diff --git a/Gruntfile.coffee b/Gruntfile.coffee
index b776bfd..5220790 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.coffee
+++ b/Gruntfile.coffee
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ module.exports = (grunt) ->
 		test_scripts: [
 			'bower_components/qunit/qunit/qunit.js'
 			'tests/_setup.js'
+			'tests/services/route.js'
 			'tests/services/reader/_factory.js'
 			'tests/services/reader/markdown.js'
 			'tests/services/reader/json.js'
diff --git a/source/scripts/services/route.js.coffee b/source/scripts/services/route.js.coffee
index d84b3d1..2186571 100644
--- a/source/scripts/services/route.js.coffee
+++ b/source/scripts/services/route.js.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 angular.module("sideBySide").service "route", ['$location', ($location) ->
-	@params = $location.url()
+	@params = $location.path()
 		.split('/')
 		.filter((item) -> item)
 		.map (item) ->
diff --git a/source/tests/services/route.js.coffee b/source/tests/services/route.js.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8df8f74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/tests/services/route.js.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+route = {}
+
+module "route", {
+	setup: () ->
+		angular.module("sideBySide").service("$location", () ->
+			@path = () ->
+				'/asdf:zxcv/qwerty:asdf'
+			@url = () ->
+				'/asdf:zxcv/qwerty:asdf#test'
+			@absUrl = () ->
+				'http://example.com/asdf:zxcv/qwerty:asdf#test'
+			@
+		)
+
+		route = angular.injector(['ng', 'sideBySide']).get('route')
+}
+
+test "has app url", () ->
+	equal route.appUrl, 'http://example.com'
+
+test "gets parameters", () ->
+	deepEqual route.params, {
+		'asdf': 'zxcv'
+		'qwerty': 'asdf'
+		'base': ''
+	}
+
+test "updates parameters", () ->
+	route.update('asdf', 'hjkl')
+	deepEqual route.params, {
+		'asdf': 'hjkl'
+		'qwerty': 'asdf'
+		'base': ''
+	}
+
+test "adds parameter", () ->
+	route.update('new', 'one')
+	deepEqual route.params, {
+		'asdf': 'zxcv'
+		'qwerty': 'asdf'
+		'base': ''
+		'new': 'one'
+	}