diff --git a/lib/request.js b/lib/request.js
index 282ba52..758503e 100755
--- a/lib/request.js
+++ b/lib/request.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ exports = module.exports = internals.Request = function (options) {
     // Use _shot namespace to avoid collision with Node
 
     this._shot = {
-        payload: payload,
+        payload,
         isDone: false,
         simulate: options.simulate || {}
     };
diff --git a/lib/response.js b/lib/response.js
index 683d3f1..b567b48 100755
--- a/lib/response.js
+++ b/lib/response.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ internals.payload = function (response) {
         },
         headers: response._headers,
         statusCode: response.statusCode,
+        statusMessage: response.statusMessage,
         trailers: {}
     };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a87a771..defaad1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "shot",
   "description": "Injects a fake HTTP request/response into a node HTTP server",
-  "version": "3.1.1",
+  "version": "3.2.0",
   "repository": "git://github.com/hapijs/shot",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "keywords": [
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "code": "3.x.x",
-    "lab": "10.x.x"
+    "lab": "11.x.x"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "lab -a code -t 100 -L",
diff --git a/test/index.js b/test/index.js
index 7fde7ed..98009ce 100755
--- a/test/index.js
+++ b/test/index.js
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@ describe('inject()', () => {
 
         const dispatch = function (req, res) {
 
+            res.statusMessage = 'Super';
             res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain', 'Content-Length': output.length });
             res.end(req.headers.host + '|' + req.url);
         };
 
         Shot.inject(dispatch, 'http://example.com:8080/hello', (res) => {
 
+            expect(res.statusCode).to.equal(200);
+            expect(res.statusMessage).to.equal('Super');
             expect(res.headers.date).to.exist();
             expect(res.headers.connection).to.exist();
             expect(res.headers['transfer-encoding']).to.not.exist();
@@ -220,7 +223,7 @@ describe('inject()', () => {
             }
         };
 
-        Shot.inject(dispatch, { url: url }, (res) => {
+        Shot.inject(dispatch, { url }, (res) => {
 
             expect(res.headers.date).to.exist();
             expect(res.headers.connection).to.exist();