diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b70437c..04ea70c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Master
+
 ## 0.7.2
+* Fixed fetching from 'dumb' git remotes that don't support shallow clones.  
+  [Michael Bishop](https://github.com/mbishop-fiksu)
+  [#40](https://github.com/CocoaPods/cocoapods-downloader/pull/40)
 
 ###### Enhancements
 
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 2626f25..742d237 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ begin
 rescue LoadError
   $stderr.puts "\033[0;31m" \
     '[!] Some Rake tasks haven been disabled because the environment' \
-    ' couldn’t be loaded. Be sure to run `rake bootstrap` first.' \
+    ' couldn\'t be loaded. Be sure to run `rake bootstrap` first.' \
     "\e[0m"
   $stderr.puts e.message
   $stderr.puts e.backtrace
diff --git a/lib/cocoapods-downloader/http.rb b/lib/cocoapods-downloader/http.rb
index cdca333..581e6da 100644
--- a/lib/cocoapods-downloader/http.rb
+++ b/lib/cocoapods-downloader/http.rb
@@ -51,15 +51,16 @@ def should_flatten?
       end
 
       def type_with_url(url)
-        if url =~ /.zip$/
+        path = URI.parse(url).path
+        if path =~ /.zip$/
           :zip
-        elsif url =~ /.(tgz|tar\.gz)$/
+        elsif path =~ /.(tgz|tar\.gz)$/
           :tgz
-        elsif url =~ /.tar$/
+        elsif path =~ /.tar$/
           :tar
-        elsif url =~ /.(tbz|tar\.bz2)$/
+        elsif path =~ /.(tbz|tar\.bz2)$/
           :tbz
-        elsif url =~ /.(txz|tar\.xz)$/
+        elsif path =~ /.(txz|tar\.xz)$/
           :txz
         else
           nil
diff --git a/spec/http_spec.rb b/spec/http_spec.rb
index d2621de..9f1d36c 100644
--- a/spec/http_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/http_spec.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ module Downloader
         tmp_folder('lib/file.txt').read.strip.should =~ /This is a fixture/
       end
 
+      it 'ignores any params in the url' do
+        options = { :http => "#{@fixtures_url}/lib.zip?param=value" }
+        downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
+        downloader.send(:type).should == :zip
+      end
+
       it 'should download file and unzip it when the target folder name contains quotes or spaces' do
         options = { :http => "#{@fixtures_url}/lib.zip" }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder_with_quotes, options)
@@ -103,43 +109,43 @@ module Downloader
       #-------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
       it 'detects zip files' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file.zip' }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file.zip' }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
         downloader.send(:type).should == :zip
       end
 
       it 'detects tar files' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file.tar' }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file.tar' }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
         downloader.send(:type).should == :tar
       end
 
       it 'detects tgz files' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file.tgz' }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file.tgz' }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
         downloader.send(:type).should == :tgz
       end
 
       it 'detects tbz files' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file.tbz' }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file.tbz' }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
         downloader.send(:type).should == :tbz
       end
 
       it 'detects txz files' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file.txz' }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file.txz' }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
         downloader.send(:type).should == :txz
       end
 
       it 'allows to specify the file type in the sources' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file', :type => :zip }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file', :type => :zip }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
         downloader.send(:type).should == :zip
       end
 
       it 'should download file and extract it with proper type' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file.zip' }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file.zip' }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
         downloader.expects(:download_file).with(anything)
         downloader.expects(:extract_with_type).with(anything, :zip).at_least_once
@@ -147,25 +153,25 @@ module Downloader
       end
 
       it 'should raise error when an unsupported file type is detected' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file.rar' }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file.rar' }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
         lambda { downloader.download }.should.raise Http::UnsupportedFileTypeError
       end
 
       it 'should raise error when an unsupported file type is specified in the options' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file', :type => :rar }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file', :type => :rar }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
         lambda { downloader.download }.should.raise Http::UnsupportedFileTypeError
       end
 
       it 'detects the file type if specified with a string' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file', :type => 'zip' }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file', :type => 'zip' }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder, options)
         downloader.send(:type).should == :zip
       end
 
       it 'returns whether it does not supports the download of the head' do
-        options = { :http => 'https://file', :type => 'zip' }
+        options = { :http => 'https://foo/file', :type => 'zip' }
         downloader = Downloader.for_target(tmp_folder('checkout'), options)
         downloader.head_supported?.should.be.false
       end