diff --git a/Manifest.txt b/Manifest.txt
index 55ecc1f9..abdb8ef5 100644
--- a/Manifest.txt
+++ b/Manifest.txt
@@ -1,26 +1,3 @@
-.git/HEAD
-.git/config
-.git/description
-.git/hooks/applypatch-msg
-.git/hooks/commit-msg
-.git/hooks/post-commit
-.git/hooks/post-receive
-.git/hooks/post-update
-.git/hooks/pre-applypatch
-.git/hooks/pre-commit
-.git/hooks/pre-rebase
-.git/hooks/update
-.git/index
-.git/info/exclude
-.git/logs/HEAD
-.git/logs/refs/heads/master
-.git/logs/refs/remotes/origin/master
-.git/objects/pack/pack-3243faf8e8f6f0e226adf39a2c2e8c19c18da6c4.idx
-.git/objects/pack/pack-3243faf8e8f6f0e226adf39a2c2e8c19c18da6c4.pack
-.git/refs/heads/master
-.git/refs/remotes/origin/HEAD
-.git/refs/remotes/origin/master
-.gitignore
 History.txt
 MIT-LICENSE.txt
 Manifest.txt
@@ -38,6 +15,11 @@ lib/webrat/logging.rb
 lib/webrat/page.rb
 lib/webrat/redirect_actions.rb
 lib/webrat/select_option.rb
+lib/boot_merb.rb
+lib/boot_rails.rb
+lib/merb_support/indifferent_access.rb
+lib/merb_support/param_parser.rb
+lib/merb_support/url_encoded_pair_parser.rb
 test/checks_test.rb
 test/chooses_test.rb
 test/clicks_button_test.rb
diff --git a/lib/boot_merb.rb b/lib/boot_merb.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21c4a9b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/boot_merb.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+#In Merb, we have an RspecStory instead of an integration Session. 
+class Merb::Test::RspecStory
+
+  #Our own redirect actions defined below, to deal with the fact that we need to store
+  #a controller reference.
+
+  def current_page
+    @current_page ||= Webrat::Page.new(self)
+  end
+  
+  def current_page=(new_page)
+    @current_page = new_page
+  end
+  
+  # Issues a GET request for a page, follows any redirects, and verifies the final page
+  # load was successful.
+  #
+  # Example:
+  #   visits "/"
+  def visits(*args)
+    @current_page = Webrat::Page.new(self, *args)
+  end
+
+  def save_and_open_page
+    current_page.save_and_open
+  end
+  
+  [:reloads, :fills_in, :clicks_button, :selects, :chooses, :checks, :unchecks, :clicks_link, :clicks_link_within, :clicks_put_link, :clicks_get_link, :clicks_post_link, :clicks_delete_link].each do |method_name|
+    define_method(method_name) do |*args|
+      current_page.send(method_name, *args)
+    end
+  end
+  
+  #Session defines the following (used by webrat), but RspecStory doesn't. Merb's get/put/delete return a controller,
+  #which is where we get our status and response from. 
+  def get_via_redirect(path, parameters = {}, headers = {})
+    @controller=get path, parameters, headers
+    follow_redirect! while redirect?
+    status
+  end
+  def put_via_redirect(path, parameters = {}, headers = {})
+    @controller=put path, parameters, headers
+    follow_redirect! while redirect?
+    status
+  end
+  def delete_via_redirect(path, parameters = {}, headers = {})
+    @controller=delete path, parameters, headers
+    follow_redirect! while redirect?
+    status
+  end  
+  
+  def follow_redirect!
+    @controller=get @controller.headers["Location"]
+  end
+  
+  def redirect?
+    [307, *(300..305)].include?(status)
+  end
+  
+  def status
+    @controller.status
+  end
+  
+  def response
+    @controller #things like @controller.body will work.
+  end
+
+  def assert_response(resp)
+    if resp == :success
+      response.should be_successful
+    else
+      raise "assert_response #{resp.inspect} is not supported"
+    end
+  end  
+end
+
+#Other utilities used by Webrat that are present in Rails but not Merb. We can require heavy dependencies
+#here because we're only loaded in Test mode. 
+require 'strscan'
+require 'cgi'
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "merb_support", "param_parser.rb")
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "merb_support", "url_encoded_pair_parser.rb")
+require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "merb_support", "indifferent_access.rb")
+
diff --git a/lib/boot_rails.rb b/lib/boot_rails.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1954ca74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/boot_rails.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+module ActionController
+  module Integration
+    class Session
+      
+      unless instance_methods.include?("put_via_redirect")
+        include Webrat::RedirectActions
+      end
+
+      def current_page
+        @current_page ||= Webrat::Page.new(self)
+      end
+      
+      def current_page=(new_page)
+        @current_page = new_page
+      end
+      
+      # Issues a GET request for a page, follows any redirects, and verifies the final page
+      # load was successful.
+      #
+      # Example:
+      #   visits "/"
+      def visits(*args)
+        @current_page = Webrat::Page.new(self, *args)
+      end
+
+      def save_and_open_page
+        current_page.save_and_open
+      end
+      
+      [:reloads, :fills_in, :clicks_button, :selects, :chooses, :checks, :unchecks, :clicks_link, :clicks_link_within, :clicks_put_link, :clicks_get_link, :clicks_post_link, :clicks_delete_link].each do |method_name|
+        define_method(method_name) do |*args|
+          current_page.send(method_name, *args)
+        end
+      end
+      
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/merb_support/indifferent_access.rb b/lib/merb_support/indifferent_access.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2213b091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/merb_support/indifferent_access.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+# This class has dubious semantics and we only have it so that
+# people can write params[:key] instead of params['key']
+# and they get the same value for both keys.
+
+class HashWithIndifferentAccess < Hash
+  def initialize(constructor = {})
+    if constructor.is_a?(Hash)
+      super()
+      update(constructor)
+    else
+      super(constructor)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def default(key = nil)
+    if key.is_a?(Symbol) && include?(key = key.to_s)
+      self[key]
+    else
+      super
+    end
+  end
+
+  alias_method :regular_writer, :[]= unless method_defined?(:regular_writer)
+  alias_method :regular_update, :update unless method_defined?(:regular_update)
+
+  #
+  # Assigns a new value to the hash.
+  #
+  # Example:
+  #
+  #   hash = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new
+  #   hash[:key] = "value"
+  #
+  def []=(key, value)
+    regular_writer(convert_key(key), convert_value(value))
+  end
+
+  # 
+  # Updates the instantized hash with values from the second.
+  # 
+  # Example:
+  # 
+  #   >> hash_1 = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new
