lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
index 62e4ca43511fc4962cbba6b59b0cdab18444fd99..13b3921dc808783ba85d77a3af0bcf57b872858f 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ 		my ($k, $v) = split('=', uri_unescape($_), 2);
 		$v = '' unless defined $v;
 		$v =~ tr/+/ /;
 		($k, $v)
-	} split(/[&;]/, $env->{QUERY_STRING});
+	} split(/[&;]+/, $env->{QUERY_STRING});
 	$ctx->{qp} = \%qp;
 
 	my $path_info = $env->{PATH_INFO};