diff --git a/lib/util/urltils.js b/lib/util/urltils.js
index 6999683bbb..e346bd09d4 100644
--- a/lib/util/urltils.js
+++ b/lib/util/urltils.js
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ module.exports = {
   parseParameters : function parseParameters(requestURL) {
     var parsed     = url.parse(requestURL, true)
       , parameters = {}
-      
 
-    if (parsed.search !== '') {
+
+    if (parsed.search) {
       Object.keys(parsed.query).forEach(function cb_forEach(key) {
         if (parsed.query[key] === '' && parsed.path.indexOf(key + '=') < 0) {
           parameters[key] = true
diff --git a/test/unit/urltils.test.js b/test/unit/urltils.test.js
index 5c3f07228b..0014d74597 100644
--- a/test/unit/urltils.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/urltils.test.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var path    = require('path')
   , chai    = require('chai')
   , expect  = chai.expect
   , urltils = require('../../lib/util/urltils.js')
-  
+
 
 describe("NR URL utilities", function () {
   describe("scrubbing URLs", function () {
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ describe("NR URL utilities", function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("parsing parameters", function () {
+    it("should find empty object of params in url lacking query", function () {
+      expect(urltils.parseParameters('/favicon.ico')).deep.equal({});
+    })
+
+    it("should find v param in url containing ?v with no value", function () {
+      expect(urltils.parseParameters('/status?v')).deep.equal({v:true});
+    })
+
+    it("should find v param with value in url containing ?v=1", function () {
+      expect(urltils.parseParameters('/status?v=1')).deep.equal({v:'1'});
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("determining whether an HTTP status code is an error", function () {
     var config = {error_collector : {ignore_status_codes : []}}
 
@@ -129,7 +143,7 @@ describe("NR URL utilities", function () {
     var config
       , source
       , dest
-      
+
 
     beforeEach(function () {
       config = {