diff --git a/optimizely.admin.inc b/optimizely.admin.inc
index c31b242c34060efee404aa247943a519e00004be..4070825d8d92f2b6e119e4c0cf0d53ffa5e8074b 100644
--- a/optimizely.admin.inc
+++ b/optimizely.admin.inc
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ function optimizely_add_update_form_validate($form, &$form_state) {
     // Confirm project_code is unique or the entered project code is also the account ID - SELECT the project title in prep for related form error message
     $query = db_query('SELECT project_title FROM {optimizely} WHERE
       project_code = :project_code ORDER BY oid DESC', array(':project_code' => $form_state['values']['optimizely_project_code']));
-    
     $query_count = $query->rowCount();
    
     // Flag submission if existing entry is found with the same project code value AND it's not an SINGLE entry to replace the "default" entry.
@@ -617,7 +616,7 @@ function optimizely_ajax_enable() {
     $target_include = $result->include;
     
     // Check that the paths are valid for the newly enabled project
-    $valid_paths = _optimizely_valid_paths($target_path_array);
+    $valid_paths = _optimizely_valid_paths($target_paths);
     
     // Check to see if the enable project has path entries that will result in
     // duplicates with other enable projects
@@ -842,25 +841,46 @@ function _optimizely_unique_paths($target_paths, $target_include = TRUE, $target
  * @return
  *   boolean of TRUE if the paths are valid or a string of the path that failed.
  */
-function _optimizely_valid_paths($target_paths) {
+function _optimizely_valid_paths($project_paths) {
   
    // Validate entered paths to confirm the paths exist on the website
-  foreach ($target_paths as $project_path) {
-    
-    // Deal with wildcards
-    if (strpos($project_path, '*') !== FALSE) {
-      $project_path = substr($project_path, 0, strpos($project_path, '*'));
-    }
-    
-    // Skip validation if <front> is path value
-    if (strpos($project_path, '<front>') === FALSE) {
-    
-      // Test for valid path
-      $path_found = drupal_lookup_path('source', $project_path);
-      if (!$path_found) {
+  foreach ($project_paths as $project_path) {
+      
+    // Check for site wide wildcard
+    if (strpos($project_path, '*') === 0) {
+        return TRUE;
+    } // Path wildcards
+    elseif (strpos($project_path, '*') !== FALSE) {
+      
+      $project_wildpath = substr($project_path, 0, strpos($project_path, '*') - 1);
+      
+      // select * from url_alias where source like 'article%' or alias like 'article%';
+      
+      // Look for entries in url_aias
+      $query = db_query("SELECT * FROM {url_alias} WHERE
+        source LIKE :project_wildpath OR alias LIKE :project_wildpath",
+        array(':project_wildpath' => $project_wildpath . '%'));
+      $project_wildpath_match = $query->rowCount();
+      
+      // No matches found for wildcard path
+      if (!$project_wildpath_match) {
         return $project_path;
       }
       
+    } // Specific path
+    else {
+    
+      // Validation if path valid menu router entry, includes support for <front>
+      if (drupal_valid_path($project_path, TRUE) === FALSE) {
+        
+        // Look for entry in url_alias table
+        if (drupal_lookup_path('alias', $project_path) === FALSE &&
+            drupal_lookup_path('source', $project_path) === FALSE) {
+          return $project_path;
+        }
+        
+      }
+        
     }
     
   }