diff --git a/html/js/app/main-app.js b/html/js/app/main-app.js
index d048995..9156b28 100644
--- a/html/js/app/main-app.js
+++ b/html/js/app/main-app.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ requirejs(['underscore-contrib', 'crossroads', 'hasher', 'ko', 'app/main-window'
 
   //setup hasher
   //only required if you want to set a default value
-  if(! hasher.getHash()) {
+  if(hasher.getHash().length < 1) {
     hasher.setHash(DEFAULT_HASH);
   }