diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index 50479b0d..1949e13e 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ Mithril = m = new function app(window, undefined) {
 			var context = arguments[2]
 			if (!isInitialized) {
 				context.href = element.getAttribute("href")
-				element.href = window.location.pathname + modes[m.route.mode] + context.href
+				element.href = (m.route.mode !== 'pathname' ? window.location.pathname : '') + modes[m.route.mode] + context.href
 				element.removeEventListener("click", routeUnobtrusive)
 				element.addEventListener("click", routeUnobtrusive)
 			}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests.js b/tests/e2e/tests.js
index 05dcd3eb..593dfe02 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests.js
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@ test('node identity shuffle and remove', function() {
 
 asyncTest('issue214 regression', function() {
 	// see https://github.com/lhorie/mithril.js/issues/214
-	// this test will pass using phantomjs, because phantomjs
-	// doesn't provide window.requestAnimationFrame
 	expect(2)
 
 	function controller() {
@@ -328,8 +326,6 @@ asyncTest('issue214 regression', function() {
 
 asyncTest('issue288 regression', function() {
 	// see https://github.com/lhorie/mithril.js/issues/288
-	// this test will pass using phantomjs, because phantomjs
-	// doesn't provide window.requestAnimationFrame
 	expect(2)
 
 	function controller() {
@@ -365,3 +361,38 @@ asyncTest('issue288 regression', function() {
 			start()
 		})
 })
+
+test('issue278 regression', function() {
+	// see https://github.com/lhorie/mithril.js/issues/278
+	expect(1)
+
+	var test = {
+		controller: function() {
+			this.values = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
+			this.value = m.prop([2, 3])
+		},
+
+		view: function(ctrl) {
+			return m('select#testselect', {
+				size: ctrl.values.length,
+				multiple: 'multiple'
+			}, [
+				ctrl.values.map(function(v){
+					var opts = {value: v}
+					if (ctrl.value().indexOf(v) !== -1) opts.selected = 'selected'
+					return m('option', opts, v)
+				})
+			])
+		}
+	}
+
+	m.render(dummyEl, test.view(new test.controller))
+
+	var select = document.getElementById('testselect')
+
+	for (var i = 0, selected = 0; i < select.options.length; i++) {
+		if (select.options[i].selected) selected++
+	}
+
+	equal(selected, 2)
+})
diff --git a/tests/mithril-tests.js b/tests/mithril-tests.js
index 1d379977..00e17dd7 100644
--- a/tests/mithril-tests.js
+++ b/tests/mithril-tests.js
@@ -861,10 +861,20 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 		var root = mock.document.createElement("div")
 		m.route.mode = "pathname"
 		m.route(root, "/test2", {
-			"/test2": {controller: function() {}, view: function() {return "foo"}}
+			"/test2": {
+				controller: function() {},
+				view: function() {
+					return [
+						"foo",
+						m("a", { href: "/test2", config: m.route }, "Test2")
+					]
+				}
+			}
 		})
 		mock.requestAnimationFrame.$resolve() //teardown
-		return mock.location.pathname == "/test2" && root.childNodes[0].nodeValue === "foo"
+		return mock.location.pathname == "/test2" &&
+			root.childNodes[0].nodeValue === "foo" &&
+			root.childNodes[1].href == "/test2"
 	})
 	test(function() {
 		mock.requestAnimationFrame.$resolve() //setup
diff --git a/tests/mock.js b/tests/mock.js
index beea4423..10999206 100644
--- a/tests/mock.js
+++ b/tests/mock.js
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ mock.window = new function() {
 			},
 			getAttribute: function(name, value) {
 				return this[name]
-			}
+			},
+			addEventListener: function () {},
+			removeEventListener: function () {}
 		}
 	}
 	window.document.createElementNS = function(namespace, tag) {