diff --git a/bird.cabal b/bird.cabal
--- a/bird.cabal
+++ b/bird.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                 bird
-Version:              0.0.1
+Version:              0.0.2
 Build-type:           Simple
 Synopsis:             A simple, sinatra-inspired web framework.
 Description:          Bird is a hack-compatible framework for simple websites.
diff --git a/src/Bird/Request.hs b/src/Bird/Request.hs
--- a/src/Bird/Request.hs
+++ b/src/Bird/Request.hs
@@ -25,10 +25,18 @@
   Request {
     verb = requestMethod e,
     path = split '/' $ pathInfo e,
-    params = Hash.empty,
+    params = Hash.fromList $ buildParams (queryString e),
     protocol = hackUrlScheme e,
     hackEnvironment = e
   }
+
+infixl 9 ==>
+f ==> g = g $ f
+
+buildParams ""          = []
+buildParams queryString = queryString ==> split '&' ==> map (split '=') ==> map tupleize
+
+tupleize (a:b:[]) = (a,b)
 
 split :: Char -> String -> [String]
 split d s