diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/url.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/url.test.ts
index 316c239448..82bef0e646 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/url.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/url.test.ts
@@ -336,5 +336,17 @@ module.exports = {
       .waitForElementVisible('*[data-shared="tooltipPopup"]')
       .waitForElementContainsText('*[data-shared="tooltipPopup"]', 'initiating fileManager and calling "open" ...')
       .waitForElementContainsText('*[data-shared="tooltipPopup"]', 'initiating terminal and calling "log" ...')
+  },
+
+  'Import Github folder from URL params #group4': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+    browser
+      .url('http://127.0.0.1:8080/#ghfolder=https://github.com/ethereum/remix-project/tree/master/apps/remix-ide/contracts/hardhat')
+      .refreshPage()
+      .currentWorkspaceIs('code-sample')
+      .openFile('contracts')
+      .openFile('Lock.sol')
+      .getEditorValue((content) => {
+        browser.assert.ok(content.indexOf('contract Lock {') !== -1, 'content does contain "contract Lock {"')
+      })      
   }
 }
diff --git a/libs/remix-url-resolver/src/github-folder-resolver.ts b/libs/remix-url-resolver/src/github-folder-resolver.ts
index 07fd8fa37c..6706111a71 100644
--- a/libs/remix-url-resolver/src/github-folder-resolver.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-url-resolver/src/github-folder-resolver.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const githubFolderResolver = async (url, obj = {}, maxDepth, depth?, root
   const pathname = urlObj.pathname;
   const pathParts = pathname.split('/');
   const folderPath = pathParts.slice(5).join('/');
-  rootPath =  rootPath || folderPath
+  rootPath = rootPath || folderPath
   for (const item of child) {
     if (item.type === 'file') {
       const response: AxiosResponse = await axios.get(item.download_url, { transformResponse: res => res })