diff --git a/scripts/uncompressed/history.js b/scripts/uncompressed/history.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 0e7cb1ec..c5473b21
--- a/scripts/uncompressed/history.js
+++ b/scripts/uncompressed/history.js
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@
 		 * What is the title of the initial state
 		 */
 		History.options.initialTitle = History.options.initialTitle || document.title;
+		
+		/**
+         * History.options.transformHash
+         * If true will transform the HTML4 hash to HTML5 equivalence. Set to false if you want the hash to be just a plain string, no meaning whatsoever.
+         */
+        History.options.transformHash = History.options.transformHash || true;
 
 
 		// ====================================================================
@@ -1618,7 +1624,7 @@
 				if ( currentHash ) {
 					// Expand Hash
 					currentState = History.extractState(currentHash||document.location.href,true);
-					if ( currentState ) {
+					if ( History.options.transformHash && currentState ) {
 						// We were able to parse it, it must be a State!
 						// Let's forward to replaceState
 						//History.debug('History.onPopState: state anchor', currentHash, currentState);
@@ -1700,7 +1706,7 @@
 
 				// Check the State
 				if ( History.getHashByUrl(url) && History.emulated.pushState ) {
-					throw new Error('History.js does not support states with fragement-identifiers (hashes/anchors).');
+					throw new Error('History.js does not support states with fragment-identifiers (hashes/anchors).');
 				}
 
 				// Handle Queueing