diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index e0ef074..439d70f 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -92,24 +92,31 @@ if ( $request_uri != '' )
 }
 
 // check routes
-$request_uri = ltrim( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/' );
-if ( $request_uri != '' )
+$parsed_url = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
+$request_uri = ltrim($parsed_url['path'], '/');
+$query_string = isset($parsed_url['query']) ? $parsed_url['query'] : '';
+parse_str($query_string, $query_params);
+
+if ($request_uri != '')
 {
   $matched = false;
 
-  $routes = $mdb -> select( 'pp_routes', '*' );
-  foreach ( $routes as $route )
+  $routes = $mdb->select('pp_routes', '*');
+  foreach ($routes as $route)
   {
     $pattern = $route['pattern'];
     $destination = $route['destination'];
 
-    if ( preg_match( "#^" . $pattern . "#", $request_uri, $matches ) )
+    if (preg_match("#^" . $pattern . "#", $request_uri, $matches))
     {
       // Replace placeholders in the destination with matches from the request URI
-      $destination = preg_replace( "#^" . $pattern . "#", $destination, $request_uri );
+      $destination = preg_replace("#^" . $pattern . "#", $destination, $request_uri);
 
       // Parse the destination string to extract GET parameters
-      parse_str(parse_url($destination, PHP_URL_QUERY), $_GET);
+      parse_str(parse_url($destination, PHP_URL_QUERY), $destination_params);
+
+      // Merge the destination params with query params from the URL
+      $_GET = array_merge($destination_params, $query_params);
 
       $matched = true;
       break;