--- custom_breadcrumbs.module
+++ custom_breadcrumbs.module
@@ -524,8 +524,7 @@
 
   // Decode title to properly handle special characters.
   $title = decode_entities($title);
   // Collapse double slashes to one.
-  $original_path = preg_replace('/\/+/', '/', $original_path);
   // Removing leading and trailing slashes.
   $original_path = preg_replace('/^\/|\/+$/', '', $original_path);
   list($identifier, $path) = explode("|", $original_path, 2);
@@ -554,7 +555,7 @@
     if (!isset($path)) {
       $path = $original_path;
     }
-    $options = parse_url($path);
+    $options = array('path'=>$path);
     $options = array_merge($options, $attributes);
     $crumbs[] = array(
       'crumb' => l($title, $options['path'], $options),