diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 9ccceba..e81c362 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -65,11 +65,7 @@ disable=print-statement,
         unpacking-in-except,
         old-raise-syntax,
         backtick,
-        long-suffix,
-        old-ne-operator,
-        old-octal-literal,
         import-star-module-level,
-        non-ascii-bytes-literal,
         raw-checker-failed,
         bad-inline-option,
         locally-disabled,
@@ -117,7 +113,6 @@ disable=print-statement,
         range-builtin-not-iterating,
         filter-builtin-not-iterating,
         using-cmp-argument,
-        eq-without-hash,
         div-method,
         idiv-method,
         rdiv-method,
@@ -329,13 +324,6 @@ max-line-length=100
 # Maximum number of lines in a module.
 max-module-lines=1000
 
-# List of optional constructs for which whitespace checking is disabled. `dict-
-# separator` is used to allow tabulation in dicts, etc.: {1  : 1,\n222: 2}.
-# `trailing-comma` allows a space between comma and closing bracket: (a, ).
-# `empty-line` allows space-only lines.
-no-space-check=trailing-comma,
-               dict-separator
-
 # Allow the body of a class to be on the same line as the declaration if body
 # contains single statement.
 single-line-class-stmt=no
diff --git a/service/microservice.py b/service/microservice.py
index 82e4296..5c1ee68 100755
--- a/service/microservice.py
+++ b/service/microservice.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """Main application module"""
 import os
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
+from urllib import parse
 import sentry_sdk
 import falcon
 import requests
@@ -18,23 +18,34 @@ def start_service():
 
 def cloud_storage_service(_req, resp):
     """Send the request through to the cloudstorage microservice"""
-    path = urlparse(_req.uri).path[1:]
+    parsed = parse.urlparse(_req.uri)
+
+    # strip off leading /
+    path = parsed.path[1:]
 
     # determine whether to use amazon s3 or azure blob storage
     # Use 'az' at beginning of the path to signal that file is from azure
     # eg. https://domain.com/az/some_file.pdf
     microservice_url = os.environ.get('CLOUDSTORAGE_URL') # default to s3
 
+    request_params = {
+        'name':path,
+        'apikey':os.environ.get('CLOUDSTORAGE_API_KEY')
+    }
+
     if path[0:3] == 'az/':
         microservice_url = microservice_url.replace('1.0', '2.0', 1)
-        path = path[3:]
+        request_params['name'] = path[3:]  # remove az from name
+
+        # pass thru querystring
+        parsed_query_dict = parse.parse_qs(parsed.query)
+        for param, val in parsed_query_dict.items():
+            request_params[param] = val[0]
 
     response = requests.get(
         microservice_url,
-        params={
-            'name':path,
-            'apikey':os.environ.get('CLOUDSTORAGE_API_KEY')
-        }
+        params=request_params,
+        timeout=300
     )
     resp.status = falcon.get_http_status(response.status_code)
     resp.content_type = response.headers['Content-Type']
diff --git a/tests/test_service.py b/tests/test_service.py
index a6a56ed..4d971fa 100755
--- a/tests/test_service.py
+++ b/tests/test_service.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ def client():
 @pytest.fixture
 def mock_env(monkeypatch):
     """ mock environment var """
-    for key in ENV_VARS:
-        monkeypatch.setenv(key, ENV_VARS[key])
+    for key, val in ENV_VARS.items():
+        monkeypatch.setenv(key, val)
 
 def test_endpoint(client, mock_env):
     # pylint: disable=unused-argument
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def test_endpoint(client, mock_env):
             assert response.content == content
 
             # happy path azure blob storage
-            response = client.simulate_get('/az/dummy.pdf')
+            response = client.simulate_get('/az/dummy.pdf?src=abc')
             assert response.status_code == 200
             assert response.headers['Content-Type'] == 'application/pdf'
             assert response.content == content