diff --git a/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcatws-test.sh b/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcatws-test.sh
index 6504576b7..b18edf98e 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcatws-test.sh
+++ b/xCAT-server/xCAT-wsapi/xcatws-test.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # IBM(c) 2014 EPL license http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 
-# Test driver for xcatws.cgi
+# Test driver for xcatws.cgi, pass two arguments to it, user and password.
+# Usage example: ./xcatws-test.sh wsuer cluster
 
-user = ''
-pw = ''
-format = 'format=json&pretty=1'
+
+user=$1
+pw=$2
+format='format=json&pretty=1'
 
 #todo: add a test case for every api call that is documented
 #todo: figure out why i currently have to specify -k
@@ -27,4 +29,4 @@ curl -X GET -k "https://127.0.0.1/xcatws/images/bp-netboot?userName=$user&passwo
 
 #todo: remove when these test cases are in xcatws-test.pl
 ./xcatws-test.pl -u "https://127.0.0.1/xcatws/nodes/test001?userName=$user&password=$pw" -m GET
-./xcatws-test.pl -u "https://127.0.0.1/xcatws/nodes/test001?userName=$user&password=$pw" -m PUT "nodepos.room=foo"
\ No newline at end of file
+./xcatws-test.pl -u "https://127.0.0.1/xcatws/nodes/test001?userName=$user&password=$pw" -m PUT "nodepos.room=foo"