diff --git a/docs/mithril.computation.md b/docs/mithril.computation.md
index b625e34e..b7c7d2d9 100644
--- a/docs/mithril.computation.md
+++ b/docs/mithril.computation.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ---
 
-- [How auto-redrawing-works](#how-auto-redrawing-works)
+- [How auto-redrawing works](#how-auto-redrawing-works)
 - [Integrating multiple execution threads](#integrating-multiple-execution-threads)
 - [Integrating to legacy code](#integrating-to-legacy-code)
 - [Signature](#signature)
@@ -242,4 +242,4 @@ void startComputation()
 
 ```clike
 void endComputation()
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
diff --git a/docs/practices.md b/docs/practices.md
index 172531b3..71545a82 100644
--- a/docs/practices.md
+++ b/docs/practices.md
@@ -68,32 +68,6 @@ That organization pattern needlessly ties unrelated aspects of the application t
 
 ---
 
-## Global Namespace Hygiene
-
-For developer convenience, Mithril uses the global `m` variable as a namespace, much like jQuery uses `$`.
-
-If you want to ensure global namespace hygiene, you can wrap your code in "islands" like this:
-
-```javascript
-new function(m) {
-
-	//your code goes here
-	
-}(Mithril);
-```
-
-If you are creating components to be used by 3rd parties, it's recommended that you always use this idiom.
-
-In the unlikely case that you have another global variable called `m` in your page, you should consider renaming it to make it more descriptive, or use the idiom below to keep it intact.
-
-```markup
-<script>_temp = m</script>
-<script src="mithril.js"></script>
-<script>m = _temp</script>
-```
-
----
-
 ## Usage of m.redraw
 
 `m.redraw` is a method that allows you to render a template outside the scope of Mithril's auto-redrawing system.
diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index 5add8502..2da6e11f 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Mithril = m = new function app(window, undefined) {
+var m = (function app(window, undefined) {
 	var OBJECT = "[object Object]", ARRAY = "[object Array]", STRING = "[object String]", FUNCTION = "function";
 	var type = {}.toString;
 	var parser = /(?:(^|#|\.)([^#\.\[\]]+))|(\[.+?\])/g, attrParser = /\[(.+?)(?:=("|'|)(.*?)\2)?\]/;
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window, undefined) {
 	function clear(nodes, cached) {
 		for (var i = nodes.length - 1; i > -1; i--) {
 			if (nodes[i] && nodes[i].parentNode) {
-				nodes[i].parentNode.removeChild(nodes[i]);
+				try {nodes[i].parentNode.removeChild(nodes[i])}
+				catch (e) {} //ignore if this fails due to order of events (see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21926083/failed-to-execute-removechild-on-node)
 				cached = [].concat(cached);
 				if (cached[i]) unload(cached[i])
 			}
@@ -580,11 +581,16 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window, undefined) {
 			element.removeEventListener("click", routeUnobtrusive);
 			element.addEventListener("click", routeUnobtrusive)
 		}
-		//m.route(route)
+		//m.route(route, params)
 		else if (type.call(arguments[0]) == STRING) {
 			currentRoute = arguments[0];
-			var querystring = arguments[1] != null && type.call(arguments[1]) == OBJECT ? buildQueryString(arguments[1]) : null;
-			if (querystring) currentRoute += (currentRoute.indexOf("?") === -1 ? "?" : "&") + querystring;
+			var args = arguments[1] || {}
+			var queryIndex = currentRoute.indexOf("?")
+			var params = queryIndex > -1 ? parseQueryString(currentRoute.slice(queryIndex + 1)) : {}
+			for (var i in args) params[i] = args[i]
+			var querystring = buildQueryString(params)
+			var currentPath = queryIndex > -1 ? currentRoute.slice(0, queryIndex) : currentRoute
+			if (querystring) currentRoute = currentPath + (currentPath.indexOf("?") === -1 ? "?" : "&") + querystring;
 
 			var shouldReplaceHistoryEntry = (arguments.length == 3 ? arguments[2] : arguments[1]) === true;
 
@@ -654,7 +660,7 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window, undefined) {
 		var pairs = str.split("&"), params = {};
 		for (var i = 0; i < pairs.length; i++) {
 			var pair = pairs[i].split("=");
-			params[decodeSpace(pair[0])] = pair[1] ? decodeSpace(pair[1]) : (pair.length === 1 ? true : "")
+			params[decodeSpace(pair[0])] = pair[1] ? decodeSpace(pair[1]) : ""
 		}
 		return params
 	}
@@ -971,7 +977,7 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window, undefined) {
 	m.deps.factory = app;
 
 	return m
-}(typeof window != "undefined" ? window : {});
+})(typeof window != "undefined" ? window : {});
 
-if (typeof module != "undefined" && module !== null) module.exports = m;
-if (typeof define == "function" && define.amd) define(function() {return m});
+if (typeof module != "undefined" && module !== null && module.exports) module.exports = m;
+else if (typeof define == "function" && define.amd) define(function() {return m});
diff --git a/tests/mithril-tests.js b/tests/mithril-tests.js
index de9f97be..4291bf1f 100644
--- a/tests/mithril-tests.js
+++ b/tests/mithril-tests.js
@@ -1063,7 +1063,7 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 		mock.requestAnimationFrame.$resolve()
 		m.route("/test14?test&test2=")
 		mock.requestAnimationFrame.$resolve() //teardown
-		return mock.location.search == "?/test14?test&test2=" && m.route.param("test") === true && m.route.param("test2") === ""
+		return mock.location.search == "?/test14?test=&test2=" && m.route.param("test") === "" && m.route.param("test2") === ""
 	})
 	test(function() {
 		mock.requestAnimationFrame.$resolve() //setup
@@ -1597,6 +1597,30 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 		
 		return root.childNodes[0].nodeValue == "b"
 	})
+	test(function() {
+		mock.requestAnimationFrame.$resolve()
+		mock.location.search = "?"
+		
+		var root = mock.document.createElement("div")
+		
+		var a = {}
+		a.controller = function() {
+			m.route("/b?foo=1", {foo: 2})
+		}
+		a.view = function() {return "a"}
+		
+		var b = {}
+		b.controller = function() {}
+		b.view = function() {return "b"}
+
+		m.route(root, "/", {
+			"/": a,
+			"/b": b,
+		})
+		mock.requestAnimationFrame.$resolve()
+		
+		return mock.location.search == "?/b?foo=2"
+	})
 	//end m.route
 
 	//m.prop