diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index 687d461..9854100 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
         var obj = $('#pagination').twbsPagination({
             totalPages: 35,
             visiblePages: 10,
+            href: true,
+            pageVariable: 'page',
             onPageClick: function (event, page) {
                 console.info(page);
             }
diff --git a/jquery.twbsPagination.js b/jquery.twbsPagination.js
index b68bd75..9d17d3c 100644
--- a/jquery.twbsPagination.js
+++ b/jquery.twbsPagination.js
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@
         }
 
         if (this.options.href) {
-            var match, regexp = this.options.href.replace(/[-\/\\^$*+?.|[\]]/g, '\\$&');
-            regexp = regexp.replace(this.options.pageVariable, '(\\d+)');
-            if ((match = new RegExp(regexp, 'i').exec(window.location.href)) != null) {
-                this.options.startPage = parseInt(match[1], 10);
+            this.options.startPage = this.getPageFromQueryString();
+            if (!this.options.startPage) {
+                this.options.startPage = 1;
             }
         }
 
@@ -227,12 +226,41 @@
         },
 
         makeHref: function (page) {
-            return this.options.href ? this.makeText(this.options.href, page) : "#";
+            return this.options.href ? this.generateQueryString(page) : "#";
         },
 
         makeText: function (text, page) {
             return text.replace(this.options.pageVariable, page)
                 .replace(this.options.totalPagesVariable, this.options.totalPages)
+        },
+        getPageFromQueryString: function (searchStr) {
+            var search = this.getSearchString(searchStr),
+                regex = new RegExp(this.options.pageVariable + '(=([^&#]*)|&|#|$)'),
+                page = regex.exec(search);
+            if (!page || !page[2]) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            page = decodeURIComponent(page[2]);
+            page = parseInt(page);
+            if (isNaN(page)) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            return page;
+        },
+        generateQueryString: function (pageNumber, searchStr) {
+            var search = this.getSearchString(searchStr),
+                regex = new RegExp(this.options.pageVariable + '=*[^&#]*');
+            if (!search) return '';
+            return '?' + search.replace(regex, this.options.pageVariable + '=' + pageNumber);
+
+        },
+        getSearchString: function (searchStr) {
+            var search = searchStr || window.location.search;
+            if (search === '') {
+                return null;
+            }
+            if (search.indexOf('?') === 0) search = search.substr(1);
+            return search;
         }
 
     };
diff --git a/tests/test.js b/tests/test.js
index 708b3d4..46d5c72 100644
--- a/tests/test.js
+++ b/tests/test.js
@@ -149,4 +149,36 @@
         equal(pag1.find('.last').text(), '(last)[2]');
     });
 
+    QUnit.test("Test 'getPageFromQueryString' method", function () {
+        pag1.twbsPagination('destroy');
+        pag1.twbsPagination({pageVariable: 'page'});
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('getPageFromQueryString', '?page=1'), 1);
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('getPageFromQueryString', '?page='), null);
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('getPageFromQueryString', '?page'), null);
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('getPageFromQueryString', '?'), null);
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('getPageFromQueryString', ''), null)
+        ;
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('getPageFromQueryString', '?page=2'), 2);
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('getPageFromQueryString', '?page=3&param=taram'), 3);
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('getPageFromQueryString', '?page=4&param=test&opilki'), 4);
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('getPageFromQueryString', '?page=5&param=test or not&opilki='), 5);
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('getPageFromQueryString', '?ID=1&keyWord=net&page=6'), 6);
+    });
+
+    QUnit.test("Test 'generateQueryString' method", function () {
+        pag1.twbsPagination('destroy');
+        pag1.twbsPagination({pageVariable: 'page'});
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('generateQueryString', 1, '?page=1'), '?page=1');
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('generateQueryString', 1, '?page='), '?page=1');
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('generateQueryString', 1, '?page'), '?page=1');
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('generateQueryString', 1, '?'), '');
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('generateQueryString', 1, ''), window.location.search);
+
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('generateQueryString', 2, '?page=1'), '?page=2');
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('generateQueryString', 3, '?page=2&param=taram'), '?page=3&param=taram');
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('generateQueryString', 4, '?page=3&param=test&opilki'), '?page=4&param=test&opilki');
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('generateQueryString', 5, '?page=4&param=test or not&opilki='), '?page=5&param=test or not&opilki=');
+        equal(pag1.twbsPagination('generateQueryString', 6, '?ID=1&keyWord=net&page=50'), '?ID=1&keyWord=net&page=6');
+    });
+
 })(window.jQuery);
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