diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/AbstractLesson.java b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/AbstractLesson.java
index 391edbeab7..d358fbba42 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/AbstractLesson.java
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/AbstractLesson.java
@@ -233,6 +233,12 @@ public Category getCategory() {
      */
     protected abstract boolean getDefaultHidden();
 
+    /**
+     * <p>getSubmitMethod</p>
+     */
+    public abstract String getSubmitMethod();
+
+
     /**
      * Gets the fileMethod attribute of the Lesson class
      *
@@ -643,7 +649,7 @@ public String getLink() {
             .append("/").append(getCategory().getRanking()).toString();
     }
 
-    /**
+     /**
      * Get the link to the target servlet.
      *
      * Unlike getLink() this method does not require rendering the output of
diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/LessonAdapter.java b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/LessonAdapter.java
index 69a1c8d468..419e8a5258 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/LessonAdapter.java
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/LessonAdapter.java
@@ -153,6 +153,13 @@ protected List<String> getHints(WebSession s) {
         return hints;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * provide a default submitMethod of lesson does not implement
+     */
+    public String getSubmitMethod() {
+        return "GET";
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      *
diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/model/LessonInfoModel.java b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/model/LessonInfoModel.java
index d49ea6bd3c..9f3ef5162f 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/model/LessonInfoModel.java
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/model/LessonInfoModel.java
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 import org.owasp.webgoat.lessons.Category;
 import org.owasp.webgoat.session.WebSession;
 
-/**
- * Created by jason on 9/18/15.
- */
 public class LessonInfoModel {
 
     private String lessonTitle;
@@ -14,9 +11,7 @@ public class LessonInfoModel {
     private boolean hasSource;
     private boolean hasSolution;
     private boolean hasPlan;
-    private String source;
-    private String solution;
-    private String plan;
+    private String submitMethod;
 
     public LessonInfoModel(WebSession webSession) {
         AbstractLesson lesson = webSession.getCurrentLesson();
@@ -26,6 +21,7 @@ public LessonInfoModel(WebSession webSession) {
         this.hasSolution = !lesson.getSolution(webSession).contains("Could not find the solution file or solution file does not exist");
         this.lessonTitle = lesson.getTitle();
         this.numberHints = lesson.getHintCount(webSession);
+        this.submitMethod = lesson.getSubmitMethod();
 
         if ( this.numberHints < 1 || lesson.getHint(webSession,0).equals("Hint: There are no hints defined.")) {
             this.numberHints = 0;
@@ -60,16 +56,8 @@ public boolean isHasPlan() {
         return hasPlan;
     }
 
-    public String getSource() {
-        return source;
-    }
-
-    public String getSolution() {
-        return solution;
-    }
-
-    public String getPlan() {
-        return plan;
+    public String getSubmitMethod() {
+        return submitMethod;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/test/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/AbstractLessonTest.java b/webgoat-container/src/test/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/AbstractLessonTest.java
index 82b74e34b0..37f5206f58 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/src/test/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/AbstractLessonTest.java
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/test/java/org/owasp/webgoat/lessons/AbstractLessonTest.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 public class AbstractLessonTest  {
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ public String getTitle() {
         public String getCurrentAction(WebSession s) {
             return "an action";
         }
+        public String getSubmitMethod() { return "GET";}
         public void restartLesson() {
         }
         public void setCurrentAction(WebSession s, String lessonScreen) {
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ public void testLinks() {
         String srvLink = lesson.getServletLink();
         assertThat(srvLink, CoreMatchers.startsWith("attack?Screen="));
         assertThat(srvLink, CoreMatchers.endsWith("&menu=900"));
+        assertEquals(lesson.getSubmitMethod(),"GET");
     }
 }