diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 3a246b1..e037e50 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2309.111925
+0.2309.111944
diff --git a/src/Http/HttpRequest.php b/src/Http/HttpRequest.php
index 319c1c7..7ffb165 100644
--- a/src/Http/HttpRequest.php
+++ b/src/Http/HttpRequest.php
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 <?php
 // HttpRequest.php
 // Created: 2022-02-08
-// Updated: 2023-08-16
+// Updated: 2023-09-11
 
 namespace Index\Http;
 
 use InvalidArgumentException;
+use RuntimeException;
 use Index\Version;
 use Index\MediaType;
 use Index\Http\Content\IHttpContent;
@@ -80,7 +81,22 @@ class HttpRequest extends HttpMessage {
         $build = new HttpRequestBuilder;
         $build->setHttpVersion(new Version(...array_map('intval', explode('.', substr($_SERVER['SERVER_PROTOCOL'], 5)))));
         $build->setMethod($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']);
-        $build->setPath(parse_url('/' . trim($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/'), PHP_URL_PATH));
+
+        // this currently doesn't "properly" support the scenario where a full url is specified in the http request
+        $path = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+        $pathQueryOffset = strpos($path, '?');
+        if($pathQueryOffset !== false)
+            $path = substr($path, 0, $pathQueryOffset);
+        else {
+            $pathHashOffset = strpos($path, '#');
+            if($pathHashOffset !== false)
+                $path = substr($path, 0, $pathHashOffset);
+        }
+
+        if(!str_starts_with($path, '/'))
+            $path = '/' . $path;
+
+        $build->setPath($path);
         $build->setParams($_GET);
         $build->setCookies($_COOKIE);