diff --git a/e2e/custom.test.js b/e2e/custom.test.js
index da1c781..4b345ea 100644
--- a/e2e/custom.test.js
+++ b/e2e/custom.test.js
@@ -78,4 +78,13 @@ test.describe('Check redirection and url handling of static assets', () => {
     const jsonResponse = await jsonResponsePromise
     expect(jsonResponse.ok()).toBe(true)
   })
+
+  test('Check root UI with hash loads json spec', async ({ page }) => {
+    const jsonResponsePromise = page.waitForResponse(/json/)
+    await page.goto(`${URL_DOCUMENTATION}#default/get_example`)
+
+    // Check if the page has requested the json spec, and if so has it succeeded
+    const jsonResponse = await jsonResponsePromise
+    expect(jsonResponse.ok()).toBe(true)
+  })
 })
diff --git a/lib/swagger-initializer.js b/lib/swagger-initializer.js
index 40e8165..addcae6 100644
--- a/lib/swagger-initializer.js
+++ b/lib/swagger-initializer.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ function swaggerInitializer (opts) {
     }
     function resolveUrl(url) {
       var currentHref = window.location.href;
+      currentHref = currentHref.split('#', 1)[0];
       currentHref = currentHref.endsWith('/') ? currentHref : currentHref + '/';
       var anchor = document.createElement('a');
       anchor.href = currentHref + url;