diff --git a/js/controllers.js b/js/controllers.js
index 7c724f59aef33..f800b8b5742fb 100644
--- a/js/controllers.js
+++ b/js/controllers.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 angular.module('kibana.controllers', [])
-.controller('DashCtrl', function($scope, $rootScope, $http, $timeout, $route, ejsResource, 
+.controller('DashCtrl', function($scope, $location, $rootScope, $http, $timeout, $route, ejsResource, 
   fields, dashboard) {
 
   $scope.editor = {
diff --git a/js/services.js b/js/services.js
index ec51c226ec8e8..57d37a26ee76b 100644
--- a/js/services.js
+++ b/js/services.js
@@ -124,9 +124,13 @@ angular.module('kibana.services', [])
   };
 
 })
-.service('querySrv', function(dashboard, ejsResource) {
+.service('querySrv', function($location, dashboard, ejsResource) {
   // Create an object to hold our service state on the dashboard
   dashboard.current.services.query = dashboard.current.services.query || {};
+  if ('query' in $location.search()) {
+    var query_string = $location.search()['query'];
+    dashboard.current.services.query.list[0].query  = query_string.replace(/^"|"$/g, '');
+  }
   _.defaults(dashboard.current.services.query,{
     idQueue : [],
     list : {},
@@ -740,4 +744,4 @@ angular.module('kibana.services', [])
     });
   };
 
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});