diff --git a/p2p/simulations/rest_api_server.go b/p2p/simulations/rest_api_server.go
index fe4237a4b0..7b44cbec34 100644
--- a/p2p/simulations/rest_api_server.go
+++ b/p2p/simulations/rest_api_server.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package simulations
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
@@ -72,7 +74,13 @@ func handle(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, c Controller) {
 		return
 	}
 	// on return we close the request Body so we assume it is read synchronously
-	response, err := handler(r.Body)
+	var params io.ReadCloser
+	if r.Method == "GET" && len(r.URL.RawQuery) > 0 {
+		params = ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(r.URL.RawQuery))
+	} else {
+		params = r.Body
+	}
+	response, err := handler(params)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("handler error: %v", err), http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
diff --git a/swarm/network/simulations/overlay.go b/swarm/network/simulations/overlay.go
index 4a739cf217..0f08331133 100644
--- a/swarm/network/simulations/overlay.go
+++ b/swarm/network/simulations/overlay.go
@@ -166,9 +166,16 @@ func nethook(conf *simulations.NetworkConfig) (simulations.NetworkControl, *simu
 		&simulations.ResourceHandlers{
 			Retrieve: &simulations.ResourceHandler{
 				Handle: func(msg interface{}, parent *simulations.ResourceController) (interface{}, error) {
-					id := msg.(string)
-					pp := net.GetNode(adapters.NewNodeIdFromHex(id)).Adapter().(*SimNode).hive
-					return pp.String(), nil
+					ids := msg.([]string)
+					var results []string
+					for _, id := range ids {
+						if len(id) != 128 {
+							return nil, fmt.Errorf("Nodes controller expects 128 bytes size hex id")
+						}
+						pp := net.GetNode(adapters.NewNodeIdFromHex(id)).Adapter().(*SimNode).hive
+						results = append(results, pp.String())
+					}
+					return results, nil
 				},
 				Type: reflect.TypeOf([]string{}), // this is input not output param structure
 			},