diff --git a/src/core/hash.test.ts b/src/core/hash.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7feea7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/hash.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import hash from './hash';
+
+describe('hash tests', () => {
+
+        it('can decode URL', () => {
+            const actual = hash.decodeHash('#4.3.2.1%2F8');
+            expect(actual).toBe('4.3.2.1/8');
+        });
+
+        it('can get hash from encoded url', () => {
+            const actual = hash.getArgs('#-notrack%7C%7C17%2015%7C%7C16&15');
+            expect(actual).toMatchObject(["-notrack", "17 15", "16&15"]);
+        });
+
+        it('can get hash from unencoded url', () => {
+            const actual = hash.getArgs('#1 2|127.0.0.|1&2|192.168.1.1');
+            expect(actual).toMatchObject(["1 2|127.0.0.|1&2|192.168.1.1"]);
+        });
+});
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diff --git a/src/core/hash.ts b/src/core/hash.ts
index 6d4415d..5624ebe 100644
--- a/src/core/hash.ts
+++ b/src/core/hash.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 export default {
     encodeHash: function(input:string):string {
-        return encodeURI(input.trim().replace(/\s/g,','));
+        return encodeURIComponent(input.trim().replace(/\s/g,','));
     },
     decodeHash: function(hashValue:string):string {
-        return decodeURI(hashValue).replace(/^\#/, '').replace(/,/g,' ');
+        return decodeURIComponent(hashValue.replace(/^\#/, '')).replace(/,/g,' ');
     },
     getArgs: function (hashValue:string) : string[] {
 
@@ -19,17 +19,6 @@ export default {
 };
 
 function splitHashList(str: string) : string[] {
-    var values = [];
 
-    if(str.indexOf('||')) {
-    str.split('||').forEach(function (v) {
-        if (v.length > 0) {
-            values.push(v);
-        }
-    });
-    } else {
-        values.push(str);
-    }
-
-    return values;
+    return str.split('||').filter(s => s.length > 0);
 }
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diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index 620ec3d..0c11900 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ function executeStartupCommands() {
         startupCommands = hashArgs;
     }
 
+    log.debug('Executing startup commands', startupCommands);
+
     startupCommands.forEach(cmd.execute.bind(cmd));
 }