I found the issue. In the database the routes are all "corrupt". Not sure what will cause the route to become this way.
rs0:PRIMARY> x.find( { _key: 'navigation:enabled' })
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5f80a6737b2770d2a0a4ac44"), "_key" : "navigation:enabled", "value" : "{\"iconClass\":\"fa-user\",\"route\":\"/users\",\"class\":\"\",\"id\":\"\",\"text\":\"[[global:header.users]]\",\"textClass\":\"visible-xs-inline\",\"title\":\"[[global:header.users]]\",\"enabled\":\"true\",\"properties\":{},\"order\":\"5\",\"groups\":[]}", "score" : 5 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5f80a6737b2770d2a0a4ac40"), "_key" : "navigation:enabled", "value" : "{\"iconClass\":\"fa-tags\",\"route\":\"/tags\",\"class\":\"\",\"id\":\"\",\"text\":\"[[global:header.tags]]\",\"textClass\":\"visible-xs-inline\",\"title\":\"[[global:header.tags]]\",\"enabled\":\"true\",\"properties\":{},\"order\":\"3\",\"groups\":[]}", "score" : 3 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5f80a6737b2770d2a0a4ac49"), "_key" : "navigation:enabled", "value" : "{\"iconClass\":\"fa-search\",\"route\":\"/search\",\"class\":\"\",\"id\":\"\",\"text\":\"[[global:header.search]]\",\"textClass\":\"visible-xs-inline\",\"title\":\"[[global:header.search]]\",\"enabled\":\"\",\"properties\":{},\"order\":\"8\",\"groups\":[]}", "score" : 8 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5f80a6737b2770d2a0a4ac3b"), "_key" : "navigation:enabled", "value" : "{\"iconClass\":\"fa-list\",\"route\":\"/categories\",\"class\":\"\",\"id\":\"\",\"text\":\"[[global:header.categories]]\",\"textClass\":\"visible-xs-inline\",\"title\":\"[[global:header.categories]]\",\"enabled\":\"true\",\"properties\":{},\"order\":\"0\",\"groups\":[]}", "score" : 0 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5f80a6737b2770d2a0a4ac3d"), "_key" : "navigation:enabled", "value" : "{\"iconClass\":\"fa-inbox\",\"route\":\"/unread\",\"class\":\"\",\"id\":\"unread-count\",\"text\":\"[[global:header.unread]]\",\"textClass\":\"visible-xs-inline\",\"title\":\"[[global:header.unread]]\",\"groups\":[\"registered-users\"],\"enabled\":\"true\",\"properties\":{},\"order\":\"1\"}", "score" : 1 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5f80a6737b2770d2a0a4ac45"), "_key" : "navigation:enabled", "value" : "{\"iconClass\":\"fa-group\",\"route\":\"/groups\",\"class\":\"\",\"id\":\"\",\"text\":\"[[global:header.groups]]\",\"textClass\":\"visible-xs-inline\",\"title\":\"[[global:header.groups]]\",\"enabled\":\"true\",\"properties\":{},\"order\":\"6\",\"groups\":[]}", "score" : 6 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5f80a6737b2770d2a0a4ac42"), "_key" : "navigation:enabled", "value" : "{\"iconClass\":\"fa-fire\",\"route\":\"/popular\",\"class\":\"\",\"id\":\"\",\"text\":\"[[global:header.popular]]\",\"textClass\":\"visible-xs-inline\",\"title\":\"[[global:header.popular]]\",\"enabled\":\"true\",\"properties\":{},\"order\":\"4\",\"groups\":[]}", "score" : 4 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5f80a6737b2770d2a0a4ac47"), "_key" : "navigation:enabled", "value" : "{\"iconClass\":\"fa-cogs\",\"route\":\"/admin\",\"class\":\"\",\"id\":\"\",\"text\":\"[[global:header.admin]]\",\"textClass\":\"visible-xs-inline\",\"title\":\"[[global:header.admin]]\",\"groups\":[\"administrators\"],\"enabled\":\"true\",\"properties\":{},\"order\":\"7\"}", "score" : 7 }
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5f80a6737b2770d2a0a4ac3e"), "_key" : "navigation:enabled", "value" : "{\"iconClass\":\"fa-clock-o\",\"route\":\"/recent\",\"class\":\"\",\"id\":\"\",\"text\":\"[[global:header.recent]]\",\"textClass\":\"visible-xs-inline\",\"title\":\"[[global:header.recent]]\",\"enabled\":\"true\",\"properties\":{},\"order\":\"2\",\"groups\":[]}", "score" : 2 }