+  #   => {}
+  # 
+  #   >> hash_1[:key] = "value"
+  #   => "value"
+  # 
+  #   >> hash_2 = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new
+  #   => {}
+  # 
+  #   >> hash_2[:key] = "New Value!"
+  #   => "New Value!"
+  # 
+  #   >> hash_1.update(hash_2)
+  #   => {"key"=>"New Value!"}
+  # 
+  def update(other_hash)
+    other_hash.each_pair { |key, value| regular_writer(convert_key(key), convert_value(value)) }
+    self
+  end
+
+  alias_method :merge!, :update
+
+  # Checks the hash for a key matching the argument passed in
+  def key?(key)
+    super(convert_key(key))
+  end
+
+  alias_method :include?, :key?
+  alias_method :has_key?, :key?
+  alias_method :member?, :key?
+
+  # Fetches the value for the specified key, same as doing hash[key]
+  def fetch(key, *extras)
+    super(convert_key(key), *extras)
+  end
+
+  # Returns an array of the values at the specified indicies. 
+  def values_at(*indices)
+    indices.collect {|key| self[convert_key(key)]}
+  end
+
+  # Returns an exact copy of the hash.
+  def dup
+    HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(self)
+  end
+
+  # Merges the instantized and the specified hashes together, giving precedence to the values from the second hash
+  # Does not overwrite the existing hash.
+  def merge(hash)
+    self.dup.update(hash)
+  end
+
+  # Removes a specified key from the hash.
+  def delete(key)
+    super(convert_key(key))
+  end
+
+  def stringify_keys!; self end
+  def symbolize_keys!; self end
+  def to_options!; self end
+
+  # Convert to a Hash with String keys.
+  def to_hash
+    Hash.new(default).merge(self)
+  end
+
+  protected
+    def convert_key(key)
+      key.kind_of?(Symbol) ? key.to_s : key
+    end
+
+    def convert_value(value)
+      case value
+      when Hash
+        value.with_indifferent_access
+      when Array
+        value.collect { |e| e.is_a?(Hash) ? e.with_indifferent_access : e }
+      else
+        value
+      end
+    end
+end
+
+module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
+  module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
+    module Hash #:nodoc:
+      module IndifferentAccess #:nodoc:
+        def with_indifferent_access
+          hash = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(self)
+          hash.default = self.default
+          hash
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/merb_support/param_parser.rb b/lib/merb_support/param_parser.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..534e1ff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/merb_support/param_parser.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module Webrat
+  class ParamParser
+    def self.parse_query_parameters(query_string)
+      return {} if query_string.blank?
+
+      pairs = query_string.split('&').collect do |chunk|
+        next if chunk.empty?
+        key, value = chunk.split('=', 2)
+        next if key.empty?
+        value = value.nil? ? nil : CGI.unescape(value)
+        [ CGI.unescape(key), value ]
+      end.compact
+
+      UrlEncodedPairParser.new(pairs).result
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/merb_support/url_encoded_pair_parser.rb b/lib/merb_support/url_encoded_pair_parser.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e668c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/merb_support/url_encoded_pair_parser.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+class UrlEncodedPairParser < StringScanner #:nodoc:
+    attr_reader :top, :parent, :result
+
+    def initialize(pairs = [])
+      super('')
+      @result = {}
+      pairs.each { |key, value| parse(key, value) }
+    end
+
+    KEY_REGEXP = %r{([^\[\]=&]+)}
+    BRACKETED_KEY_REGEXP = %r{\[([^\[\]=&]+)\]}
+
+    # Parse the query string
+    def parse(key, value)
+      self.string = key
+      @top, @parent = result, nil
+
+      # First scan the bare key
+      key = scan(KEY_REGEXP) or return
+      key = post_key_check(key)
+
+      # Then scan as many nestings as present
+      until eos?
+        r = scan(BRACKETED_KEY_REGEXP) or return
+        key = self[1]
+        key = post_key_check(key)
+      end
+
+      bind(key, value)
+    end
+
+    private
+      # After we see a key, we must look ahead to determine our next action. Cases:
+      #
+      #   [] follows the key. Then the value must be an array.
+      #   = follows the key. (A value comes next)
+      #   & or the end of string follows the key. Then the key is a flag.
+      #   otherwise, a hash follows the key.
+      def post_key_check(key)
+        if scan(/\[\]/) # a[b][] indicates that b is an array
+          container(key, Array)
+          nil
+        elsif check(/\[[^\]]/) # a[b] indicates that a is a hash
+          container(key, Hash)
+          nil
+        else # End of key? We do nothing.
+          key
+        end
+      end
+
+      # Add a container to the stack.
+      def container(key, klass)
+        type_conflict! klass, top[key] if top.is_a?(Hash) && top.key?(key) && ! top[key].is_a?(klass)
+        value = bind(key, klass.new)
+        type_conflict! klass, value unless value.is_a?(klass)
+        push(value)
+      end
+
+      # Push a value onto the 'stack', which is actually only the top 2 items.
+      def push(value)
+        @parent, @top = @top, value
+      end
+
+      # Bind a key (which may be nil for items in an array) to the provided value.
+      def bind(key, value)
+        if top.is_a? Array
+          if key
+            if top[-1].is_a?(Hash) && ! top[-1].key?(key)
+              top[-1][key] = value
+            else
+              top << {key => value}.with_indifferent_access
+              push top.last
+              value = top[key]
+            end
+          else
+            top << value
+          end
+        elsif top.is_a? Hash
+          key = CGI.unescape(key)
+          parent << (@top = {}) if top.key?(key) && parent.is_a?(Array)
+          top[key] ||= value
+          return top[key]
+        else
+          raise ArgumentError, "Don't know what to do: top is #{top.inspect}"
+        end
+
+        return value
+      end
+
+      def type_conflict!(klass, value)
+        raise TypeError, "Conflicting types for parameter containers. Expected an instance of #{klass} but found an instance of #{value.class}. This can be caused by colliding Array and Hash parameters like qs[]=value&qs[key]=value. (The parameters received were #{value.inspect}.)"
+      end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/webrat.rb b/lib/webrat.rb
index 4401f1a7..744fe10d 100644
--- a/lib/webrat.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat.rb
@@ -6,42 +6,8 @@ module Webrat
   VERSION = '0.2.1'
 end
 
