diff --git a/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb b/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb
index 8e2e0d7..bd5c0bc 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/model/views.rb
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ module CouchRest
 
         # Dispatches to any named view.
         def view(name, query={}, &block)
+          query = query.dup # Modifications made on copy!
           db = query.delete(:database) || database
           refresh_design_doc(db)
           query[:raw] = true if query[:reduce]        
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/view_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/view_spec.rb
index 4329caf..5f1ec64 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/view_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,22 @@ describe "Model views" do
     property :professor
     view_by :title
   end
-  
+ 
+
+  describe "ClassMethods" do
+    # NOTE! Add more unit tests!
+
+    describe "#view" do
+    
+      it "should not alter original query" do
+        options = { :database => DB }
+        view = Article.view('by_date', options)
+        options[:database].should_not be_nil
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+
   describe "a model with simple views and a default param" do
     before(:all) do
       Article.all.map{|a| a.destroy(true)}