diff --git a/src/checkers.cpp b/src/checkers.cpp
index 346c474fe..0a557ac25 100644
--- a/src/checkers.cpp
+++ b/src/checkers.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ static constexpr std::array<uint8_t, 256> path_signature_table =
       std::array<uint8_t, 256> result{};
       for (size_t i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
         if (i <= 0x20 || i == 0x22 || i == 0x23 || i == 0x3c || i == 0x3e ||
-            i == 0x3f || i == 0x60 || i == 0x7b || i == 0x7d || i > 0x7e) {
+            i == 0x3f || i == 0x5e || i == 0x60 || i == 0x7b || i == 0x7d ||
+            i > 0x7e) {
           result[i] = 1;
         } else if (i == 0x25) {
           result[i] = 8;
diff --git a/tests/basic_tests.cpp b/tests/basic_tests.cpp
index 307855d19..8e1fb1fbd 100644
--- a/tests/basic_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/basic_tests.cpp
@@ -516,3 +516,10 @@ TYPED_TEST(basic_tests, test_issue_935) {
   ASSERT_EQ(no_dot->get_pathname(), "/foo/bar/baz.js");
   SUCCEED();
 }
+
+TYPED_TEST(basic_tests, test_issue_970) {
+  auto url = ada::parse<TypeParam>("http://foo/bar^baz");
+  ASSERT_TRUE(url);
+  ASSERT_EQ(url->get_pathname(), "/bar%5Ebaz");
+  SUCCEED();
+}