-module ActionController
-  module Integration
-    class Session
-      
-      unless instance_methods.include?("put_via_redirect")
-        include Webrat::RedirectActions
-      end
-
-      def current_page
-        @current_page ||= Webrat::Page.new(self)
-      end
-      
-      def current_page=(new_page)
-        @current_page = new_page
-      end
-      
-      # Issues a GET request for a page, follows any redirects, and verifies the final page
-      # load was successful.
-      #
-      # Example:
-      #   visits "/"
-      def visits(*args)
-        @current_page = Webrat::Page.new(self, *args)
-      end
-
-      def save_and_open_page
-        current_page.save_and_open
-      end
-      
-      [:reloads, :fills_in, :clicks_button, :selects, :chooses, :checks, :unchecks, :clicks_link, :clicks_link_within, :clicks_put_link, :clicks_get_link, :clicks_post_link, :clicks_delete_link].each do |method_name|
-        define_method(method_name) do |*args|
-          current_page.send(method_name, *args)
-        end
-      end
-      
-    end
-  end
+if defined?(Merb)
+  require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "boot_merb.rb")
+else
+  require File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "boot_rails.rb")
 end
-
diff --git a/lib/webrat/field.rb b/lib/webrat/field.rb
index 34b70bd9..7c287981 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/field.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/field.rb
@@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ def self.class_for_element(element)
         if %w[submit image].include?(element["type"])
           field_class = "button"
         else
-          field_class = element["type"]
+          field_class = element["type"] || "text" #default type; 'type' attribute is not mandatory
         end
       else
         field_class = element.name
       end
       
