diff --git a/js/privatebin.js b/js/privatebin.js
index 708b185..31fa44f 100644
--- a/js/privatebin.js
+++ b/js/privatebin.js
@@ -290,31 +290,16 @@ jQuery.PrivateBin = function($, sjcl, Base64, RawDeflate) {
          */
         pageKey: function()
         {
+            var key = window.location.hash.substring(1),
+                i = key.indexOf('&');
+
             // Some web 2.0 services and redirectors add data AFTER the anchor
             // (such as &utm_source=...). We will strip any additional data.
-
-            var key = window.location.hash.substring(1),    // Get key
-                i = key.indexOf('=');
-
-            // First, strip everything after the equal sign (=) which signals end of base64 string.
-            if (i > -1)
-            {
-                key = key.substring(0, i + 1);
-            }
-
-            // If the equal sign was not present, some parameters may remain:
-            i = key.indexOf('&');
             if (i > -1)
             {
                 key = key.substring(0, i);
             }
 
-            // Then add trailing equal sign if it's missing
-            if (key.charAt(key.length - 1) !== '=')
-            {
-                key += '=';
-            }
-
             return key;
         },
 
diff --git a/js/test.js b/js/test.js
index 000362c..a283275 100644
--- a/js/test.js
+++ b/js/test.js
@@ -6,7 +6,12 @@ var jsc = require('jsverify'),
     a2zString = ['a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m',
                  'n','o','p','q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z'],
     alnumString = a2zString.concat(['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9']),
-    queryString = alnumString.concat(['+','%','&','.','*','-','_']);
+    queryString = alnumString.concat(['+','%','&','.','*','-','_']),
+    base64String = alnumString.concat(['+','/','=']).concat(
+        a2zString.map(function(c) {
+            return c.toUpperCase();
+        })
+    );
 
 global.$ = global.jQuery = require('./jquery-3.1.1');
 global.sjcl = require('./sjcl-1.0.6');
@@ -97,5 +102,43 @@ describe('helper', function () {
             }
         );
     });
+
+    describe('pageKey', function () {
+        jsc.property(
+            'returns the fragment of the URL',
+            jsc.nearray(jsc.elements(a2zString)),
+            jsc.nearray(jsc.elements(a2zString)),
+            jsc.array(jsc.elements(queryString)),
+            jsc.array(jsc.elements(base64String)),
+            function (schema, address, query, fragment) {
+                var fragment = fragment.join(''),
+                    clean = jsdom('', {
+                        url: schema.join('') + '://' + address.join('') +
+                             '/?' + query.join('') + '#' + fragment
+                    }),
+                    result = $.PrivateBin.helper.pageKey();
+                clean();
+                return fragment === result;
+            }
+        );
+        jsc.property(
+            'returns the fragment stripped of trailing query parts',
+            jsc.nearray(jsc.elements(a2zString)),
+            jsc.nearray(jsc.elements(a2zString)),
+            jsc.array(jsc.elements(queryString)),
+            jsc.array(jsc.elements(base64String)),
+            jsc.array(jsc.elements(queryString)),
+            function (schema, address, query, fragment, trail) {
+                var fragment = fragment.join(''),
+                    clean = jsdom('', {
+                        url: schema.join('') + '://' + address.join('') + '/?' +
+                             query.join('') + '#' + fragment + '&' + trail.join('')
+                    }),
+                    result = $.PrivateBin.helper.pageKey();
+                clean();
+                return fragment === result;
+            }
+        );
+    });
 });