diff --git a/docs/mithril.deferred.md b/docs/mithril.deferred.md
index 4b90ea01..69120a21 100644
--- a/docs/mithril.deferred.md
+++ b/docs/mithril.deferred.md
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ The other side of the coin is still supported: if a developer needs to signal an
 var error = m.prop()
 m.request({method: "GET", url: "/user/:id", data: {id: 1}})
 	.then(function(user) {
-		if (user.isAdmin) throw new Error("Sorry, you don't have permissions")
+		if (!user.isAdmin) throw new Error("Sorry, you don't have permissions")
 	})
 	.then(null, error) //handle the application error: bind to a getter-setter for diplaying it on the template
 ```
@@ -249,4 +249,4 @@ where:
 
 	**void onerror(Error e)**
 
-	This method gets called every time an exception is thrown inside a promise callback. By default, it rethrows to the console if an error is a subclass of Error (but not an instance of Error itself). Otherwise it follows the Promises/A+ specifications.
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+	This method gets called every time an exception is thrown inside a promise callback. By default, it rethrows to the console if an error is a subclass of Error (but not an instance of Error itself). Otherwise it follows the Promises/A+ specifications.
diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index 8b37a750..fe7c23f1 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ var m = (function app(window, undefined) {
 		for (var i = 0, root; root = roots[i]; i++) {
 			if (controllers[i]) {
 				var args = modules[i].controller && modules[i].controller.$$args ? [controllers[i]].concat(modules[i].controller.$$args) : [controllers[i]]
-				m.render(root, (modules[i].view || blank).apply(modules[i], args), forceRedraw)
+				m.render(root, modules[i].view ? modules[i].view(controllers[i], args) : blank(), forceRedraw)
 			}
 		}
 		//after rendering within a routed context, we need to scroll back to the top, and fetch the document title for history.pushState
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ var m = (function app(window, undefined) {
 		}
 		//m.route(route, params)
 		else if (type.call(arguments[0]) === STRING) {
+			var oldRoute = currentRoute;
 			currentRoute = arguments[0];
 			var args = arguments[1] || {}
 			var queryIndex = currentRoute.indexOf("?")
@@ -649,7 +650,7 @@ var m = (function app(window, undefined) {
 			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 || currentRoute === arguments[0];
+			var shouldReplaceHistoryEntry = (arguments.length === 3 ? arguments[2] : arguments[1]) === true || oldRoute === arguments[0];
 
 			if (window.history.pushState) {
 				computePostRedrawHook = function() {
@@ -718,7 +719,7 @@ var m = (function app(window, undefined) {
 			var pair = value != null && (valueType === OBJECT) ?
 				buildQueryString(value, key) :
 				valueType === ARRAY ?
-					value.map(function(item) {return encodeURIComponent(key) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(item)}).join("&") :
+					value.map(function(item) {return encodeURIComponent(key + "[]") + "=" + encodeURIComponent(item)}).join("&") :
 					encodeURIComponent(key) + "=" + encodeURIComponent(value)
 			str.push(pair)
 		}
diff --git a/tests/mithril-tests.js b/tests/mithril-tests.js
index 2b3ce839..ca7b21de 100644
--- a/tests/mithril-tests.js
+++ b/tests/mithril-tests.js
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ function testMithril(mock) {
 	test(function() {
 		var prop = m.request({method: "GET", url: "test", data: {foo: [1, 2]}})
 		mock.XMLHttpRequest.$instances.pop().onreadystatechange()
-		return prop().url === "test?foo=1&foo=2"
+		return prop().url === "test?foo%5B%5D=1&foo%5B%5D=2"
 	})
 
 	// m.request over jsonp