diff --git a/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/common/deployment/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/deployment/HTTPProcessor.java b/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/common/deployment/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/deployment/HTTPProcessor.java
index c534484703..e81f4ddf3a 100644
--- a/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/common/deployment/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/deployment/HTTPProcessor.java
+++ b/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/common/deployment/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/deployment/HTTPProcessor.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 public class HTTPProcessor {
 
     @BuildStep
-    @Record(ExecutionTime.RUNTIME_INIT)
+    @Record(ExecutionTime.STATIC_INIT)
     public MethodScannerBuildItem methodScanners(TopicsBuildItem topics,
             VerbClientBuildItem verbClients, FTLRecorder recorder) {
         return new MethodScannerBuildItem(new MethodScanner() {
diff --git a/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/FtlJavaRuntimeResource.java b/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/FtlJavaRuntimeResource.java
index b76cc737ad..e746c1d442 100644
--- a/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/FtlJavaRuntimeResource.java
+++ b/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/FtlJavaRuntimeResource.java
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@ public class FtlJavaRuntimeResource {
     @POST
     @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     @Path("/post")
-    public String post(Person person) {
-        return "Hello " + person.first() + " " + person.last();
+    public String post(Person person, HelloClient helloClient) {
+        return helloClient.call(person.first() + " " + person.last());
     }
 
     @POST
-    @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     @Path("/bytes")
     public String bytesHttp(byte[] data) {
         return "Hello " + new String(data, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
diff --git a/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/HelloClient.java b/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/HelloClient.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..830dcf00a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/main/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/HelloClient.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package xyz.block.ftl.java.runtime.it;
+
+import xyz.block.ftl.VerbClient;
+import xyz.block.ftl.VerbClientDefinition;
+
+@VerbClientDefinition(name = "hello")
+public interface HelloClient extends VerbClient<String, String> {
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/test/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/FtlJavaRuntimeResourceTest.java b/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/test/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/FtlJavaRuntimeResourceTest.java
index a440670c37..036273e1c0 100644
--- a/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/test/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/FtlJavaRuntimeResourceTest.java
+++ b/jvm-runtime/ftl-runtime/java/integration-tests/src/test/java/xyz/block/ftl/java/runtime/it/FtlJavaRuntimeResourceTest.java
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 package xyz.block.ftl.java.runtime.it;
 
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.Base64;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
 
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -19,6 +18,8 @@
 import ftl.echo.EchoResponse;
 import io.quarkus.test.common.WithTestResource;
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest;
+import io.restassured.RestAssured;
+import io.restassured.http.ContentType;
 import xyz.block.ftl.VerbClient;
 import xyz.block.ftl.VerbClientDefinition;
 import xyz.block.ftl.VerbClientSink;
@@ -42,14 +43,6 @@ public class FtlJavaRuntimeResourceTest {
     @Inject
     BytesClient bytesClient;
 
-    @FTLManaged
-    @Inject
-    PostClient postClient;
-
-    @FTLManaged
-    @Inject
-    BytesHTTPClient bytesHttpClient;
-
     @Test
     public void testHelloEndpoint() {
         TestVerbServer.registerFakeVerb("echo", "echo", new Function<EchoRequest, EchoResponse>() {
@@ -76,47 +69,33 @@ public void testBytesSerialization() {
 
     @Test
     public void testHttpPost() {
-        HttpRequest<Person> request = new HttpRequest<Person>()
-                .setMethod("POST")
-                .setPath("/test/post")
-                .setQuery(new HashMap<>())
-                .setPathParameters(new HashMap<>())
-                .setHeaders(new HashMap<>())
-                .setBody(new Person("Stuart", "Douglas"));
-        HttpResponse<String, String> response = postClient.call(request);
-        Assertions.assertEquals("Hello Stuart Douglas", response.getBody());
+        RestAssured.with().body(new Person("Stuart", "Douglas"))
+                .contentType(ContentType.JSON)
+                .post("/test/post")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .body(Matchers.equalTo("Hello Stuart Douglas"));
     }
 
     @Test
     public void testHttpBytes() {
-        HttpRequest<byte[]> request = new HttpRequest<byte[]>()
-                .setMethod("POST")
-                .setPath("/test/bytes")
-                .setQuery(new HashMap<>())
-                .setPathParameters(new HashMap<>())
-                .setHeaders(new HashMap<>())
-                .setBody("Stuart Douglas".getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-        HttpResponse<String, String> response = bytesHttpClient.call(request);
-        Assertions.assertArrayEquals("Hello Stuart Douglas".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8),
-                Base64.getDecoder().decode(response.getBody()));
+
+        RestAssured.with().body("Stuart Douglas".getBytes(java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+                .contentType(ContentType.JSON)
+                .post("/test/bytes")
+                .then()
+                .statusCode(200)
+                .body(Matchers.equalTo("Hello Stuart Douglas"));
     }
 
     @VerbClientDefinition(name = "publish")
     interface PublishVerbClient extends VerbClientSink<Person> {
     }
 
-    @VerbClientDefinition(name = "hello")
-    interface HelloClient extends VerbClient<String, String> {
-    }
-
     @VerbClientDefinition(name = "bytes")
     interface BytesClient extends VerbClient<byte[], byte[]> {
     }
 
-    @VerbClientDefinition(name = "post")
-    interface PostClient extends VerbClient<HttpRequest<Person>, HttpResponse<String, String>> {
-    }
-
     @VerbClientDefinition(name = "bytesHttp")
     interface BytesHTTPClient extends VerbClient<HttpRequest<byte[]>, HttpResponse<String, String>> {
     }