       Webrat.const_get("#{field_class.capitalize}Field")
-    rescue NameError
-      raise "Invalid field element: #{element.inspect}"
+    #rescue NameError
+    #  raise "Invalid field element: #{element.inspect}"
     end
     
     def initialize(form, element)
@@ -92,8 +92,10 @@ def default_value
     def param_parser
       if defined?(CGIMethods)
         CGIMethods
-      else
+      elsif defined?(ActionController::AbstractRequest)
         ActionController::AbstractRequest
+      else
+        Webrat::ParamParser #used for Merb
       end
     end
     
diff --git a/lib/webrat/logging.rb b/lib/webrat/logging.rb
index 08e9870f..a77b6fac 100644
--- a/lib/webrat/logging.rb
+++ b/lib/webrat/logging.rb
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@ module Logging
     
     def debug_log(message) # :nodoc:
       return unless logger
-      logger.debug
+      logger.debug message
     end
 
     def logger # :nodoc:
       if defined? RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER
         RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER
+      elsif defined? Merb
+        Merb.logger
       else
         nil
       end
diff --git a/test/fills_in_test.rb b/test/fills_in_test.rb
index 0ebb5672..19daf3f3 100644
--- a/test/fills_in_test.rb
+++ b/test/fills_in_test.rb
@@ -137,6 +137,18 @@ def test_should_work_with_full_input_names
     @session.fills_in "user[email]", :with => "foo@example.com"
     @session.clicks_button
   end
+
+  def test_should_work_without_input_type
+    @response.stubs(:body).returns(<<-EOS)
+      <form method="post" action="/login">
+        <input id="user_email" name="user[email]"  />
+        <input type="submit" />
+      </form>
+    EOS
+    @session.expects(:post_via_redirect).with("/login", "user" => {"email" => "foo@example.com"})
+    @session.fills_in "user[email]", :with => "foo@example.com"
+    @session.clicks_button
+  end
   
   def test_should_work_with_symbols
     @response.stubs(:body).returns(<<-EOS)