improperly redirecting page query string

I'm finding that GR is doing a 301 redirect of the additional blog listing pages. For example, when I mouse over the next page link in the pager at the bottom of the front page, the link is http://example.com/node?page=1 but when I click on it, the redirect is http://example.com/?page=1 (it strips the word node). The page loads as expected, but I really don't think this redirect is expected or acceptable behavior for the module.
I tried various settings in the module, but nothing changed. The only thing that fixed it was to disable GR.

BTW, I know the redirect is 301 because a site analysis from http://validator.w3.org/checklink reported it as something to fix.