diff --git a/dist/latest/auto-events.js b/dist/latest/auto-events.js
index c8ac687..ad6fe1f 100644
--- a/dist/latest/auto-events.js
+++ b/dist/latest/auto-events.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Simple Analytics - Privacy-first analytics (docs.simpleanalytics.com/script; 2025-05-30; 7048; v12) */
+/* Simple Analytics - Privacy-first analytics (docs.simpleanalytics.com/script; 2025-06-13; 7048; v12) */
 
 function r(t,e){var a,n;t.hasAttribute("data-simple-event")||(a=!1,h.downloads&&/^https?:\/\//i.test(t.href)&&new RegExp("\\.("+(h.downloadsExtensions||[]).join("|")+")$","i").test(t.pathname)?a="download":h.outbound&&/^https?:\/\//i.test(t.href)&&t.hostname!==m.location.hostname?a="outbound":h.emails&&/^mailto:/i.test(t.href)&&(a="email"),a&&(e?(n="saAutomatedLink(this, '"+a+"');",t.hasAttribute("target")&&"_self"!==t.getAttribute("target")||(n+=" return false;"),t.setAttribute("onclick",n)):t.addEventListener("click",function(){g(t,a)})))}function e(){try{for(var t=document.getElementsByTagName("a"),e=0;e<t.length;e++){var a=t[e],n=a.getAttribute("href");n&&(a.getAttribute("onclick")||/^mailto:/.test(n)?r(a,!1):r(a,!0))}}catch(o){b(o.message,"warn")}}var m,b,t,o,a,n,i,l,p,h,g;void 0!==(m=window)&&(b=function(t,e){var a="warn"===e?console.warn:console.info;return a&&a("Simple Analytics auto events:",t)},t=m.document,o=t.currentScript||t.querySelector('script[src*="auto-events.js"]'),n=(a=function(t,e,a){var n=o&&o.dataset[t];return"bool"!==e||"true"!==n&&"false"!==n?"bool"===e?a:"array"===e&&n?n.split(",").map(function(t){return t.trim()}).filter(Boolean):"array"!==e&&n||a:"true"===n})("collect","array",["outbound","emails","downloads"]),i=a("fullUrls","bool",!1),l={outbound:-1<n.indexOf("outbound"),emails:-1<n.indexOf("emails"),downloads:-1<n.indexOf("downloads"),downloadsExtensions:a("extensions","array",["pdf","csv","docx","xlsx","zip","doc","xls"]),title:a("useTitle","bool",!0),outboundFullUrl:i,downloadsFullUrl:i},p=a("saGlobal","string","sa_event"),void 0===(h=l)&&b("options object not found, please specify","warn"),g=function g(t,e){try{if(!t)return b("no element found");var a=!1,n=function(){a||t.hasAttribute("target")||(document.location=t.getAttribute("href")),a=!0};if(m[p]&&m[p+"_loaded"]){var o,r=t.hostname,i=t.pathname,l={title:t.getAttribute("title")||undefined},s=t.href||undefined,u=!1;if(h.title&&t.hasAttribute("title")&&(""!=(o=t.getAttribute("title").trim())&&(u=!0)),u)d=o;else switch(e){case"outbound":d=r+(h.outboundFullUrl?i:""),l.url=s;break;case"download":d=h.downloadsFullUrl?r+i:i.split("/").pop(),l.url=s;break;case"email":var d=(t.getAttribute("href").split(":")[1]||"").split("?")[0];l.email=d}var c=e+"_"+d.replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/gi,"_").replace(/(^_+|_+$)/g,"");return m[p](c,l,n),b("collected "+c),"email"===e?n():m.setTimeout(n,5e3)}return b(p+" is not defined","warn"),n()}catch(f){b(f.message,"warn")}},m.saAutomatedLink=g,"ready"===t.readyState||"complete"===t.readyState?e():document.addEventListener("readystatechange",function(t){"complete"===t.target.readyState&&e()}));
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dist/latest/latest.dev.js b/dist/latest/latest.dev.js
index 1d15c8a..87bfa13 100644
--- a/dist/latest/latest.dev.js
+++ b/dist/latest/latest.dev.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Simple Analytics - Privacy-first analytics (docs.simpleanalytics.com/script; 2025-05-30; 8325; v12) */
+/* Simple Analytics - Privacy-first analytics (docs.simpleanalytics.com/script; 2025-06-13; a5d8; v12) */
 /* eslint-env browser */
 
 (function (
@@ -216,9 +216,9 @@
       overwriteOptions.strictUtm ||
       attr(scriptElement, "strict-utm") == trueText;
 
