From 348da29b099817b55ecb69103aa242a9ba18f828 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Max Litruv Boonzaayer <litruv@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:43:11 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Refactor URL slug handling in NavigationService for cleaner
 format

---
 index.js | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d3172d9..ccbb384 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -468,8 +468,8 @@ class NavigationService {
 
     setupEventListeners() {
         window.addEventListener('popstate', async () => {
-            const slug = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).toString()
-                .replace(/^=/, '').replace(/^\?/, '');
+            // Get slug without equal sign and question mark
+            const slug = window.location.search.replace(/^\?=?/, '').replace(/^=/, '');
             const hash = window.location.hash;
             this.eventBus.emit('navigation:requested', { slug, hash });
         });
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@ class NavigationService {
             if (target) {
                 e.preventDefault();
                 const slug = target.href.split('?').pop();
-                history.pushState({ slug }, '', target.href);
+                // Use clean URL format without equal sign
+                history.pushState(null, '', `?${slug}`);
                 this.eventBus.emit('navigation:requested', { slug });
             }
         });