diff --git a/lib/loader.js b/lib/loader.js
index dd5d2483..f865f429 100644
--- a/lib/loader.js
+++ b/lib/loader.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = function (source) {
   // The following part renders the tempalte with lodash as aminimalistic loader
   //
   // Get templating options
-  const options = loaderUtils.parseQuery(this.query);
+  const  options = this.query !== '' ? loaderUtils.parseQuery(this.query) : {};
   // Webpack 2 does not allow with() statements, which lodash templates use to unwrap
   // the parameters passed to the compiled template inside the scope. We therefore
   // need to unwrap them ourselves here. This is essentially what lodash does internally