-    var getQueryParams = function (ignoreSource) {
+    var getQueryParams = function (ignoreSource, overwriteSearch) {
       return (
-        loc.search
+        (overwriteSearch || loc.search)
           .slice(1)
           .split("&")
           .filter(function (keyValue) {
@@ -560,8 +560,7 @@
         sendData(append, undefinedVar, trueVar);
       } else {
         try {
-          nav.sendBeacon
-            .bind(nav)(fullApiUrl + "/append", stringify(append));
+          nav.sendBeacon.bind(nav)(fullApiUrl + "/append", stringify(append));
         } catch (e) {
           // Fallback for browsers throwing "Illegal invocation" when the URL is invalid
           sendData(append, undefinedVar, trueVar);
@@ -662,6 +661,7 @@
       isPushState,
       deleteSourceInfo,
       sameSite,
+      query,
       metadata,
       callback
     ) {
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
           id: payload.page_id,
           type: pageviewText,
           referrer: !deleteSourceInfo || sameSite ? referrer : null,
-          query: getQueryParams(deleteSourceInfo),
+          query: query || getQueryParams(deleteSourceInfo),
 
           metadata: stringify(metadata),
         },
@@ -698,6 +698,13 @@
     ) {
       if (!callbackRaw && isFunction(metadata)) callbackRaw = metadata;
       var callback = isFunction(callbackRaw) ? callbackRaw : function () {};
+      var querySearch;
+      if (isString(pathOverwrite) && pathOverwrite.indexOf("?") > -1) {
+        // keep query from manual path
+        var parts = pathOverwrite.split("?");
+        pathOverwrite = parts.shift();
+        querySearch = "?" + parts.join("?");
+      }
       // Obfuscate personal data in URL by dropping the search and hash
       var path = getPath(pathOverwrite);
 
@@ -772,10 +779,13 @@
 
       var triggerSendPageView = function () {
         fetchedHighEntropyValues = trueVar;
+        var delSrc =
+          isPushState || userNavigated || !collectMetricByString("r");
         sendPageView(
           isPushState,
-          isPushState || userNavigated || !collectMetricByString("r"), // r = referrers
+          delSrc, // r = referrers
           sameSite,
+          querySearch ? getQueryParams(delSrc, querySearch) : undefinedVar,
           metadata,
           callback
         );
diff --git a/src/default.js b/src/default.js
index 414bc66..ab63e46 100644
--- a/src/default.js
+++ b/src/default.js
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@
       overwriteOptions.strictUtm ||
       attr(scriptElement, "strict-utm") == trueText;
 
-    var getQueryParams = function (ignoreSource) {
+    var getQueryParams = function (ignoreSource, overwriteSearch) {
       return (
-        loc.search
+        (overwriteSearch || loc.search)
           .slice(1)
           .split("&")
           .filter(function (keyValue) {
@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@
       isPushState,
       deleteSourceInfo,
       sameSite,
+      query,
       metadata,
       callback
     ) {
@@ -763,7 +764,7 @@
           id: payload.page_id,
           type: pageviewText,
           referrer: !deleteSourceInfo || sameSite ? referrer : null,
-          query: getQueryParams(deleteSourceInfo),
+          query: query || getQueryParams(deleteSourceInfo),
 
           /** if metadata **/
           metadata: stringify(metadata),
@@ -788,6 +789,13 @@
     ) {
       if (!callbackRaw && isFunction(metadata)) callbackRaw = metadata;
       var callback = isFunction(callbackRaw) ? callbackRaw : function () {};
+      var querySearch;
+      if (isString(pathOverwrite) && pathOverwrite.indexOf("?") > -1) {
+        // keep query from manual path
+        var parts = pathOverwrite.split("?");
+        pathOverwrite = parts.shift();
+        querySearch = "?" + parts.join("?");
+      }
       // Obfuscate personal data in URL by dropping the search and hash
       var path = getPath(pathOverwrite);
 
@@ -876,10 +884,13 @@
 
       var triggerSendPageView = function () {
         fetchedHighEntropyValues = trueVar;
+        var delSrc =
+          isPushState || userNavigated || !collectMetricByString("r");
         sendPageView(
           isPushState,
-          isPushState || userNavigated || !collectMetricByString("r"), // r = referrers
+          delSrc, // r = referrers
           sameSite,
+          querySearch ? getQueryParams(delSrc, querySearch) : undefinedVar,
           metadata,
           callback
         );
diff --git a/test/unit/pageview-query.test.js b/test/unit/pageview-query.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f4478d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/pageview-query.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+const { expect } = require("chai");
+const { createDOM } = require("./helpers/dom");
+
+describe("pageview query", function () {
+  it("sends query params from manual path", function (done) {
+    const dom = createDOM({
+      settings: { autoCollect: false, allowParams: "foo" },
+    });
+
+    dom.window.sa_pageview("/manual?foo=bar");
+
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      const req = dom.sent.find(
+        (r) => r.type === "image" && /path=%2Fmanual/.test(r.url)
+      );
+      expect(req, "pageview request").to.exist;
+      const url = new URL(req.url);
+      expect(url.searchParams.get("query")).to.equal("foo=bar");
+      done();
+    }, 10);
+  });
+});