diff --git a/lib/gollum/app.rb b/lib/gollum/app.rb
index b703e163..621f9f74 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/app.rb
+++ b/lib/gollum/app.rb
@@ -459,7 +459,30 @@ module Precious
         mustache :latest_changes
       end
 
-      post '/compare/*' do
+      get %r{
+        /compare/ # match any URL beginning with /compare/
+        (.+)      # extract the full path (including any directories)
+        /         # match the final slash
+        ([^.]+)   # match the first SHA1
+        \.{2,3}   # match .. or ...
+        (.+)      # match the second SHA1
+      }x do |path, start_version, end_version|
+        wikip     = wiki_page(path)
+        @path     = wikip.path
+        @name     = wikip.fullname
+        @versions = [start_version, end_version]
+        wiki      = wikip.wiki
+        @page     = wikip.page
+        @diff     = wiki.repo.diff(@versions.first, @versions.last, @page.path)
+        if @diff.empty?
+          @message = 'Could not compare these two revisions, no differences were found.'
+          mustache :error
+        else
+          mustache :compare
+        end
+      end
+
+      get '/compare/*' do
         @file     = clean_url(encodeURIComponent(params[:splat].first))
         @versions = params[:versions] || []
         if @versions.size == 1
@@ -483,28 +506,6 @@ module Precious
         end
       end
 
-      get %r{
-        /compare/ # match any URL beginning with /compare/
-        (.+)      # extract the full path (including any directories)
-        /         # match the final slash
-        ([^.]+)   # match the first SHA1
-        \.{2,3}   # match .. or ...
-        (.+)      # match the second SHA1
-      }x do |path, start_version, end_version|
-        wikip     = wiki_page(path)
-        @path     = wikip.path
-        @name     = wikip.fullname
-        @versions = [start_version, end_version]
-        wiki      = wikip.wiki
-        @page     = wikip.page
-        @diff     = wiki.repo.diff(@versions.first, @versions.last, @page.path)
-        if @diff.empty?
-          @message = 'Could not compare these two revisions, no differences were found.'
-          mustache :error
-        else
-          mustache :compare
-        end
-      end
 
       get %r{
         /commit/  # match any URL beginning with /show/
diff --git a/lib/gollum/templates/history.mustache b/lib/gollum/templates/history.mustache
index b966ddaf..ffdfcdbc 100644
--- a/lib/gollum/templates/history.mustache
+++ b/lib/gollum/templates/history.mustache
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
   {{>pagination}}
 
-    <form name="selection-form" id="selection-form" method="post" action="{{compare_path}}/{{escaped_url_path}}"></form>
+    <form name="selection-form" id="selection-form" method="get" action="{{compare_path}}/{{escaped_url_path}}"></form>
 
 	<div id="page-history-list" class="Box Box--condensed flex-auto">
 		<form id="version-form">
diff --git a/test/test_app.rb b/test/test_app.rb
index b10ee6e8..d1a17060 100644
--- a/test/test_app.rb
+++ b/test/test_app.rb
@@ -957,17 +957,17 @@ context 'Frontend with base path' do
   end
   
   test 'compare view' do
-    post '/wiki/gollum/compare/Bilbo-Baggins.md', :versions => ['f25eccd98e9b667f9e22946f3e2f945378b8a72d', '5bc1aaec6149e854078f1d0f8b71933bbc6c2e43']
+    get '/wiki/gollum/compare/Bilbo-Baggins.md?versions[]=f25eccd98e9b667f9e22946f3e2f945378b8a72d&versions[]=5bc1aaec6149e854078f1d0f8b71933bbc6c2e43'
     follow_redirect!
     assert last_response.ok?
     assert_equal '/wiki/gollum/compare/Bilbo-Baggins.md/5bc1aaec6149e854078f1d0f8b71933bbc6c2e43...f25eccd98e9b667f9e22946f3e2f945378b8a72d', last_request.fullpath
     
-    post '/wiki/gollum/compare/Bilbo-Baggins.md', :versions => ['f25eccd98e9b667f9e22946f3e2f945378b8a72d']
+    get '/wiki/gollum/compare/Bilbo-Baggins.md?versions[]=f25eccd98e9b667f9e22946f3e2f945378b8a72d'
     follow_redirect!
     assert last_response.ok?
     assert_equal '/wiki/gollum/compare/Bilbo-Baggins.md/b0d108328459e44fff4a76cd19b10ddc34adce4b...f25eccd98e9b667f9e22946f3e2f945378b8a72d', last_request.fullpath
 
-    post '/wiki/gollum/compare/Bilbo-Baggins.md', :versions => []
+    get '/wiki/gollum/compare/Bilbo-Baggins.md'
     follow_redirect!
     assert last_response.ok?
     assert_equal '/wiki/gollum/history/Bilbo-Baggins.md', last_request.fullpath