diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5954c2a..7db8943 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,4 +2,14 @@
 
 Takes notifications via webhook, checks a secret and notifies a
 [Matrix](https://matrix.org) channel. Listens to HTTP only. Should be used
-behind a reverse-proxy with HTTPS.
\ No newline at end of file
+behind a reverse-proxy with HTTPS.
+
+# Testing the Hook locally
+- Start the webserver locally by `env FLASK_APP=wmn.py flask run`
+  - Or have your IDE do it for you
+- Send a POST request using curl `curl -i -X POST "localhost:5000/matrix?channel=%21yhEUnvhAZZFKRStdXb%3Amatrix.org" -H "X-Gitlab-Event: Push Hook" -H "X-Gitlab-Token: ..." -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @./testrequest.json`
+  - The part after `channel=` is the room ID which can retrieved from Matrix channels you are part of
+  - `%21` escapes ! in URI
+  - `%3A` escapes : in URI
+  - The `X-Gitlab-Token` must correspond to the one provided in `config.yaml`
+ 
diff --git a/testrequest.json b/testrequest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e69905
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testrequest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{
+  "object_kind": "push",
+  "before": "95790bf891e76fee5e1747ab589903a6a1f80f22",
+  "after": "da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
+  "ref": "refs/heads/master",
+  "checkout_sha": "da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
+  "user_id": 4,
+  "user_name": "John Smith",
+  "user_username": "jsmith",
+  "user_email": "john@example.com",
+  "user_avatar": "https://s.gravatar.com/avatar/d4c74594d841139328695756648b6bd6?s=8://s.gravatar.com/avatar/d4c74594d841139328695756648b6bd6?s=80",
+  "project_id": 15,
+  "project":{
+    "id": 15,
+    "name":"Diaspora",
+    "description":"",
+    "web_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora",
+    "avatar_url":null,
+    "git_ssh_url":"git@example.com:mike/diaspora.git",
+    "git_http_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora.git",
+    "namespace":"Mike",
+    "visibility_level":0,
+    "path_with_namespace":"mike/diaspora",
+    "default_branch":"master",
+    "homepage":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora",
+    "url":"git@example.com:mike/diaspora.git",
+    "ssh_url":"git@example.com:mike/diaspora.git",
+    "http_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora.git"
+  },
+  "repository":{
+    "name": "Diaspora",
+    "url": "git@example.com:mike/diaspora.git",
+    "description": "",
+    "homepage": "http://example.com/mike/diaspora",
+    "git_http_url":"http://example.com/mike/diaspora.git",
+    "git_ssh_url":"git@example.com:mike/diaspora.git",
+    "visibility_level":0
+  },
+  "commits": [
+    {
+      "id": "b6568db1bc1dcd7f8b4d5a946b0b91f9dacd7327",
+      "message": "Update Catalan translation to e38cb41.",
+      "timestamp": "2011-12-12T14:27:31+02:00",
+      "url": "http://example.com/mike/diaspora/commit/b6568db1bc1dcd7f8b4d5a946b0b91f9dacd7327",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "Jordi Mallach",
+        "email": "jordi@softcatala.org"
+      },
+      "added": ["CHANGELOG"],
+      "modified": ["app/controller/application.rb"],
+      "removed": []
+    },
+    {
+      "id": "da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
+      "message": "fixed readme",
+      "timestamp": "2012-01-03T23:36:29+02:00",
+      "url": "http://example.com/mike/diaspora/commit/da1560886d4f094c3e6c9ef40349f7d38b5d27d7",
+      "author": {
+        "name": "GitLab dev user",
+        "email": "gitlabdev@dv6700.(none)"
+      },
+      "added": ["CHANGELOG"],
+      "modified": ["app/controller/application.rb"],
+      "removed": []
+    }
+  ],
+  "total_commits_count": 4
+}
diff --git a/wmn.py b/wmn.py
index fdb467f..1ad3aaf 100644
--- a/wmn.py
+++ b/wmn.py
@@ -86,14 +86,16 @@ def process_gitlab_request():
         def sort_commits_by_time(commits):
             return sorted(commits, key=lambda commit: commit["timestamp"])
 
-        def extract_commit_message(commit):
-            return shorten(next(iter_first_line(commit["message"]), "$EMPTY_COMMIT_MESSAGE - impossibruh"))
+        def extract_commit_info(commit):
+            msg = shorten(next(iter_first_line(commit["message"]), "$EMPTY_COMMIT_MESSAGE - impossibruh"))
+            url = commit["url"]
+            return msg, url
 
         username = request.json["user_name"]
         commit_messages = list(map(extract_commit_message, sort_commits_by_time(request.json["commits"])))
         project_name = request.json["project"]["name"]
-        html_commits = "\n".join((f"  <li>{msg}</li>" for msg in commit_messages))
-        text_commits = "\n".join((f"- {msg}" for msg in commit_messages))
+        html_commits = "\n".join((f'  <li><a href="{url}">{msg}</a></li>' for (msg, url) in commit_messages))
+        text_commits = "\n".join((f"- [{msg}]({url})" for (msg, url) in commit_messages))
         try:
             room.send_html(f"<strong>{username} pushed {len(commit_messages)} commits to {project_name}</strong><br>\n"
                            f"<ul>\n{html_commits}\n</ul>\n",