[development] When calling drupal_goto I can't seem to successfully pass a querystring along with the url.

When calling drupal_goto I can't seem to successfully pass a querystring along with the url. below is my call to drupal_goto: * $query = array(); $query['status'] = 'bye'; drupal_goto('admin/store/free_subscription',$query);* Within the called page I output the contents of the $_GET variable using: *dd($_GET);* Below is contents of $_GET: *Array ( [q] => admin/store/free_subscription )* Note: it has the *q *parameter but no *status *parameter. Any ideas on what I am doing wrong? Thanks, John