diff --git a/src/params/string.js b/src/params/string.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8be7d0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/params/string.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// test that a route doesn't end in .xml
+// so [slug] can greedy match everything except .xml routes
+export function match(value) {
+    return /^(?!.*[.]xml$).*$/.test(value)
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/(main)/[slug]/+page.js b/src/routes/(main)/[slug=string]/+page.js
similarity index 69%
rename from src/routes/(main)/[slug]/+page.js
rename to src/routes/(main)/[slug=string]/+page.js
index 876e552..26522de 100644
--- a/src/routes/(main)/[slug]/+page.js
+++ b/src/routes/(main)/[slug=string]/+page.js
@@ -1,18 +1,11 @@
 import { error, redirect } from '@sveltejs/kit'
+import { goto } from '$app/navigation'
 import { REPO_URL } from '$lib/siteConfig'
 
 export const csr = true // https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/pull/6446
 export async function load({ params, fetch, setHeaders }) {
   const slug = params.slug
 
-  // redirect these slugs to appropriate routes
-  if (slug === 'feed' || slug === 'rss' || slug === 'rss.xml') {
-    throw redirect(308, '/rss.xml')
-  }
-  if (slug === 'sitemap' || slug === 'sitemap.xml') {
-    throw redirect(308, '/sitemap.xml')
-  }
-
   let res = null
   res = await fetch(`/api/getContent/${slug}.json`)
   if (res.status > 400) {
@@ -23,7 +16,7 @@ export async function load({ params, fetch, setHeaders }) {
   // because [slug] is a catchall, it gets gallery slugs too. redirect them.
   // e.g. /japan -> /gallery/japan
   if (json.type === 'gallery') {
-    throw redirect(308, `/gallery/${json.slug}`)
+    redirect(308, `/gallery/${json.slug}`)
   }
 
   setHeaders({
diff --git a/src/routes/(main)/[slug]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/(main)/[slug=string]/+page.svelte
similarity index 100%
rename from src/routes/(main)/[slug]/+page.svelte
rename to src/routes/(main)/[slug=string]/+page.svelte
diff --git a/src/routes/rss.xml/+server.js b/src/routes/rss.xml/+server.js
index d40ae19..9f0042b 100644
--- a/src/routes/rss.xml/+server.js
+++ b/src/routes/rss.xml/+server.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { remark } from 'remark'
 import remarkHTML from 'remark-html'
 import { listContentFromIssues } from '$lib/content'
 
+export const prerender = true
+
 // Reference: https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/blob/master/examples/hn.svelte.dev/src/routes/%5Blist%5D/rss.js
 /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').RequestHandler} */
 export async function GET({ fetch }) {
diff --git a/src/routes/sitemap.xml/+server.js b/src/routes/sitemap.xml/+server.js
index 4170476..152a8cc 100644
--- a/src/routes/sitemap.xml/+server.js
+++ b/src/routes/sitemap.xml/+server.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { SITE_URL } from '$lib/siteConfig'
 import { listContentFromIssues } from '$lib/content'
 import { fetchMarkdownPosts } from '$lib/localContent'
 
+export const prerender = true
+
 /** @type {import('@sveltejs/kit').RequestHandler} */
 export async function GET({ fetch }) {
   const posts = await listContentFromIssues(fetch, 'Published')