diff --git a/ext/simpletest/main.php b/ext/simpletest/main.php
index 95a66903..9345ef1e 100644
--- a/ext/simpletest/main.php
+++ b/ext/simpletest/main.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class SCoreWebTestCase extends WebTestCase {
 	protected function get_page($page) {
 		if($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] == "<cli command>") {
 			//print "http://127.0.0.1/2.Xm/index.php?q=$page";
-			$raw = $this->get("http://127.0.0.1/2.Xm/index.php?q=$page");
+			$raw = $this->get("http://127.0.0.1/2.Xm/index.php?q=".str_replace("?", "&", $page));
 		}
 		else {
 			$raw = $this->get(make_http(make_link($page)));