diff --git a/source/scripts/services/poems.js.coffee b/source/scripts/services/poems.js.coffee
index 4f40b53..d91b75e 100644
--- a/source/scripts/services/poems.js.coffee
+++ b/source/scripts/services/poems.js.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-angular.module("sideBySide").service "poems", ['fetch', (fetch) ->
+angular.module("sideBySide").service "poems", ['fetch', 'route', (fetch, route) ->
 	@all = [{
 		meta: {
 			Active: true
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ angular.module("sideBySide").service "poems", ['fetch', (fetch) ->
 	@load = (base) =>
 		fetch(base).then (config) =>
 			config.fetchPoems.then (poems) =>
-				@all = (activize(poem, config.display) for poem in poems)
+				display = route.params.display or config.display
+				@all = (activize(poem, display) for poem in poems)
 				@heading = config.heading
 
 	@
diff --git a/source/scripts/services/route.js.coffee b/source/scripts/services/route.js.coffee
index 54a25e1..a7ff35c 100644
--- a/source/scripts/services/route.js.coffee
+++ b/source/scripts/services/route.js.coffee
@@ -22,9 +22,16 @@ angular.module("sideBySide").service "route", ['$location', ($location) ->
 	@appUrl = $location.absUrl()
 		.substring(0, $location.absUrl().length - $location.url().length)
 
+	getValue = (value) ->
+		if (typeof value == 'object')
+			for key, val of value
+				# only works for one key...
+				return key + ":" + val.join(',')
+		value
+
 	@update = (key, value) ->
 		@params[key] = value
-		$location.path (property + ':' + value for property, value of @params).join('/')
+		$location.path (property + ':' + getValue(value) for property, value of @params).join('/')
 
 	@
 ]
diff --git a/source/tests/services/poems.js.coffee b/source/tests/services/poems.js.coffee
index 085927e..99c35cb 100644
--- a/source/tests/services/poems.js.coffee
+++ b/source/tests/services/poems.js.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ poems = {}
 
 module "poems", {
 	setup: () ->
-		poems = injector.get "poems"
+		angular.module("sideBySide").service("route", () ->
+			@params = { 'display': 'asdf' }
+		)
+		poems = angular.injector(['ng', 'sideBySide']).get('poems')
 }
 
 test "has default content", () ->