diff --git a/src/components/App.tsx b/src/components/App.tsx
index 3f5a267..d099858 100644
--- a/src/components/App.tsx
+++ b/src/components/App.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,38 @@
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
 import { Panel, PanelGroup, PanelResizeHandle } from 'react-resizable-panels';
 import { HexViewer } from './HexViewer/HexViewer';
 import { AstTree } from './AstTree/AstTree';
-import { QueryInput } from './QueryInput';
+import { QueryInput, decodeBase64Url } from './QueryInput';
+import { useStore } from '../store/store';
+import { ClickHouseFormat } from '../core/types/formats';
 import logo from '../assets/clickhouse-yellow-badge.svg';
 import '../styles/app.css';
 
 function App() {
+  const setQuery = useStore((s) => s.setQuery);
+  const setFormat = useStore((s) => s.setFormat);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
+    const q = params.get('q');
+    const f = params.get('f');
+
+    if (q) {
+      try {
+        setQuery(decodeBase64Url(q));
+      } catch {
+        // ignore malformed base64
+      }
+    }
+    if (f && Object.values(ClickHouseFormat).includes(f as ClickHouseFormat)) {
+      setFormat(f as ClickHouseFormat);
+    }
+
+    if (q || f) {
+      window.history.replaceState({}, '', window.location.pathname);
+    }
+  }, []); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+
   return (
     <div className="app">
       <header className="app-header">
diff --git a/src/components/QueryInput.tsx b/src/components/QueryInput.tsx
index 9ea04da..5c6d1e9 100644
--- a/src/components/QueryInput.tsx
+++ b/src/components/QueryInput.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,23 @@
-import { useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useRef, useState } from 'react';
 import { useStore } from '../store/store';
 import { DEFAULT_QUERY } from '../core/clickhouse/client';
 import { ClickHouseFormat, FORMAT_METADATA } from '../core/types/formats';
 
+function encodeBase64Url(str: string): string {
+  const bytes = new TextEncoder().encode(str);
+  const binary = String.fromCharCode(...bytes);
+  return btoa(binary).replace(/\+/g, '-').replace(/\//g, '_').replace(/=+$/, '');
+}
+
+function decodeBase64Url(encoded: string): string {
+  const base64 = encoded.replace(/-/g, '+').replace(/_/g, '/');
+  const binary = atob(base64);
+  const bytes = Uint8Array.from(binary, (c) => c.charCodeAt(0));
+  return new TextDecoder().decode(bytes);
+}
+
+export { encodeBase64Url, decodeBase64Url };
+
 export function QueryInput() {
   const query = useStore((s) => s.query);
   const setQuery = useStore((s) => s.setQuery);
@@ -15,6 +30,17 @@ export function QueryInput() {
   const queryTiming = useStore((s) => s.queryTiming);
 
   const fileInputRef = useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  const [shareLabel, setShareLabel] = useState('Share');
+
+  const handleShare = useCallback(() => {
+    const url = new URL(window.location.href);
+    url.search = '';
+    url.searchParams.set('q', encodeBase64Url(query));
+    url.searchParams.set('f', format);
+    navigator.clipboard.writeText(url.toString());
+    setShareLabel('Copied!');
+    setTimeout(() => setShareLabel('Share'), 2000);
+  }, [query, format]);
 
   const handleExecute = useCallback(() => {
     executeQuery();
@@ -94,6 +120,9 @@ export function QueryInput() {
           >
             Upload
           </button>
+          <button className="query-btn secondary" onClick={handleShare} title="Copy shareable URL to clipboard">
+            {shareLabel}
+          </button>
           <button className="query-btn secondary" onClick={handleReset} disabled={isLoading}>
             Reset
           </button>