diff --git a/test/templates/index.rhtml b/test/templates/index.rhtml
index ab38e5f..07184eb 100644
--- a/test/templates/index.rhtml
+++ b/test/templates/index.rhtml
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@
 <div id="archives">
   <%= archives[3...5] %>
 </div>
-
+<!-- testing env variable passing -->
+<p>env passed: <%= env != nil %><br/></p>
+<!-- testing get/post parameter passing -->
+<p>request method type: <%= env['REQUEST_METHOD'] %><br/></p>
+<p>request name value pair: <%= env['QUERY_STRING'] %><br/></p>
diff --git a/test/toto_test.rb b/test/toto_test.rb
index 8b1ed62..aa090b6 100644
--- a/test/toto_test.rb
+++ b/test/toto_test.rb
@@ -101,6 +101,16 @@
     asserts("body should be valid xml")     { topic.body }.includes_html("feed > entry" => /.+/)
     asserts("summary shouldn't be empty")   { topic.body }.includes_html("summary" => /.{10,}/)
   end
+  context "GET /index?param=testparam (get parameter)" do
+    setup { @toto.get('/index?param=testparam')   }
+    asserts("returns a 200")                { topic.status }.equals 200
+    asserts("content type is set properly") { topic.content_type }.equals "text/html"
+    asserts("contain the env variable")           { topic.body }.includes_html("p" => /env passed: true/)
+    asserts("access the http get parameter")           { topic.body }.includes_html("p" => /request method type: GET/)
+    asserts("access the http parameter name value pair")           { topic.body }.includes_html("p" => /request name value pair: param=testparam/)
+  end
+
+
 
   context "GET to a repo name" do
     setup do