diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index bf99405..cc9b20e 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.7-next
+7.0-next
diff --git a/js/uhr.js b/js/uhr.js
index eb53a63..c053ad5 100644
--- a/js/uhr.js
+++ b/js/uhr.js
@@ -130,9 +130,45 @@
         this.timer = null;
         this.currentMinute = -1;
         var userTime = this.options.time;
+        var hash, params;
         if (this.options.time === undefined) {
             this.options.time = new Date();
         }
+        // parse the URL params
+        hash = window.location.hash;
+        if (hash !== undefined && typeof hash === 'string' && hash.charAt(0) === '#') {
+            hash = hash.substring(1);
+            hash = decodeURIComponent(hash);
+            params = hash.split('&');
+            params.forEach(function (element) {
+                var pair = element.split('=');
+                var key = pair[0];
+                var value = pair[1];
+                switch (key) {
+                    case 'l':
+                    case 'language':
+                        this.options.language = value;
+                        this.options.force = true;
+                        break;
+                    case 't':
+                    case 'theme':
+                        this.options.theme = value;
+                        this.options.force = true;
+                        break;
+                    case 'm':
+                    case 'mode':
+                        this.options.mode = value;
+                        this.options.force = true;
+                        break;
+                    case 's':
+                    case 'status':
+                        this.options.status = value;
+                        this.options.force = true;
+                        break;
+                }
+            }.bind(this));
+        }
+        // end parse the URL params
         setupHTML.bind(this)();
         wireFunctionality.bind(this)();
         if (userTime !== undefined) {
diff --git a/manifest.appcache b/manifest.appcache
index bcb7cb0..069b0ba 100644
--- a/manifest.appcache
+++ b/manifest.appcache
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CACHE MANIFEST
-# 6.7-next
+# 7.0-next
 
 css/uhr.css
 css/uhr-black.css