diff --git a/pkg/api/http_test.go b/pkg/api/http_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df9b000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/api/http_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestRespond(t *testing.T) {
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	respond(w, 15)
+
+	// assert json header
+	if w.Header().Get("Content-Type") != "application/json" {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid Content-Type header")
+	}
+
+	// assert json response
+	var d int
+	err := json.NewDecoder(w.Body).Decode(&d)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Invalid response body: %s", err)
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/params.go b/pkg/api/params.go
index f2236e6..aea9164 100644
--- a/pkg/api/params.go
+++ b/pkg/api/params.go
@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// Params defines the commonly used API parameters
 type Params struct {
 	Limit     int
 	StartDate time.Time
 	EndDate   time.Time
 }
 
+// GetRequestParams parses the query parameters and returns commonly used API parameters, with defaults
 func GetRequestParams(r *http.Request) *Params {
 	params := &Params{
 		Limit:     20,
diff --git a/pkg/api/params_test.go b/pkg/api/params_test.go
index ad79ef1..ee50cd5 100644
--- a/pkg/api/params_test.go
+++ b/pkg/api/params_test.go
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package api
 
 import (
-	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/http/httptest"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -11,22 +10,21 @@ import (
 func TestGetRequestParams(t *testing.T) {
 	startDate := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -12)
 	endDate := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, -5)
+	limit := 50
 
-	r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
-	r.URL.Query().Add("before", string(endDate.Unix()))
-	r.URL.Query().Add("after", string(startDate.Unix()))
-	r.URL.Query().Add("limit", string(50))
+	url := fmt.Sprintf("/?after=%d&before=%d&limit=%d", startDate.Unix(), endDate.Unix(), limit)
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
 	params := GetRequestParams(r)
 
 	if params.Limit != 50 {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %#v, got %#v", 50, params.Limit)
 	}
 
-	if startDate != params.StartDate {
+	if startDate.Unix() != params.StartDate.Unix() {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %#v, got %#v", startDate.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"), params.StartDate.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"))
 	}
 
-	if params.EndDate != endDate {
+	if params.EndDate.Unix() != endDate.Unix() {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %#v, got %#v", endDate.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"), params.EndDate.Format("2006-01-02 15:04"))
 	}
 
@@ -45,21 +43,3 @@ func TestParseMajorMinor(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Return value should be %s is %s instead", expected, actual)
 	}
 }
-
-func TestRespond(t *testing.T) {
-	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
-	respond(w, 15)
-
-	// assert json header
-	if w.Header().Get("Content-Type") != "application/json" {
-		t.Errorf("Invalid Content-Type header")
-	}
-
-	// assert json response
-	var d int
-	err := json.NewDecoder(w.Body).Decode(&d)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Invalid response body: %s", err)
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/pkg/models/site_stats.go b/pkg/models/site_stats.go
index f4ae6b7..4341ca6 100644
--- a/pkg/models/site_stats.go
+++ b/pkg/models/site_stats.go
@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ type SiteStats struct {
 	Sessions    int64     `db:"sessions"`
 	Bounces     int64     `db:"bounces"`
 	AvgDuration int64     `db:"avg_duration"`
-	Date        time.Time `db:"date"`
+	Date        time.Time `db:"date" json:"omitempty"`
 }