diff --git a/src/Router.php b/src/Router.php
index e439b27..1dc2a0f 100644
--- a/src/Router.php
+++ b/src/Router.php
@@ -23,10 +23,18 @@ class Router {
 
     private function preparePath() {
         $path = parse_url($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH);
+
+        //homepage
+        if ($path === '/') {
+            return $path;
+        }
+
+        // remove empty directory path
         $path = rtrim($path, '/'); // remove trailing slash
+
         //remove anything after and including ampersand
         $path = preg_replace('/&.+$/', '', $path);
-
+        
         return $path;
     }