diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index 6c978be..be94583 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -17,7 +17,5 @@ require_once(ROOT . DS . 'content-controllers' . DS. 'video'. DS . 'video.contro
 
 
 //send the URL to the architect. It'll know what to do
-$url = $_GET['url'];
-if(!$url)
-	$url = ltrim($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'/'); 
+$url = $_GET['url']?$_GET['url']:ltrim($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'/');
 architect($url);
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