diff --git a/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniApp.cpp b/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniApp.cpp
index ba2375a848..b0a69f9965 100644
--- a/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniApp.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniApp.cpp
@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
  * Distributed under the Haiku License.
  */
 
+#include <stdio.h>
 #include "MiniApp.h"
 #include "MiniWin.h"
 #include "MiniView.h"
 
-MiniApp::MiniApp()
+MiniApp::MiniApp(BRect bounds)
 	:	BApplication("application/x-vnd.Haiku.MiniTerminal")
 {
-	fWindow = new MiniWin(BRect(50, 50, 630, 435).OffsetToCopy(640, 480));
+	fWindow = new MiniWin(bounds);
 	fWindow->Show();
 }
 
@@ -30,9 +31,26 @@ MiniApp::~MiniApp()
 
 
 int
-main(void)
+main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 {
-	MiniApp *app = new MiniApp();
+	BRect bounds(50, 50, 630, 435);
+	
+	if (argc >= 3) {
+		BPoint offset;
+		sscanf(argv[1], "%f", &offset.x);
+		sscanf(argv[2], "%f", &offset.y);
+		bounds.OffsetTo(offset);
+	}
+	
+	if (argc >= 5) {
+		BPoint size;
+		sscanf(argv[3], "%f", &size.x);
+		sscanf(argv[4], "%f", &size.y);
+		bounds.right = bounds.left + size.x;
+		bounds.bottom = bounds.top + size.y;
+	}
+	
+	MiniApp *app = new MiniApp(bounds);
 	app->Run();
 	delete app;
 	return 0;
diff --git a/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniApp.h b/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniApp.h
index 58dbc92cdb..574ea6f14d 100644
--- a/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniApp.h
+++ b/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniApp.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class MiniWin;
 
 class MiniApp : public BApplication {
 public:
-							MiniApp();
+							MiniApp(BRect bounds);
 virtual						~MiniApp();
 
 virtual	void				ReadyToRun();
diff --git a/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniView.cpp b/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniView.cpp
index fce8cc4382..9c5f7c4a8a 100644
--- a/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniView.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/apps/miniterminal/MiniView.cpp
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ MiniView::Start()
 	setsid();
 	
 	// move our stdin and stdout to the console
-	dup2(fSlaveFD, 0);
+	/*dup2(fSlaveFD, 0);
 	dup2(fSlaveFD, 1);
-	dup2(fSlaveFD, 2);
+	dup2(fSlaveFD, 2);*/
 	
 	if (SpawnThreads() != B_OK)
 		TRACE(("error in SpawnThreads\n"));