diff --git a/templates/src/client/app.ts b/templates/src/client/app.ts
index 43b076485..ed46630a6 100644
--- a/templates/src/client/app.ts
+++ b/templates/src/client/app.ts
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ export function select_route(url: URL): Target {
 			const query: Record<string, string | true> = {};
 			if (url.search.length > 0) {
 				url.search.slice(1).split('&').forEach(searchParam => {
-					const [, key, value] = /([^=]+)(?:=(.*))?/.exec(searchParam);
-					query[key] = decodeURIComponent((value || '').replace(/\+/g, ' '));
+					const [, key, value] = /([^=]*)(?:=(.*))?/.exec(searchParam);
+					query[decodeURIComponent(key)] = decodeURIComponent((value || '').replace(/\+/g, ' '));
 				});
 			}
 			return { url, path, page, match, query };