diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/routing.js b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/routing.js
index 763683185a..8d96863593 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/controllers/routing.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/controllers/routing.js
@@ -4,6 +4,39 @@ const {
   BUILTIN_LEVEL_IDS,
 } = require("../../utilities/security/accessLevels")
 
+const URL_SEPARATOR = "/"
+
+function Routing() {
+  this.json = {}
+}
+
+Routing.prototype.getTopLevel = function(fullpath) {
+  if (fullpath.charAt(0) !== URL_SEPARATOR) {
+    fullpath = URL_SEPARATOR + fullpath
+  }
+  // replace the first value with the home route
+  return URL_SEPARATOR + fullpath.split(URL_SEPARATOR)[1]
+}
+
+Routing.prototype.getScreensProp = function(fullpath) {
+  const topLevel = this.getTopLevel(fullpath)
+  if (!this.json[topLevel]) {
+    this.json[topLevel] = {
+      subpaths: {},
+    }
+  }
+  if (!this.json[topLevel].subpaths[fullpath]) {
+    this.json[topLevel].subpaths[fullpath] = {
+      screens: {},
+    }
+  }
+  return this.json[topLevel].subpaths[fullpath].screens
+}
+
+Routing.prototype.addScreenId = function(fullpath, accessLevel, screenId) {
+  this.getScreensProp(fullpath)[accessLevel] = screenId
+}
+
 /**
  * Gets the full routing structure by querying the routing view and processing the result into the tree.
  * @param {string} appId The application to produce the routing structure for.
@@ -12,84 +45,15 @@ const {
  */
 async function getRoutingStructure(appId) {
   const screenRoutes = await getRoutingInfo(appId)
-  const routing = {}
+  const routing = new Routing()
+
   for (let screenRoute of screenRoutes) {
-    const fullpath = screenRoute.routing.route
-    // replace the first value with the home route
-    const subpaths = ["/"].concat(fullpath.split("/").splice(1))
-    // special case for when it is simply the home route "/", this creates a weird scenario
-    if (subpaths[1] === "") {
-      subpaths.splice(1, 1)
-    }
+    let fullpath = screenRoute.routing.route
     const accessLevel = screenRoute.routing.accessLevelId
-    // iterate through the tree initially to flesh out all the required subpaths
-    let currentPath = routing,
-      nextSubpath = routing
-    for (let subpath of subpaths) {
-      if (!nextSubpath[subpath]) {
-        nextSubpath[subpath] = {
-          subpaths: {},
-        }
-      }
-      currentPath = nextSubpath ? nextSubpath : currentPath[subpath]
-      nextSubpath = currentPath[subpath].subpaths
-    }
-    const correctPath = currentPath[subpaths[subpaths.length - 1]]
-    if (!correctPath.screens) {
-      correctPath.screens = {}
-    }
-    correctPath.screens[accessLevel] = screenRoute.id
-    correctPath.fullpath = fullpath
+    routing.addScreenId(fullpath, accessLevel, screenRoute.id)
   }
 
-  return { routes: routing }
-}
-
-/**
- * A function for recursing through the routing structure and adjusting it to match the user's access level
- * @param {object} path The routing path, retrieved from the getRoutingStructure function, when this recurses it will
- * call with this parameter updated to the various subpaths.
- * @param {string[]} accessLevelIds The full list of access level IDs, this has to be passed in as otherwise we would
- * need to make this an async function purely for the first call, adds confusion to the recursion.
- * @returns {object} The routing structure after it has been updated.
- */
-function updateRoutingStructureForUserLevel(path, accessLevelIds) {
-  for (let routeKey of Object.keys(path)) {
-    const pathStructure = path[routeKey]
-    if (pathStructure.subpaths) {
-      pathStructure.subpaths = updateRoutingStructureForUserLevel(
-        pathStructure.subpaths,
-        accessLevelIds
-      )
-    }
-    if (pathStructure.screens) {
-      const accessLevelOptions = Object.keys(pathStructure.screens)
-      // starts with highest level and works down through inheritance
-      let found = false
-      // special case for when the screen has no access control
-      if (accessLevelOptions.length === 1 && !accessLevelOptions[0]) {
-        pathStructure.screenId = pathStructure.screens[accessLevelOptions[0]]
-        pathStructure.accessLevelId = BUILTIN_LEVEL_IDS.BASIC
-        found = true
-      } else {
-        for (let levelId of accessLevelIds) {
-          if (accessLevelOptions.indexOf(levelId) !== -1) {
-            pathStructure.screenId = pathStructure.screens[levelId]
-            pathStructure.accessLevelId = levelId
-            found = true
-            break
-          }
-        }
-      }
-      // remove the screen options now that we've processed it
-      delete pathStructure.screens
-      // if no option was found then remove the route, user can't access it
-      if (!found) {
-        delete path[routeKey]
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  return path
+  return { routes: routing.json }
 }
 
 exports.fetch = async ctx => {
@@ -108,5 +72,30 @@ exports.clientFetch = async ctx => {
     ctx.appId,
     accessLevelId
   )
-  ctx.body = updateRoutingStructureForUserLevel(routing.routes, accessLevelIds)
+  for (let topLevel of Object.values(routing.routes)) {
+    for (let subpathKey of Object.keys(topLevel.subpaths)) {
+      let found = false
+      const subpath = topLevel.subpaths[subpathKey]
+      const accessLevelOptions = Object.keys(subpath.screens)
+      if (accessLevelOptions.length === 1 && !accessLevelOptions[0]) {
+        subpath.screenId = subpath.screens[accessLevelOptions[0]]
+        subpath.accessLevelId = BUILTIN_LEVEL_IDS.BASIC
+        found = true
+      } else {
+        for (let levelId of accessLevelIds) {
+          if (accessLevelOptions.indexOf(levelId) !== -1) {
+            subpath.screenId = subpath.screens[levelId]
+            subpath.accessLevelId = levelId
+            found = true
+            break
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      delete subpath.screens
+      if (!found) {
+        delete topLevel.subpaths[subpathKey]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  ctx.body = routing
 }