diff --git a/mithril.js b/mithril.js
index e35d966a..d637cd7c 100644
--- a/mithril.js
+++ b/mithril.js
@@ -810,6 +810,8 @@ var m = (function app(window, undefined) {
 		return str.join("&")
 	}
 	function parseQueryString(str) {
+		if (str.charAt(0) === "?") str = str.substring(1);
+		
 		var pairs = str.split("&"), params = {};
 		for (var i = 0, len = pairs.length; i < len; i++) {
 			var pair = pairs[i].split("=");