diff --git a/lib/parse.ts b/lib/parse.ts
index 2f814217..1c741178 100644
--- a/lib/parse.ts
+++ b/lib/parse.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,13 @@ export default parse;
  */
 async function parse(path: string, $refs: $Refs, options: Options) {
   // Remove the URL fragment, if any
-  path = url.stripHash(path);
+  const hashIndex = path.indexOf("#");
+  let hash = "";
+  if (hashIndex >= 0) {
+    hash = path.substring(hashIndex);
+    // Remove the URL fragment, if any
+    path = path.substring(0, hashIndex);
+  }
 
   // Add a new $Ref for this file, even though we don't have the value yet.
   // This ensures that we don't simultaneously read & parse the same file multiple times
@@ -28,6 +34,7 @@ async function parse(path: string, $refs: $Refs, options: Options) {
   // This "file object" will be passed to all resolvers and parsers.
   const file = {
     url: path,
+    hash,
     extension: url.getExtension(path),
   } as FileInfo;
 
@@ -103,8 +110,6 @@ async function readFile(file: FileInfo, options: Options, $refs: $Refs): Promise
  * The promise resolves with the parsed file contents and the parser that was used.
  */
 async function parseFile(file: FileInfo, options: Options, $refs: $Refs) {
-  // console.log('Parsing %s', file.url);
-
   // Find the parsers that can read this file type.
   // If none of the parsers are an exact match for this file, then we'll try ALL of them.
   // This handles situations where the file IS a supported type, just with an unknown extension.
diff --git a/lib/pointer.ts b/lib/pointer.ts
index 8ff3dd02..e5b5d62a 100644
--- a/lib/pointer.ts
+++ b/lib/pointer.ts
@@ -190,9 +190,9 @@ class Pointer {
    * @param [originalPath]
    * @returns
    */
-  static parse(path: string, originalPath?: string) {
+  static parse(path: string, originalPath?: string): string[] {
     // Get the JSON pointer from the path's hash
-    let pointer = url.getHash(path).substr(1);
+    const pointer = url.getHash(path).substring(1);
 
     // If there's no pointer, then there are no tokens,
     // so return an empty array
@@ -201,18 +201,18 @@ class Pointer {
     }
 
     // Split into an array
-    pointer = pointer.split("/");
+    const split = pointer.split("/");
 
     // Decode each part, according to RFC 6901
-    for (let i = 0; i < pointer.length; i++) {
-      pointer[i] = safeDecodeURIComponent(pointer[i].replace(escapedSlash, "/").replace(escapedTilde, "~"));
+    for (let i = 0; i < split.length; i++) {
+      split[i] = safeDecodeURIComponent(split[i].replace(escapedSlash, "/").replace(escapedTilde, "~"));
     }
 
-    if (pointer[0] !== "") {
-      throw new InvalidPointerError(pointer, originalPath === undefined ? path : originalPath);
+    if (split[0] !== "") {
+      throw new InvalidPointerError(split, originalPath === undefined ? path : originalPath);
     }
 
-    return pointer.slice(1);
+    return split.slice(1);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/lib/types/index.ts b/lib/types/index.ts
index 4340f78a..4d93e22a 100644
--- a/lib/types/index.ts
+++ b/lib/types/index.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ export interface FileInfo {
    */
   url: string;
 
+  /**
+   * The hash (URL fragment) of the file URL, including the # symbol. If the URL doesn't have a hash, then this will be an empty string.
+   */
+  hash: string;
+
   /**
    * The lowercase file extension, such as ".json", ".yaml", ".txt", etc.
    */
diff --git a/lib/util/url.ts b/lib/util/url.ts
index bff79576..3826fa91 100644
--- a/lib/util/url.ts
+++ b/lib/util/url.ts
@@ -105,10 +105,10 @@ export function stripQuery(path: any) {
  * @param path
  * @returns
  */
-export function getHash(path: any) {
+export function getHash(path: string) {
   const hashIndex = path.indexOf("#");
   if (hashIndex >= 0) {
-    return path.substr(hashIndex);
+    return path.substring(hashIndex);
   }
   return "#";
 }
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ export function getHash(path: any) {
  * @param path
  * @returns
  */
-export function stripHash(path: any) {
+export function stripHash(path: string) {
   const hashIndex = path.indexOf("#");
   if (hashIndex >= 0) {
-    path = path.substr(0, hashIndex);
+    path = path.substring(0, hashIndex);
   }
   return path;
 }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export function stripHash(path: any) {
  * @param path
  * @returns
  */
-export function isHttp(path: any) {
+export function isHttp(path: string) {
   const protocol = getProtocol(path);
   if (protocol === "http" || protocol === "https") {
     return true;