diff --git a/packages/constants/constants.json b/packages/constants/constants.json
index 9a4a7658972779d25310f0d0859308e5b8102e0c..30fcf7dfadce1254d493595b03f86580580b387b 100644
--- a/packages/constants/constants.json
+++ b/packages/constants/constants.json
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@
   "CLIENT_AUTH_KEY": "authKey",
   "INDEX_KEY": "index",
   "CONTRACT_KEY_NAME": "X-JSONQL-CV-KEY",
+  "SHOW_CONTRACT_DESC_PARAM": {
+    "desc": "y"
+  },
   "DEFAULT_RESOLVER_DIR": "resolvers",
   "DEFAULT_CONTRACT_DIR": "contracts",
   "DEFAULT_KEYS_DIR": "keys",
diff --git a/packages/constants/main.js b/packages/constants/main.js
index 0a8ace766a788cc3da343b492faaf813550fea06..9bfda742b6694cc807bb33a6265b9119f2f9897d 100644
--- a/packages/constants/main.js
+++ b/packages/constants/main.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export const CLIENT_AUTH_KEY = 'authKey';
 export const INDEX_KEY = 'index';
 // contract key
 export const CONTRACT_KEY_NAME = 'X-JSONQL-CV-KEY';
+export const SHOW_CONTRACT_DESC_PARAM = {desc: 'y'};
 // directories
 export const DEFAULT_RESOLVER_DIR = 'resolvers';
 export const DEFAULT_CONTRACT_DIR = 'contracts';
diff --git a/packages/constants/package.json b/packages/constants/package.json
index 52459d70a525bc373c3dcb81a2e463e6ac7f850b..7c7d615f1c52fb0bbc8c440954cf3099dc916ab7 100755
--- a/packages/constants/package.json
+++ b/packages/constants/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jsonql-constants",
-  "version": "1.7.8",
+  "version": "1.7.9",
   "description": "All the share constants for json:ql tools",
   "main": "index.js",
   "module": "main.js",
diff --git a/packages/contract-console/tests/fixtures/server.js b/packages/contract-console/tests/fixtures/server.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0933d312aa3fa3399b94004b6ca05e8aafd795c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/contract-console/tests/fixtures/server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+const serverIo = require('server-io-core')
+const jsonqlKoa = require('jsonql-koa')
diff --git a/packages/http-client/package.json b/packages/http-client/package.json
index 418070d2b3850610338b7fd8abd1eb2862eb0837..2255b4b976f103830f1937adf0dc3726678f391c 100755
--- a/packages/http-client/package.json
+++ b/packages/http-client/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "jsonql-client",
-  "version": "1.2.0",
+  "version": "1.2.1",
   "description": "json:ql client package for javascript using superagent",
   "main": "index.js",
   "module": "src/index.js",
diff --git a/packages/http-client/src/lib/base/http-cls.js b/packages/http-client/src/lib/base/http-cls.js
index a36343209574395058be5d07079171ed03554256..4a34102b104925008fb4152146e01b7ff7cd5430 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/src/lib/base/http-cls.js
+++ b/packages/http-client/src/lib/base/http-cls.js
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ export default class HttpClass {
     this.fly = flyio;
     this.opts = opts;
     this.extraHeader = {};
+    // @1.2.1 for adding query to the call on the fly
+    this.extraParams = {};
     // run the set debug
     this.debug()
     // console.info('start up opts', opts);
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ export default class HttpClass {
    */
   request(payload, options = {}, headers = {}) {
     this.headers = headers;
-    let params = cacheBurst()
+    let params = merge({}, cacheBurst(), this.extraParams)
     // @TODO need to add a jsonp url and payload
     if (this.opts.enableJsonp) {
       let resolverName = getNameFromPayload(payload)
@@ -132,12 +134,16 @@ export default class HttpClass {
    */
   cleanUp() {
     this.extraHeader = {}
+    this.extraParams = {}
   }
 
   /**
    * GET for contract only
    */
   get() {
+    if (this.opts.showContractDesc) {
+      this.extraParams = merge(this.extraParams, {desc: 'y'})
+    }
     return this.request({}, {method: 'GET'}, this.contractHeader)
       .then(clientErrorsHandler)
       .then(result => {
@@ -148,7 +154,7 @@ export default class HttpClass {
         if (result.cache && result.contract) {
           return result.contract;
         }
-        // just the normal result 
+        // just the normal result
         return result
       })
   }
diff --git a/packages/http-client/src/lib/options/base-options.js b/packages/http-client/src/lib/options/base-options.js
index c62f78d1d375a1dff4329fdf78befb199ac017c7..fd742749f34e403b17f3f1f0f51f09819b08ff8e 100644
--- a/packages/http-client/src/lib/options/base-options.js
+++ b/packages/http-client/src/lib/options/base-options.js
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ export const appProps = {
   contractExpired: createConfig(0, [NUMBER_TYPE]),// -1 always fetch contract,
                       // 0 never expired,
                       // > 0 then compare the timestamp with the current one to see if we need to get contract again
-  // useful during development 
+  // useful during development
   keepContract: createConfig(true, [BOOLEAN_TYPE]),
+  // @1.2.1 new option for the contract-console to fetch the contract with description
+  showContractDesc: createConfig(false, [BOOLEAN_TYPE]),
   contractKey: createConfig(false, [BOOLEAN_TYPE]), // if the server side is lock by the key you need this
   contractKeyName: createConfig(CONTRACT_KEY_NAME, [STRING_TYPE]), // same as above they go in pairs
   enableTimeout: createConfig(false, [BOOLEAN_TYPE]), // @TODO