IE8 Removing query strings on redirect

IE8 Removing query strings on redirect

I am building an Angular application and IE8 seems to be causing some
awesome issues.
I have a location finder that is built into the clients website that will
then launch over to the rental application when the user finds their
desired location. Location data is sent over via query strings. It works
fine in all modern browsers.
The client's website uses javascript to pop a new window and lead the user
to the following link:
https://rentabike.com/#/step-1?vendor=VendorType&locale=en_US&dealerid=DealerID
This works fine in all major browsers, but then in IE, the window pops and
IE strips all the query strings out and the url ends up being:
https://rentabike.com/#/step-1
Is there some IE quirk I am missing out on? I can't seem to figure out the
root of this problem.