diff --git a/src/MvcSiteMapProvider/MvcSiteMapProvider/Web/Mvc/MvcContextFactory.cs b/src/MvcSiteMapProvider/MvcSiteMapProvider/Web/Mvc/MvcContextFactory.cs
index 9914eac6..788b22c1 100644
--- a/src/MvcSiteMapProvider/MvcSiteMapProvider/Web/Mvc/MvcContextFactory.cs
+++ b/src/MvcSiteMapProvider/MvcSiteMapProvider/Web/Mvc/MvcContextFactory.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ public virtual HttpContextBase CreateHttpContext(ISiteMapNode node, Uri uri, Tex
             if (writer == null)
                 throw new ArgumentNullException("writer");
 
-            var request = new HttpRequest(string.Empty, uri.ToString(), uri.Query);
+            var request = new HttpRequest(
+                filename: string.Empty, 
+                url: uri.ToString(), 
+                queryString: string.IsNullOrEmpty(uri.Query) ? string.Empty : uri.Query.Substring(1));
             var response = new HttpResponse(writer);
             var httpContext = new HttpContext(request, response);
             return new SiteMapHttpContext(httpContext, node);