diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a439590..900bd72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Hooks are defined using JSON format. The _hooks file_ must contain an array of J
   {
     "id": "hook-1",
     "command": "OS command to be executed when the hook gets triggered",
+    "args": [
+      "ref",
+      "repository.owner.name"
+    ],
     "cwd": "current working directory under which the specified command will be executed (optional, defaults to the directory where the binary resides)",
     "secret": "secret key used to compute the hash of the payload (optional)",
     "trigger-rule":
@@ -138,7 +142,6 @@ All hooks are served under the `http://ip:port/hook/:id`, where the `:id` corres
 Visiting `http://ip:port` will show version, uptime and number of hooks the webhook is serving.
 
 ## Todo
-* Add support for passing parameters from payload to the command that gets executed as part of the hook
 * Add support for ip white/black listing
 * Add "match-regex" rule
 * ???
diff --git a/helpers/helpers.go b/helpers/helpers.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df9d070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helpers/helpers.go
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package helpers
+
+import (
+	"crypto/hmac"
+	"crypto/sha1"
+	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+	"reflect"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// CheckPayloadSignature calculates and verifies SHA1 signature of the given payload
+func CheckPayloadSignature(payload []byte, secret string, signature string) (string, bool) {
+	mac := hmac.New(sha1.New, []byte(secret))
+	mac.Write(payload)
+	expectedMAC := hex.EncodeToString(mac.Sum(nil))
+
+	return expectedMAC, hmac.Equal([]byte(signature), []byte(expectedMAC))
+}
+
+// FormValuesToMap converts url.Values to a map[string]interface{} object
+func FormValuesToMap(formValues url.Values) map[string]interface{} {
+	ret := make(map[string]interface{})
+
+	for key, value := range formValues {
+		if len(value) > 0 {
+			ret[key] = value[0]
+		}
+	}
+
+	return ret
+}
+
+// ExtractJSONParameter extracts value from payload based on the passed string
+func ExtractJSONParameter(s string, params interface{}) (string, bool) {
+	var p []string
+
+	if paramsValue := reflect.ValueOf(params); paramsValue.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
+		if paramsValueSliceLength := paramsValue.Len(); paramsValueSliceLength > 0 {
+
+			if p = strings.SplitN(s, ".", 3); len(p) > 3 {
+				index, err := strconv.ParseInt(p[1], 10, 64)
+
+				if err != nil {
+					return "", false
+				} else if paramsValueSliceLength <= int(index) {
+					return "", false
+				}
+
+				return ExtractJSONParameter(p[2], params.([]map[string]interface{})[index])
+			}
+		}
+
+		return "", false
+	}
+
+	if p = strings.SplitN(s, ".", 2); len(p) > 1 {
+		if pValue, ok := params.(map[string]interface{})[p[0]]; ok {
+			return ExtractJSONParameter(p[1], pValue)
+		}
+	} else {
+		if pValue, ok := params.(map[string]interface{})[p[0]]; ok {
+			return fmt.Sprintf("%v", pValue), true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return "", false
+}
diff --git a/hooks/hooks.go b/hooks/hooks.go
index 822d48c..5ed313c 100644
--- a/hooks/hooks.go
+++ b/hooks/hooks.go
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ package hooks
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/url"
 
+	"github.com/adnanh/webhook/helpers"
 	"github.com/adnanh/webhook/rules"
 )
 
@@ -25,6 +27,40 @@ type Hooks struct {
 	list     []Hook
 }
 
+// ParseFormArgs gets arguments from the Form payload that should be passed to the command
+func (h *Hook) ParseFormArgs(form url.Values) []string {
+	var args = make([]string, len(h.Args))
+
+	args = append(args, h.Command)
+
+	for i := range h.Args {
+		if arg := form[h.Args[i]]; len(arg) > 0 {
+			args = append(args, arg[0])
+		} else {
+			args = append(args, "")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return args
+}
+
+// ParseJSONArgs gets arguments from the JSON payload that should be passed to the command
+func (h *Hook) ParseJSONArgs(payload interface{}) []string {
+	var args = make([]string, len(h.Args))
+
+	args = append(args, h.Command)
+
+	for i := range h.Args {
+		if arg, ok := helpers.ExtractJSONParameter(h.Args[i], payload); ok {
+			args = append(args, arg)
+		} else {
+			args = append(args, "")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return args
+}
+
 // UnmarshalJSON implementation for a single hook
 func (h *Hook) UnmarshalJSON(j []byte) error {
 	m := make(map[string]interface{})
diff --git a/rules/rules.go b/rules/rules.go
index 2952cb0..5e84b71 100644
--- a/rules/rules.go
+++ b/rules/rules.go
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@ package rules
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/adnanh/webhook/helpers"
 )
 
 // Rule interface
@@ -79,45 +77,10 @@ func (r NotRule) Evaluate(params interface{}) bool {
 	return !r.SubRule.Evaluate(params)
 }
 
