diff --git a/tests/frontend/runner.css b/tests/frontend/runner.css
index ba5245aa..e420e370 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/runner.css
+++ b/tests/frontend/runner.css
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ body {
   font-weight: 200;
 }
 
-#mocha h1 a {
+/*#mocha h1 a {
   text-decoration: none;
   color: inherit;
-}
+}*/
 
 #mocha h1 a:hover {
   text-decoration: underline;
diff --git a/tests/frontend/runner.js b/tests/frontend/runner.js
index 0d3f3416..1abc90c1 100644
--- a/tests/frontend/runner.js
+++ b/tests/frontend/runner.js
@@ -4,9 +4,19 @@ $(function(){
     document.domain = document.domain; // for comet
   }
 
-  var specs = specs_list.slice();
+  //http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1403888/get-url-parameter-with-jquery
+  var getURLParameter = function (name) {
+    return decodeURI(
+        (RegExp(name + '=' + '(.+?)(&|$)').exec(location.search)||[,null])[1]
+    );
+  }
 
-  var $body = $('body')
+  //get the list of specs and filter it if requested
+  var specs = specs_list.slice();
+  
+
+  //inject spec scripts into the dom
+  var $body = $('body');
   $.each(specs, function(i, spec){
     $body.append('<script src="specs/' + spec + '"></script>')
   });
@@ -15,6 +25,10 @@ $(function(){
   helper.init(function(){
 	  //configure and start the test framework
 	  //mocha.suite.timeout(5000);
+    var grep = getURLParameter("grep");
+    if(grep != "null"){
+      mocha.grep(grep);
+    }
 	  mocha.ignoreLeaks();
 		mocha.run();
   });