diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/TestController.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/TestController.java
index 427b384bc..0a2b3b0a8 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/TestController.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/TestController.java
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ public class TestController extends VitroHttpServlet {
             VitroRequest vreq = new VitroRequest(req);
 
             Portal portal = vreq.getPortal();
-            vreq.setAttribute("portal",String.valueOf(portal));
+            vreq.setAttribute("portalBean", portal);
+            vreq.setAttribute("portal", portal);
 
             String body = vreq.getParameter("bodyJsp");
             if( body != null )