diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index e031aa1..f8ffbb5 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
                       Encryption. <strong>Strongly recommended!</strong> Need help? Check below.
                     </label>
                   </div>
-                  <div class="checkbox" ng-show="settings.savepassword">
+                  <div class="checkbox" ng-show="settings.savepassword || settings.autoconnect">
                     <label class="control-label" for="autoconnect">
                         <input type="checkbox" id="autoconnect" ng-model="settings.autoconnect"  ng-disabled="settings.useTotp">
                         Automatically connect
@@ -230,7 +230,10 @@ chown -R <strong>username</strong>:<strong>username</strong> ~<strong>username</
               </p>
               <h3>Setting a custom path</h3>
               <p> 
-                To connect to the weechat relay service we connect using a URL. A typical URL consists of 4 parts. <code>{scheme}://{host}:{port}/{path}</code>. The path can be changed by enterying the relay's full URL (except the scheme).
+                The hostname field can be used to set a custom path. Or a URL parameter can be used see section 'URL Parameters'. 
+              </p>
+              <p>
+                To connect to the weechat relay service we connect using a URL. A typical URL consists of 4 parts. <code>{scheme}://{host}:{port}/{path}</code>. The path can be changed by entering the relay's full URL (except the scheme).
               </p> 
                 <ul>
                   <li><b>scheme</b>: The scheme must never be input. The scheme is "ws" if TLS isn't used and it is "wss" if TLS is used.</li>
@@ -263,6 +266,27 @@ chown -R <strong>username</strong>:<strong>username</strong> ~<strong>username</
                   <li><span class="text-danger">2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334</span> (must wrap IPv6 address in square brackets)</li>
                   <li><span class="text-danger">2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334:8000</span> (must wrap IPv6 address in square brackets)</li>
                 </ul>
+                <h3>URL Parameters</h3>
+                <p>
+                  Parameters can be passed in the URL to prefill the fields. This can be useful when you have multiple relays and want to use bookmarks to manage them.
+                  We do not recommend passing the password in this way as it will be visible in plain text and stored in history/bookmarks but it is possible. Special characters should be <a href="https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp">URL encoded</a>.
+                </p>
+                <p>
+                  If we want just the path for example: <code>https://glowing-bear.org/#path=weechat2</code>
+                </p>
+                <p>
+                  An example: <code>https://glowing-bear.org/#host=my.domain.com&port=8000&password=hunter2&autoconnect=true</code>
+                </p>
+                <p>
+                  Available parameters:
+                  <ul>
+                    <li>host</li>
+                    <li>port</li>
+                    <li>path</li>
+                    <li>password</li>
+                    <li>autoconnect</li>
+                  </ul>
+                </p>
             </div>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/js/glowingbear.js b/js/glowingbear.js
index 5111d52..4b11a09 100644
--- a/js/glowingbear.js
+++ b/js/glowingbear.js
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ weechat.config(['$compileProvider', function ($compileProvider) {
     }
 }]);
 
-weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout', '$log', 'models', 'bufferResume', 'connection', 'notifications', 'utils', 'settings',
-    function ($rootScope, $scope, $store, $timeout, $log, models, bufferResume, connection, notifications, utils, settings)
+weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout','$location', '$log', 'models', 'bufferResume', 'connection', 'notifications', 'utils', 'settings',
+    function ($rootScope, $scope, $store, $timeout, $location, $log, models, bufferResume, connection, notifications, utils, settings)
 {
 
     window.openBuffer = function(channel) {
@@ -698,7 +698,36 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         $scope.totpInvalid = !/^\d{4,10}$/.test($scope.totp);
     };
 
+    $scope.parseHash = function() {
+
+        //Fill in url parameters, they take precedence over the stored settings, but store them
+        var params = {};
+        $location.$$hash.split('&').map(function(val) {
+            var segs = val.split('=');
+            params[segs[0]] = segs[1];
+        });
+        if (params.host) {
+            $scope.settings.host = params.host;
+            $scope.settings.hostField = params.host;
+        }
+        if (params.port) {
+            $scope.settings.port =  parseInt(params.port);
+        }
+        if (params.path) {
+            $scope.settings.path = params.path;
+            $scope.settings.hostField = $scope.settings.host + ":" + $scope.settings.port + "/" + $scope.settings.path;
+        }
+        if (params.password) {
+            $scope.password = params.password;
+        }
+        if (params.autoconnect) {
+            $scope.settings.autoconnect = params.autoconnect === 'true';
+        }
+
+    };
+
     $scope.connect = function() {
+
         notifications.requestNotificationPermission();
         $rootScope.sslError = false;
         $rootScope.securityError = false;
@@ -971,36 +1000,29 @@ weechat.controller('WeechatCtrl', ['$rootScope', '$scope', '$store', '$timeout',
         }
     };
 
+    window.onhashchange = function() {
+        $scope.parseHash();
+    };
+
     $scope.init = function() {
         $scope.parseHost();
-        if (window.location.hash) {
-            var rawStr = atob(window.location.hash.substring(1));
-            window.location.hash = "";
-            var spl = rawStr.split(":");
-            settings.host = spl[0];
-            settings.port = parseInt(spl[1]);
-            var password = spl[2];
-            var ssl = spl.length > 3;
-            notifications.requestNotificationPermission();
-            $rootScope.sslError = false;
-            $rootScope.securityError = false;
-            $rootScope.errorMessage = false;
-            $rootScope.bufferBottom = true;
-            $scope.connectbutton = 'Connecting';
-            $scope.connectbuttonicon = 'glyphicon-chevron-right';
-            $scope.parseHost();
-            connection.connect(settings.host, settings.port, settings.path, password, ssl);
-        }
+        $scope.parseHash();
     };
 
 }]);
 
-weechat.config(['$routeProvider',
-    function($routeProvider) {
-        $routeProvider.when('/', {
+weechat.config(['$routeProvider', '$locationProvider',
+    function($routeProvider, $locationProvider) {
+        $routeProvider.when('', {
             templateUrl: 'index.html',
             controller: 'WeechatCtrl'
         });
+
+        //remove hashbang from url
+        $locationProvider.html5Mode({
+            enabled: true,
+            requireBase: false
+        });
     }
 ]);