diff --git a/bigdata-client/src/main/java/com/bigdata/rdf/sail/webapp/client/AbstractConnectOptions.java b/bigdata-client/src/main/java/com/bigdata/rdf/sail/webapp/client/AbstractConnectOptions.java
index 92e6b6b81e..c59bd2b541 100644
--- a/bigdata-client/src/main/java/com/bigdata/rdf/sail/webapp/client/AbstractConnectOptions.java
+++ b/bigdata-client/src/main/java/com/bigdata/rdf/sail/webapp/client/AbstractConnectOptions.java
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ static public void addQueryParams(final StringBuilder urlString,
         if (requestParams == null)
             return;
         boolean first = true;
+        if (urlString.indexOf("?") >= 0) {
+            first = false;
+        }
         for (Map.Entry<String, String[]> e : requestParams.entrySet()) {
             final String name = e.getKey();
             final String[] vals = e.getValue();