diff --git a/internal/server/handlers.go b/internal/server/handlers.go
index 195cb33..eed2271 100644
--- a/internal/server/handlers.go
+++ b/internal/server/handlers.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/netip"
 	"runtime"
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
@@ -748,8 +749,15 @@ func (s *Server) handlePrefixDetailJSON() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		// Combine prefix and length into CIDR notation
-		prefix := prefixParam + "/" + lenParam
+		// Look the prefix up in the text form net/netip prints, the form the
+		// tables store, so that any valid way of writing it finds the route.
+		parsed, err := netip.ParsePrefix(prefixParam + "/" + lenParam)
+		if err != nil {
+			writeJSONError(w, http.StatusBadRequest, err.Error())
+
+			return
+		}
+		prefix := parsed.Masked().String()
 
 		routes, err := s.db.GetPrefixDetailsContext(r.Context(), prefix)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -912,8 +920,15 @@ func (s *Server) handlePrefixDetail() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		// Combine prefix and length into CIDR notation
-		prefix := prefixParam + "/" + lenParam
+		// Look the prefix up in the text form net/netip prints, the form the
+		// tables store, so that any valid way of writing it finds the route.
+		parsed, err := netip.ParsePrefix(prefixParam + "/" + lenParam)
+		if err != nil {
+			http.Error(w, "Invalid prefix", http.StatusBadRequest)
+
+			return
+		}
+		prefix := parsed.Masked().String()
 
 		routes, err := s.db.GetPrefixDetailsContext(r.Context(), prefix)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/internal/server/handlers_test.go b/internal/server/handlers_test.go
index 5bff6d4..927938c 100644
--- a/internal/server/handlers_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/handlers_test.go
@@ -148,6 +148,58 @@ func TestStatsHandlersAnswerFromMemory(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestPrefixDetailHandlersParsePrefix checks that both prefix pages find a
+// stored route whatever valid text form the URL writes its prefix in, and
+// answer 400 for a prefix that does not parse. The tables store the form
+// net/netip prints. Before the fix the URL text was looked up as typed, so
+// "2001:DB8:0:0::/32" was not found although "2001:db8::/32" was stored, and
+// "foo/24" answered 500 (https://git.eeqj.de/sneak/routewatch/issues/71).
+func TestPrefixDetailHandlersParsePrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	db, err := database.New(&config.Config{StateDir: t.TempDir()}, logger.New())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("database.New: %v", err)
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { _ = db.Close() })
+
+	ts := time.Date(2026, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, time.UTC)
+	if err := db.UpsertLiveRouteBatch([]*database.LiveRoute{
+		{
+			ID: uuid.New(), Prefix: "192.0.2.0/24", MaskLength: 24, IPVersion: 4,
+			OriginASN: 64500, PeerIP: "198.51.100.1", ASPath: []int{64500}, NextHop: "198.51.100.1",
+			LastUpdated: ts,
+		},
+		{
+			ID: uuid.New(), Prefix: "2001:db8::/32", MaskLength: 32, IPVersion: 6,
+			OriginASN: 64501, PeerIP: "2001:db8::1", ASPath: []int{64501}, NextHop: "2001:db8::1",
+			LastUpdated: ts,
+		},
+	}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("UpsertLiveRouteBatch: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	s := New(db, streamer.New(logger.New(), metrics.New()), logger.New(), &config.Config{})
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		path string
+		want int
+	}{
+		{"/api/v1/prefix/foo/24", http.StatusBadRequest},
+		{"/prefix/foo/24", http.StatusBadRequest},
+		{"/api/v1/prefix/2001:DB8:0:0::/32", http.StatusOK},
+		{"/prefix/2001:DB8:0:0::/32", http.StatusOK},
+		{"/api/v1/prefix/192.0.2.1/24", http.StatusOK},
+		{"/prefix/192.0.2.1/24", http.StatusOK},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		s.router.ServeHTTP(rec, httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, tt.path, nil))
+		if rec.Code != tt.want {
+			t.Errorf("%s: status %d, want %d; body %s", tt.path, rec.Code, tt.want, rec.Body)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // settledGoroutineCount lets transient goroutines finish, then reports the
 // current count.
 func settledGoroutineCount() int {