1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
index 8f4bfd0f..841a7e85 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/WWW.pm
@@ -50,10 +50,9 @@ sub call {
          %{$ctx->{qp}} = map {
                  utf8::decode($_);
                  tr/+/ /;
-                my ($k, $v) = split('=', $_, 2);
-                $v = uri_unescape($v // '');
+                my ($k, $v) = split(/=/, $_, 2);
                  # none of the keys we care about will need escaping
-                $k => $v;
+                ($k // '', uri_unescape($v // ''))
          } split(/[&;]+/, $env->{QUERY_STRING});
  
          my $path_info = path_info_raw($env);