diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index ee4c162..8be460c 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ require '../main.php';
 // very basic routing
 $host = $_SERVER["REQUEST_SCHEME"] . '://' . $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"];
 $url = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+if (($pos = strpos($url, '?')) !== false) {
+    $url = substr($url, 0, $pos);
+}
 switch($url) {
     case '/game':
         $controller = new MapGuesser\Controller\GameController();