diff --git a/www/misc.js b/www/misc.js
index 702a3d1..54d7f60 100644
--- a/www/misc.js
+++ b/www/misc.js
@@ -71,6 +71,17 @@ $( window ).resize(function() {
 	setInfoHeight();
 });
 
+/* parseQueryString */
+function parseQueryString() {
+	var query = (window.location.search || '?').substr(1),
+		map   = {};
+	query.replace(/([^&=]+)=?([^&]*)(?:&+|$)/g, function(match, key, value) {
+		key.toLowerCase();
+		(map[key] = map[key] || []).push(value);
+	});
+	return map;
+}
+
 /* create global vars */
 var map;
 var openMarkerID;
@@ -111,6 +122,21 @@ var config = {
  * document ready                                                     *
  **********************************************************************/
 $(document).ready(function() {
+	// parse query string
+	var parameters = parseQueryString();
+	if ( Number(parameters['minmag']) ) {
+		config['event']['minMag'] = Number(parameters['minmag']);
+	};
+	if ( parameters['markercolor'] ) {
+		config['event']['markerColor'] = parameters['markercolor'];
+	};
+	if ( parameters['markercolorh'] ) {
+		config['event']['markerColorH'] = parameters['markercolorh'];
+	};
+	if ( Number(parameters['timespan']) ) {
+		config['map']['timespan'] = Number(parameters['timespan']);
+	};
+
 	// AJAX setup
 	$.ajaxSetup({timeout: config['ajax']['timeout']});