ember: EmberJS Query Parameters By Default

Is there a way for the URL to get updated with a default query param if a user navigates to the link by default?

For example, I have:

Ember.Controller.extend({

  queryParams: [
    'us_date',
    'us_users',
  ],

  us_date: 365,
  us_users: null,

})

I want the url to have

url_here/?us_date=365

upon visiting the controller for

url_here

I check the value of the query param and it is 365 once I enter the controller but the URL is not modified.

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