diff --git a/lang/lang_test.go b/lang/lang_test.go
index a07030e5..e4569f93 100644
--- a/lang/lang_test.go
+++ b/lang/lang_test.go
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ func (suite *LangTestSuite) TestDetectLanguage() {
 	suite.Equal(l.languages["en-US"], l.DetectLanguage("en, fr-FR;q=0.9"))
 	suite.Equal(l.languages["en-US"], l.DetectLanguage("*"))
 	suite.Equal(l.languages["en-US"], l.DetectLanguage("notalang"))
+	suite.Equal(l.languages["en-US"], l.DetectLanguage(""))
 }
 
 func (suite *LangTestSuite) TestLanguagesGet() {
diff --git a/log/log_bench_test.go b/log/log_bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8d624d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/log/log_bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package log
+
+import (
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+
+	"goyave.dev/goyave/v5"
+	"goyave.dev/goyave/v5/config"
+	"goyave.dev/goyave/v5/slog"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkServeHTTPWithLogs(b *testing.B) {
+	cfg := config.LoadDefault()
+	cfg.Set("app.debug", false)
+	logger := slog.New(slog.NewHandler(false, io.Discard))
+	s, _ := goyave.New(goyave.Options{Config: cfg, Logger: logger})
+
+	s.RegisterRoutes(func(_ *goyave.Server, r *goyave.Router) {
+		r.GlobalMiddleware(CombinedLogMiddleware())
+		r.Get("/user/{id}", func(r *goyave.Response, req *goyave.Request) {
+			r.String(http.StatusOK, req.RouteParams["id"])
+		})
+	})
+
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/user/1", nil)
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		s.Router().ServeHTTP(httptest.NewRecorder(), req)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/middleware/compress/compress.go b/middleware/compress/compress.go
index 3b63eb21..34632572 100644
--- a/middleware/compress/compress.go
+++ b/middleware/compress/compress.go
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ func (m *Middleware) getEncoder(response *goyave.Response, request *goyave.Reque
 		return nil
 	}
 	acceptedEncodings := httputil.ParseMultiValuesHeader(request.Header().Get("Accept-Encoding"))
+	if len(acceptedEncodings) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
 	groupedByPriority := lo.PartitionBy(acceptedEncodings, func(h httputil.HeaderValue) float64 {
 		return h.Priority
 	})
diff --git a/middleware/compress/compress_test.go b/middleware/compress/compress_test.go
index e2736f2f..12b68c4b 100644
--- a/middleware/compress/compress_test.go
+++ b/middleware/compress/compress_test.go
@@ -293,6 +293,11 @@ func TestEncoderPriority(t *testing.T) {
 			acceptEncoding: "gzip;q=0.8, *;q=1.0",
 			want:           br,
 		},
+		{
+			encoders:       []Encoder{br, zstd, gzip},
+			acceptEncoding: "",
+			want:           nil,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
diff --git a/util/httputil/httputil.go b/util/httputil/httputil.go
index ba4b300a..f49803f7 100644
--- a/util/httputil/httputil.go
+++ b/util/httputil/httputil.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ var qualityValueRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^q=([01]\.[0-9]{1,3})$`)
 // quality values into account. The result is a slice of values sorted
 // according to the order of priority.
 //
+// The input is trimmed. If the input is empty, returns an empty slice.
+//
 // See: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Quality_values
 //
 // For the following header:
@@ -30,10 +32,19 @@ var qualityValueRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`^q=([01]\.[0-9]{1,3})$`)
 //
 //	[{text/html 1} {*/* 0.7} {text/* 0.5}]
 func ParseMultiValuesHeader(header string) []HeaderValue {
-	split := strings.Split(header, ",")
-	values := make([]HeaderValue, 0, len(split))
+	count := strings.Count(header, ",")
+	values := make([]HeaderValue, 0, count+1)
 
-	for _, v := range split {
+	h := strings.TrimSpace(header)
+	if h == "" {
+		return values
+	}
+	for {
+		comma := strings.Index(h, ",")
+		if comma == -1 {
+			comma = len(h)
+		}
+		v := h[:comma]
 		val := HeaderValue{}
 		if i := strings.Index(v, ";"); i != -1 {
 			// Parse priority
@@ -49,13 +60,17 @@ func ParseMultiValuesHeader(header string) []HeaderValue {
 			// Priority set to 0 if the quality value cannot be parsed
 			val.Priority = priority
 
-			val.Value = strings.Trim(v[:i], " ")
+			val.Value = strings.TrimSpace(v[:i])
 		} else {
-			val.Value = strings.Trim(v, " ")
+			val.Value = strings.TrimSpace(v)
 			val.Priority = 1
 		}
 
 		values = append(values, val)
+		if comma == len(h) {
+			break
+		}
+		h = h[comma+1:]
 	}
 
 	sort.Sort(byPriority(values))
diff --git a/util/httputil/httputil_test.go b/util/httputil/httputil_test.go
index abd6ac34..9006cf1d 100644
--- a/util/httputil/httputil_test.go
+++ b/util/httputil/httputil_test.go
@@ -44,4 +44,12 @@ func TestParseMultiValuesHeader(t *testing.T) {
 	expected = []HeaderValue{{Value: "fr", Priority: 0.3}}
 	result = ParseMultiValuesHeader("fr;q=0.3")
 	assert.Equal(t, expected, result)
+
+	expected = []HeaderValue{}
+	result = ParseMultiValuesHeader("")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, result)
+
+	expected = []HeaderValue{}
+	result = ParseMultiValuesHeader("   ")
+	assert.Equal(t, expected, result)
 }