diff --git a/examples/python/app.py b/examples/python/app.py
index 9d3a800..2f15bfb 100644
--- a/examples/python/app.py
+++ b/examples/python/app.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-from shiny import App, ui
-from shiny_router import  route_link, router_ui, route, router_server
+from shiny import App, ui, render, reactive
+from shiny_router import route_link, router_ui, route, router_server, get_query_param
 
 tags = ui.tags
 
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def page(title, content):
 
 # Make output for our router in main UI of Shiny app.
 app_ui = ui.page_fluid(
+  ui.output_ui("param"),
   router_ui(
     route("/", root_page),
     route("other", other_page),
@@ -36,4 +37,14 @@ def page(title, content):
 def server(input, output, session):
   router_server(input, output, session)
 
+  @render.ui
+  def param():
+    query = get_query_param(session = session)
+    id = get_query_param("id", session = session)
+    return ui.TagList(
+      ui.p("No query" if not query else str(query)),
+      ui.p("No id" if not id else str(id)),
+    )
+
+
 app = App(app_ui, server)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bbc5e57..2de1101 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "shiny_router"
-version = "0.1.3"
+version = "0.1.4"
 description = "Add your description here"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
diff --git a/src/shiny_router/__init__.py b/src/shiny_router/__init__.py
index 52ba3ea..8dd6301 100644
--- a/src/shiny_router/__init__.py
+++ b/src/shiny_router/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1 @@
-from .router import route_link, router_ui, route, router_server
-
-def hello() -> str:
-    return "Hello from shiny_router!"
+from .router import route_link, router_ui, route, router_server, get_query_param
diff --git a/src/shiny_router/router.py b/src/shiny_router/router.py
index fff116b..808ac0a 100644
--- a/src/shiny_router/router.py
+++ b/src/shiny_router/router.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from shiny import ui, reactive
+from shiny import ui, reactive, session
 from htmltools import HTMLDependency
 from pathlib import PurePath
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, parse_qs
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
 log_msg = print
 PAGE_404_ROUTE = "404"
 
+def get_query_param(field = None, session = session.get_current_session()):
+    page_details = session.input.shiny_router_page()
+
+    if page_details:
+        if field in page_details["query"]:
+            return page_details["query"][field][0]
+        else:
+            return page_details["query"]
+
 def page404(page=None, message404=None):
     if page is None:
         # Return a default "Not found" message or a custom 404 message
@@ -34,7 +43,7 @@ def router_callback(input, output, session=None, **kwargs):
 
         input.shiny_router_page = reactive.value(dict(
             path = root,
-            query = None,
+            query = {},
             unparsed = root
         ))
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index ceb8609..816abf6 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[distribution]]
 name = "shiny-router"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "pandas" },