diff --git a/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_search.py b/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_search.py
--- a/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_search.py
+++ b/pylons_app/tests/functional/test_search.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class TestSearchController(TestControlle
         self.log_user()
         response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'))
         print response.body
-        assert 'class="small" id="q" name="q" type="text"' in response.body,'Search box content error'
+        assert 'class="small" id="q" name="q" type="text"' in response.body, 'Search box content error'
         # Test response...
 
     def test_empty_search(self):
@@ -18,12 +18,21 @@ class TestSearchController(TestControlle
             raise SkipTest('skipped due to existing index')
         else:
             self.log_user()
-            response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'),{'q':'vcs_test'})
-            assert 'There is no index to search in. Please run whoosh indexer' in response.body,'No error message about empty index'
+            response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'), {'q':'vcs_test'})
+            assert 'There is no index to search in. Please run whoosh indexer' in response.body, 'No error message about empty index'
         
     def test_normal_search(self):
         self.log_user()
-        response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'),{'q':'def+repo'})
+        response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'), {'q':'def repo'})
         print response.body
-        assert '9 results' in response.body,'no message about proper search results'
+        assert '10 results' in response.body, 'no message about proper search results'
+        assert 'Permission denied' not in response.body, 'Wrong permissions settings for that repo and user'
         
+    
+    def test_repo_search(self):
+        self.log_user()
+        response = self.app.get(url(controller='search', action='index'), {'q':'repository:vcs_test def test'})
+        print response.body
+        assert '4 results' in response.body, 'no message about proper search results'
+        assert 'Permission denied' not in response.body, 'Wrong permissions settings for that repo and user'
+