-func extract(s string, params interface{}) (string, bool) {
-	var p []string
-
-	if paramsValue := reflect.ValueOf(params); paramsValue.Kind() == reflect.Slice {
-		if paramsValueSliceLength := paramsValue.Len(); paramsValueSliceLength > 0 {
-
-			if p = strings.SplitN(s, ".", 3); len(p) > 3 {
-				index, err := strconv.ParseInt(p[1], 10, 64)
-
-				if err != nil {
-					return "", false
-				} else if paramsValueSliceLength <= int(index) {
-					return "", false
-				}
-
-				return extract(p[2], params.([]map[string]interface{})[index])
-			}
-		}
-
-		return "", false
-	}
-
-	if p = strings.SplitN(s, ".", 2); len(p) > 1 {
-		if pValue, ok := params.(map[string]interface{})[p[0]]; ok {
-			return extract(p[1], pValue)
-		}
-	} else {
-		if pValue, ok := params.(map[string]interface{})[p[0]]; ok {
-			return fmt.Sprintf("%v", pValue), true
-		}
-	}
-
-	return "", false
-}
-
 // Evaluate MatchRule will return true if and only if the MatchParameter.Parameter
 // named property value in supplied params matches the MatchParameter.Value
 func (r MatchRule) Evaluate(params interface{}) bool {
-	if v, ok := extract(r.MatchParameter.Parameter, params); ok {
+	if v, ok := helpers.ExtractJSONParameter(r.MatchParameter.Parameter, params); ok {
 		return v == r.MatchParameter.Value
 	}
 
diff --git a/webhook.go b/webhook.go
index 46a51f2..9a6519e 100644
--- a/webhook.go
+++ b/webhook.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"encoding/hex"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
@@ -12,13 +11,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/adnanh/webhook/helpers"
 	"github.com/adnanh/webhook/hooks"
 
 	"github.com/go-martini/martini"
 
-	"crypto/hmac"
-	"crypto/sha1"
-
 	l4g "code.google.com/p/log4go"
 )
 
@@ -71,48 +68,35 @@ func rootHandler() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("webhook %s running for %s serving %d hook(s)\n", version, time.Since(appStart).String(), webhooks.Count())
 }
 
-func githubHandler(id string, body []byte, signature string, params interface{}) {
-	if hook := webhooks.Match(id, params); hook != nil {
+func jsonHandler(id string, body []byte, signature string, payload interface{}) {
+	if hook := webhooks.Match(id, payload); hook != nil {
 		if hook.Secret != "" {
 			if signature == "" {
 				l4g.Error("Hook %s got matched and contains the secret, but the request didn't contain any signature.", hook.ID)
 				return
 			}
 
-			mac := hmac.New(sha1.New, []byte(hook.Secret))
-			mac.Write(body)
-			expectedMAC := hex.EncodeToString(mac.Sum(nil))
-
-			if !hmac.Equal([]byte(signature), []byte(expectedMAC)) {
+			if expectedMAC, ok := helpers.CheckPayloadSignature(body, hook.Secret, signature); ok {
 				l4g.Error("Hook %s got matched and contains the secret, but the request contained invalid signature. Expected %s, got %s.", hook.ID, expectedMAC, signature)
 				return
 			}
 		}
 
 		cmd := exec.Command(hook.Command)
+		cmd.Args = hook.ParseJSONArgs(payload)
 		cmd.Dir = hook.Cwd
 		out, err := cmd.Output()
-		l4g.Info("Hook %s triggered successfully! Command output:\n%s\nError: %+v", hook.ID, out, err)
+		l4g.Info("Hook %s triggered successfully! Command output:\n%s\n%+v", hook.ID, out, err)
 	}
 }
 
-func defaultPostHookHandler(id string, formValues url.Values) {
-	if hook := webhooks.Match(id, make(map[string]interface{})); hook != nil {
-		args := make([]string, 0)
-		args = append(args, hook.Command)
-		for i := range hook.Args {
-			if arg := formValues[hook.Args[i]]; len(arg) > 0 {
-				args = append(args, arg[0])
-			}
-		}
-
+func formHandler(id string, formValues url.Values) {
+	if hook := webhooks.Match(id, helpers.FormValuesToMap(formValues)); hook != nil {
 		cmd := exec.Command(hook.Command)
-		cmd.Args = args
+		cmd.Args = hook.ParseFormArgs(formValues)
 		cmd.Dir = hook.Cwd
-
 		out, err := cmd.Output()
-
-		l4g.Info("Hook %s triggered successfully! Command output:\n%s\nError: %+v", hook.ID, out, err)
+		l4g.Info("Hook %s triggered successfully! Command output:\n%s\n%+v", hook.ID, out, err)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -136,18 +120,18 @@ func hookHandler(req *http.Request, params martini.Params) string {
 			l4g.Warn("Error occurred while trying to parse the payload as JSON: %s", err)
 		}
 
-		githubSignature := ""
-
-		if len(req.Header.Get("X-Hub-Signature")) > 5 {
-			githubSignature = req.Header.Get("X-Hub-Signature")[5:]
-		}
+		payloadSignature := ""
 
 		if strings.Contains(req.Header.Get("User-Agent"), "Github") {
-			go githubHandler(params["id"], body, githubSignature, payloadJSON)
+			if len(req.Header.Get("X-Hub-Signature")) > 5 {
+				payloadSignature = req.Header.Get("X-Hub-Signature")[5:]
+			}
+
+			go jsonHandler(params["id"], body, payloadSignature, payloadJSON)
 		}
 	} else {
 		req.ParseForm()
-		go defaultPostHookHandler(params["id"], req.Form)
+		go formHandler(params["id"], req.Form)
 	}
 
 	return "Got it, thanks. :-)"