diff --git a/lib/linked_in/api/query_methods.rb b/lib/linked_in/api/query_methods.rb
index bccfd16b..3e3002c8 100644
--- a/lib/linked_in/api/query_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/linked_in/api/query_methods.rb
@@ -26,23 +26,27 @@ def company(options = {})
       private
 
         def simple_query(path, options={})
-          fields = options[:fields] || LinkedIn.default_profile_fields
+          fields = options.delete(:fields) || LinkedIn.default_profile_fields
 
-          if options[:public]
+          if options.delete(:public)
             path +=":public"
           elsif fields
             path +=":(#{fields.map{ |f| f.to_s.gsub("_","-") }.join(',')})"
           end
-          headers = options[:headers] || {}
+          
+          headers = options.delete(:headers) || {}
+          params  = options.map { |k,v| "#{k}=#{v}" }.join("&")
+          path   += "?#{params}" if not params.empty?
+
           Mash.from_json(get(path, headers))
         end
 
         def person_path(options)
           path = "/people/"
-          if options[:id]
-            path += "id=#{options[:id]}"
-          elsif options[:url]
-            path += "url=#{CGI.escape(options[:url])}"
+          if id = options.delete(:id)
+            path += "id=#{id}"
+          elsif url = options.delete(:url)
+            path += "url=#{CGI.escape(url)}"
           else
             path += "~"
           end
@@ -50,14 +54,14 @@ def person_path(options)
 
         def company_path(options)
           path = "/companies/"
-          if options[:id]
-            path += "id=#{options[:id]}"
-          elsif options[:url]
-            path += "url=#{CGI.escape(options[:url])}"
-          elsif options[:name]
-            path += "universal-name=#{CGI.escape(options[:name])}"
-          elsif options[:domain]
-            path += "email-domain=#{CGI.escape(options[:domain])}"
+          if id = options.delete(:id)
+            path += "id=#{id}"
+          elsif url = options.delete(:url)
+            path += "url=#{CGI.escape(url)}"
+          elsif name = options.delete(:name)
+            path += "universal-name=#{CGI.escape(name)}"
+          elsif domain = options.delete(:domain)
+            path += "email-domain=#{CGI.escape(domain)}"
           else
             path += "~"
           end
@@ -66,4 +70,4 @@ def company_path(options)
     end
 
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end