diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/HTTPTransport.ts b/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/HTTPTransport.ts
index 5a1e1f9..ccd43c2 100644
--- a/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/HTTPTransport.ts
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/HTTPTransport.ts
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ export default class HTTPTransport extends Transport {
     req.on('end', async () => {
       const o = await this.receiver({ buffer: txtEnc.encode(buf), ctx: this.getContext(req, res) })
       res.statusCode = 200
-      res.end(o)
+      res.end(txtDec.decode(o))
     })
   }
 
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ export default class HTTPTransport extends Transport {
     .set('User-Agent', 'roleypoly/2.0 bento http client (+https://roleypoly.com)')
     .withCredentials()
     .set(this.injectHeaders)
+    .ok(() => true)
 
     if (c.length > 0) {
       r.set('Cookie', c)
@@ -150,6 +151,6 @@ export default class HTTPTransport extends Transport {
 
     const res = await r
 
-    return Buffer.from(res.body)
+    return txtEnc.encode(res.text)
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/__test__/HTTPTransport.test.ts b/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/__test__/HTTPTransport.test.ts
index 5b8e3bb..fa8337a 100644
--- a/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/__test__/HTTPTransport.test.ts
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/__test__/HTTPTransport.test.ts
@@ -3,32 +3,34 @@ import Bento, { JSONSerializer } from '@kayteh/bento'
 import { MockBackendClient } from './mock.bento'
 import MockBackendServer from './mock-server'
 import * as http from 'http'
-import * as sinon from 'sinon'
+import sinon from 'sinon'
 
-describe('HTTPTransport', () => {
+const getCC = () => {
   const NOW = Date.now()
   const PORT = 20000 + (+(('' + NOW).slice(-4)))
   const bento = new Bento()
-  const tt = new HTTPTransport(
-      bento,
-      new JSONSerializer(),
-      `https://localhost:${PORT}/api/_rpc`,
-      {}
-    )
+  const bento2 = new Bento()
+  const tt = new HTTPTransport(bento, new JSONSerializer({ verbose: true }), `http://localhost:${PORT}/api/_rpc`, {})
   const h = tt.handler()
   const spy = sinon.spy(h)
   const s = http.createServer(spy)
   s.listen(PORT)
 
   bento.transport = tt
+  bento2.transport = tt
 
   bento.service(MockBackendClient.__SERVICE__, MockBackendServer)
-  const cc = bento.client(MockBackendClient)
+  const cc = bento2.client(MockBackendClient)
+
+  return { cc, spy }
+}
+
+describe('HTTPTransport', async () => {
 
   it('handles full flow properly', async () => {
+    const { cc, spy } = getCC()
     const out = await cc.helloBackend({ hello: 'yes!' })
     expect(out.message).toBe(`hello, yes!! i'm bot!!`)
+    expect(spy.called).toBe(true) // oof
   })
-
-  s.close()
 })
diff --git a/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/__test__/NATSTransport.test.ts b/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/__test__/NATSTransport.test.ts
index 11e963b..0b6e000 100644
--- a/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/__test__/NATSTransport.test.ts
+++ b/packages/roleypoly-rpc/src/utils/__test__/NATSTransport.test.ts
@@ -3,23 +3,26 @@ import Bento, { JSONSerializer } from '@kayteh/bento'
 import { MockBackendClient } from './mock.bento'
 import MockBackendServer from './mock-server'
 
-describe('NATSTransport', () => {
+const getCC = () => {
   const NOW = Date.now()
   const bento = new Bento()
+  const bento2 = new Bento()
 
-  const tt = new NATSTransport(
-    bento,
-    new JSONSerializer(),
-    'nats://localhost:4222/',
-    '' + NOW
-  )
+  const tt = new NATSTransport(bento, new JSONSerializer({ verbose: true }), 'nats://localhost:4222/', '' + NOW)
 
   bento.transport = tt
+  bento2.transport = tt
 
   bento.service(MockBackendClient.__SERVICE__, MockBackendServer)
-  const cc = bento.client(MockBackendClient)
+  const cc = bento2.client(MockBackendClient)
+
+  return cc
+}
+
+describe('NATSTransport', () => {
 
   it('handles full flow properly', async () => {
+    const cc = getCC()
     const out = await cc.helloBackend({ hello: 'yes!' })
     expect(out.message).toBe(`hello, yes!! i'm bot!!`)
   })