diff --git a/java-spring/api-gateway-service/src/main/java/net/chrisrichardson/eventstore/javaexamples/banking/apigateway/controller/GatewayController.java b/java-spring/api-gateway-service/src/main/java/net/chrisrichardson/eventstore/javaexamples/banking/apigateway/controller/GatewayController.java
index a7edbfa..941f175 100755
--- a/java-spring/api-gateway-service/src/main/java/net/chrisrichardson/eventstore/javaexamples/banking/apigateway/controller/GatewayController.java
+++ b/java-spring/api-gateway-service/src/main/java/net/chrisrichardson/eventstore/javaexamples/banking/apigateway/controller/GatewayController.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import org.apache.http.impl.conn.PoolingHttpClientConnectionManager;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.NoSuchRequestHandlingMethodException;
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ import static org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod.POST;
 @RestController
 public class GatewayController {
 
-  Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());
+  Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass());
 
   @Autowired
   private ApiGatewayProperties apiGatewayProperties;
@@ -51,11 +53,12 @@ public class GatewayController {
   }
 
   @RequestMapping(value = "/**", method = {GET, POST})
-  public String proxyRequest(HttpServletRequest request) throws NoSuchRequestHandlingMethodException, IOException, URISyntaxException {
+  public ResponseEntity<String> proxyRequest(HttpServletRequest request) throws NoSuchRequestHandlingMethodException, IOException, URISyntaxException {
     HttpUriRequest proxiedRequest = createHttpUriRequest(request);
-    log.info("request: {}", proxiedRequest);
+    logger.info("request: {}", proxiedRequest);
     HttpResponse proxiedResponse = httpClient.execute(proxiedRequest);
-    return read(proxiedResponse.getEntity().getContent());
+    logger.info("Response {}", proxiedResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode());
+    return new ResponseEntity<>(read(proxiedResponse.getEntity().getContent()), HttpStatus.valueOf(proxiedResponse.getStatusLine().getStatusCode()));
   }
 
   private HttpUriRequest createHttpUriRequest(HttpServletRequest request) throws URISyntaxException, NoSuchRequestHandlingMethodException, IOException {
diff --git a/java-spring/api-gateway-service/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/java-spring/api-gateway-service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index 5d568b7..3469522 100755
--- a/java-spring/api-gateway-service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/java-spring/api-gateway-service/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
     </root>
     <logger name="org.springframework" level='info'>
     </logger>
-    <logger name="net.chrisrichardson.eventstore.client" level='info'>
+
+    <logger name="net.chrisrichardson.eventstore.javaexamples.banking" level='info'>
     </logger>
+
+    <logger name="io.eventuate" level='debug'>
+    </logger>
+
 </configuration>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java-spring/common-auth/src/main/java/net/chrisrichardson/eventstore/javaexamples/banking/commonauth/utils/BasicAuthUtils.java b/java-spring/common-auth/src/main/java/net/chrisrichardson/eventstore/javaexamples/banking/commonauth/utils/BasicAuthUtils.java
index e97d94b..4f29ba1 100644
--- a/java-spring/common-auth/src/main/java/net/chrisrichardson/eventstore/javaexamples/banking/commonauth/utils/BasicAuthUtils.java
+++ b/java-spring/common-auth/src/main/java/net/chrisrichardson/eventstore/javaexamples/banking/commonauth/utils/BasicAuthUtils.java
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 package net.chrisrichardson.eventstore.javaexamples.banking.commonauth.utils;
 
 import org.apache.tomcat.util.codec.binary.Base64;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.*;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
@@ -32,14 +31,16 @@ public class BasicAuthUtils {
   public static <T> T doBasicAuthenticatedRequest(RestTemplate restTemplate, String url, HttpMethod httpMethod, Class<T> responseType, Object requestObject) {
     HttpEntity httpEntity;
     if (requestObject != null) {
-      httpEntity = new HttpEntity(requestObject, BasicAuthUtils.basicAuthHeaders("test_user@mail.com"));
+      httpEntity = new HttpEntity<>(requestObject, BasicAuthUtils.basicAuthHeaders("test_user@mail.com"));
     } else {
       httpEntity = new HttpEntity(BasicAuthUtils.basicAuthHeaders("test_user@mail.com"));
     }
 
-    return restTemplate.exchange(url,
+    ResponseEntity<T> responseEntity = restTemplate.exchange(url,
             httpMethod,
             httpEntity,
-            responseType).getBody();
+            responseType);
+    Assert.isTrue(HttpStatus.OK == responseEntity.getStatusCode(), "Bad response: " + responseEntity.getStatusCode());
+    return responseEntity.getBody();
   }
 }
diff --git a/java-spring/common-backend/src/main/resources/logback.xml b/java-spring/common-backend/src/main/resources/logback.xml
index d4123dc..011b839 100644
--- a/java-spring/common-backend/src/main/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/java-spring/common-backend/src/main/resources/logback.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
   <logger name="org.springframework" level='info'>
   </logger>
 
-  <logger name="net.chrisrichardson.eventstore.client" level='info'>
+  <logger name="net.chrisrichardson.eventstore.javaexamples.banking" level='info'>
+  </logger>
+
+  <logger name="io.eventuate" level='debug'>
   </logger>
 
 </configuration>
diff --git a/java-spring/gradle.properties b/java-spring/gradle.properties
index 4dbcb10..e538042 100644
--- a/java-spring/gradle.properties
+++ b/java-spring/gradle.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ eventuateMavenRepoUrl=http://mavenrepo.eventuate.io/release
 
 springBootVersion=1.3.5.RELEASE
 
-eventuateClientVersion=0.4.0.RELEASE
+eventuateClientVersion=0.8.0.RELEASE