fs-router.js
index efefd87a4..c6e48b76e 100644
--- a/packages/start/config/fs-router.js
+++ b/packages/start/config/fs-router.js
@@ -1,22 +1,31 @@
 import { analyzeModule, BaseFileSystemRouter, cleanPath } from "vinxi/fs-router";
 
+function toPathBase(src, config) {
+  const routePath = cleanPath(src, config)
+    // remove the initial slash
+    .slice(1)
+    .replace(/index$/, "")
+    // replace . with / for flat routes - e.g. foo.bar -> foo/bar
+    .replace(/\./g, "/")
+    // converts any splat route ... that got replaced back from ///
+    // this could be avoided with a lookbehind regex but safar has only supported them since mid 2023
+    .replace(/\/\/\//g, "...")
+    .replace(/\[([^\/]+)\]/g, (_, m) => {
+      if (m.length > 3 && m.startsWith("...")) {
+        return `*${m.slice(3)}`;
+      }
+      if (m.length > 2 && m.startsWith("[") && m.endsWith("]")) {
+        return `:${m.slice(1, -1)}?`;
+      }
+      return `:${m}`;
+    });
+
+  return routePath?.length > 0 ? `/${routePath}` : "/";
+}
+
 export class SolidStartClientFileRouter extends BaseFileSystemRouter {
   toPath(src) {
-    const routePath = cleanPath(src, this.config)
-      // remove the initial slash
-      .slice(1)
-      .replace(/index$/, "")
-      .replace(/\[([^\/]+)\]/g, (_, m) => {
-        if (m.length > 3 && m.startsWith("...")) {
-          return `*${m.slice(3)}`;
-        }
-        if (m.length > 2 && m.startsWith("[") && m.endsWith("]")) {
-          return `:${m.slice(1, -1)}?`;
-        }
-        return `:${m}`;
-      });
-
-    return routePath?.length > 0 ? `/${routePath}` : "/";
+    return toPathBase(src, this.config);
   }
 
   toRoute(src) {
@@ -72,21 +81,7 @@ function createHTTPHandlers(src, exports) {
 
 export class SolidStartServerFileRouter extends BaseFileSystemRouter {
   toPath(src) {
-    const routePath = cleanPath(src, this.config)
-      // remove the initial slash
-      .slice(1)
-      .replace(/index$/, "")
-      .replace(/\[([^\/]+)\]/g, (_, m) => {
-        if (m.length > 3 && m.startsWith("...")) {
-          return `*${m.slice(3)}`;
-        }
-        if (m.length > 2 && m.startsWith("[") && m.endsWith("]")) {
-          return `:${m.slice(1, -1)}?`;
-        }
-        return `:${m}`;
-      });
-
-    return routePath?.length > 0 ? `/${routePath}` : "/";
+    return toPathBase(src, this.config);
   }
 
   toRoute(src) {
diff --git a/packages/start/src/router/routes.ts b/packages/start/src/router/routes.ts
index 0a907dcc9..b010a5a7a 100644
--- a/packages/start/src/router/routes.ts
+++ b/packages/start/src/router/routes.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,12 @@ function defineRoutes(fileRoutes: Route[]) {
     });
 
     if (!parentRoute) {
-      routes.push({ ...route, id, path: id.replace(/\/\([^)/]+\)/g, "").replace(/\([^)/]+\)/g, "") });
+      const path = id
+        // strip out escape group for escaping nested routes - e.g. foo(bar) -> foo
+        .replace(/\/\([^)/]+\)/g, "")
+        .replace(/\([^)/]+\)/g, "");
+
+      routes.push({ ...route, id, path });
       return routes;
     }
     processRoute(
@@ -70,18 +75,24 @@ function containsHTTP(route: Route) {
 }
 
 const router = createRouter({
-  routes: (fileRoutes as unknown as Route[]).reduce((memo, route) => {
-    if (!containsHTTP(route)) return memo;
-    let path = route.path.replace(/\/\([^)/]+\)/g, "").replace(/\([^)/]+\)/g, "").replace(/\*([^/]*)/g, (_, m) => `**:${m}`);
-    if (/:[^/]*\?/g.test(path)) {
-      throw new Error(`Optional parameters are not supported in API routes: ${path}`);
-    }
-    if (memo[path]) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `Duplicate API routes for "${path}" found at "${memo[path]!.route.path}" and "${route.path}"`
-      );
-    }
-    memo[path] = { route };
-    return memo;
-  }, {} as Record<string, { route: Route }>)
+  routes: (fileRoutes as unknown as Route[]).reduce(
+    (memo, route) => {
+      if (!containsHTTP(route)) return memo;
+      let path = route.path
+        .replace(/\/\([^)/]+\)/g, "")
+        .replace(/\([^)/]+\)/g, "")
+        .replace(/\*([^/]*)/g, (_, m) => `**:${m}`);
+      if (/:[^/]*\?/g.test(path)) {
+        throw new Error(`Optional parameters are not supported in API routes: ${path}`);
+      }
+      if (memo[path]) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Duplicate API routes for "${path}" found at "${memo[path]!.route.path}" and "${route.path}"`
+        );
+      }
+      memo[path] = { route };
+      return memo;
+    },
+    {} as Record<string, { route: Route }>
+  )
 });