diff --git a/src/wretcher.ts b/src/wretcher.ts
index cd67c27..9e24760 100644
--- a/src/wretcher.ts
+++ b/src/wretcher.ts
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ export class Wretcher {
 // Internal helpers
 
 const appendQueryParams = (url: string, qp: object | string, replace: boolean) => {
-    let queryString
+    let queryString : string
 
     if (typeof qp === "string") {
         queryString = qp
@@ -322,6 +322,10 @@ const appendQueryParams = (url: string, qp: object | string, replace: boolean) =
     }
 
     const split = url.split("?")
+
+    if (!queryString)
+        return replace ? split[0] : url
+
     if (replace || split.length < 2)
         return split[0] + "?" + queryString
 
diff --git a/test/node/wretch.spec.ts b/test/node/wretch.spec.ts
index bba042b..873700e 100644
--- a/test/node/wretch.spec.ts
+++ b/test/node/wretch.spec.ts
@@ -620,6 +620,16 @@ describe("Wretch", function () {
         expect(await wretch(`${_URL}/json/null`).get().json(_ => true)).toEqual(true)
         expect(await wretch(`${_URL}/json/null`).get().json(_ => false)).toEqual(false)
     })
+
+    it("should not append an extra character (&/?) when trying to append or replace empty query params", function() {
+        const w = wretch(_URL)
+        expect(w.query("")._url).toBe(_URL)
+        expect(w.query("", true)._url).toBe(_URL)
+        expect(w.query("a=1").query("", true)._url).toBe(_URL)
+        expect(w.query({})._url).toBe(_URL)
+        expect(w.query({}, true)._url).toBe(_URL)
+        expect(w.query({a: 1}).query({}, true)._url).toBe(_URL)
+    })
 })
 
 describe("Mix", function () {