diff --git a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java
index 002a97d1badfca560410b76d7d2ad260b90afbfd..6d908d34b7c6b87254782b6ae8b0b8dc2a6d036e 100644
--- a/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java
+++ b/theodolite-benchmarks/load-generator-commons/src/test/java/theodolite/commons/workloadgeneration/HttpRecordSenderTest.java
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ public class HttpRecordSenderTest {
     final ActivePowerRecord record = new ActivePowerRecord("my-id", 12345L, 12.34);
     this.httpRecordSender.send(record);
 
+    final String expectedJson = "{\"identifier\":\"my-id\",\"timestamp\":12345,\"valueInW\":12.34}";
     verify(exactly(1), postRequestedFor(urlEqualTo("/"))
-        .withRequestBody(equalTo(this.gson.toJson(record)))); // toJson
+        .withRequestBody(equalTo(expectedJson))); // toJson
   }
 
 }