diff --git a/src/registrar/admin.py b/src/registrar/admin.py
index 0b012f7d8..8a10ba321 100644
--- a/src/registrar/admin.py
+++ b/src/registrar/admin.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class ListHeaderAdmin(AuditedAdmin):
         # Pass the filtered values to the template context
         extra_context['filters'] = filters
         extra_context['search_query'] = request.GET.get('q', '')  # Assuming the search query parameter is 'q'
+        logger.debug(f'changelist_view {extra_context}')
         return super().changelist_view(request, extra_context=extra_context)
 
     def get_filters(self, request):
diff --git a/src/registrar/config/settings.py b/src/registrar/config/settings.py
index 1af5a2295..87d565abf 100644
--- a/src/registrar/config/settings.py
+++ b/src/registrar/config/settings.py
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     # generic interface for Django models
     "auditlog",
     # library to simplify form templating
+    # it needs to be listed before django.contrib.contenttypes 
+    # for a ContentType query in fixtures.py 
     "django.contrib.contenttypes",
     # required for CSRF protection and many other things
     "django.contrib.sessions",
diff --git a/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py b/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py
index 2f2e1190b..a72ca9a37 100644
--- a/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py
+++ b/src/registrar/tests/test_admin.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory
+from django.test import TestCase, RequestFactory, Client
 from django.contrib.admin.sites import AdminSite
-from registrar.admin import DomainApplicationAdmin
+from registrar.admin import DomainApplicationAdmin, ListHeaderAdmin, AuditedAdmin
 from registrar.models import DomainApplication, User
 from .common import completed_application
 
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ class TestDomainApplicationAdmin(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.site = AdminSite()
         self.factory = RequestFactory()
+        self.admin = ListHeaderAdmin(model=DomainApplication, admin_site=None)
+        self.client = Client(HTTP_HOST='localhost:8080')
 
     @boto3_mocking.patching
     def test_save_model_sends_email_on_property_change(self):
@@ -62,3 +64,45 @@ class TestDomainApplicationAdmin(TestCase):
 
         # Cleanup
         application.delete()
+        
+    def test_changelist_view(self):
+        # Make the request using the Client class
+        # which handles CSRF
+        # Follow=True handles the redirect
+        request = self.client.get('/admin/registrar/domainapplication/', {'param1': 'value1', 'param2': 'value2'}, follow=True, max_redirects=10)
+        
+        print(f'request {request}')
+        
+        # request = self.factory.get('/admin/registrar/domainapplication/')
+        # # Set the GET parameters for testing
+        # request.GET = {'param1': 'value1', 'param2': 'value2', 'q': 'search_value'}
+        # # Call the changelist_view method
+        response = self.admin.changelist_view(request, extra_context={'filters': [{'parameter_name': 'status', 'parameter_value': 'started'}], 'search_query': ''})
+        
+        
+        print(f'response {response}')
+        
+        # Assert that the final response is a successful response (not a redirect)
+        # self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        
+        # Assert that the filters and search_query are added to the extra_context
+        self.assertIn('filters', response.extra_context)
+        self.assertIn('search_query', response.extra_context)
+        # Assert the content of filters and search_query
+        filters = response.extra_context['filters']
+        search_query = response.extra_context['search_query']
+        self.assertEqual(filters, [{'parameter_name': 'param1', 'parameter_value': 'value1'},
+                                   {'parameter_name': 'param2', 'parameter_value': 'value2'}])
+        self.assertEqual(search_query, 'value of q parameter if present in the request GET')
+        
+    def test_get_filters(self):
+        # Create a mock request object
+        request = self.factory.get('/admin/yourmodel/')
+        # Set the GET parameters for testing
+        request.GET = {'param1': 'value1', 'param2': 'value2', 'q': 'search_value'}
+        # Call the get_filters method
+        filters = self.admin.get_filters(request)
+        
+        # Assert the filters extracted from the request GET
+        self.assertEqual(filters, [{'parameter_name': 'param1', 'parameter_value': 'value1'},
+                                   {'parameter_name': 'param2', 'parameter_value': 'value2'}])