diff --git a/.changeset/witty-cherries-visit.md b/.changeset/witty-cherries-visit.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa28c0369
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/witty-cherries-visit.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'houdini-react': patch
+---
+
+fix bug with useRoute pulling route params
diff --git a/packages/houdini/src/runtime/router/match.ts b/packages/houdini/src/runtime/router/match.ts
index d084917c9..7445642d8 100644
--- a/packages/houdini/src/runtime/router/match.ts
+++ b/packages/houdini/src/runtime/router/match.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ export function find_match<_ComponentType>(
 	}
 
 	// we might have to marshal the variables
-	let variables: GraphQLVariables = {}
+	let variables: GraphQLVariables = {
+		...matchVariables,
+	}
 	// each of the matched documents might tell us how to handle a subset of the
 	// matchVariables. look at every document's input specification and marshal
 	// any values that are in matchVariables