diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/Application.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/Application.java
index f7b74659c8..077213b04d 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/Application.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/Application.java
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package org.baeldung.config;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
-import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
-import org.springframework.web.filter.ShallowEtagHeaderFilter;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
 
 @EnableAutoConfiguration
@@ -15,8 +13,4 @@ public class Application extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
         SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
     }
 
-    @Bean
-    public ShallowEtagHeaderFilter shallowEtagHeaderFilter() {
-        return new ShallowEtagHeaderFilter();
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/WebConfig.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/WebConfig.java
index 1516e9915c..39c1252c4f 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/WebConfig.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/config/WebConfig.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class WebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
         messageConverters.add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter(builder.build()));
         // messageConverters.add(new MappingJackson2XmlHttpMessageConverter(builder.createXmlMapper(true).build()));
         
-        messageConverters.add(createXmlHttpMessageConverter());
+        // messageConverters.add(createXmlHttpMessageConverter());
         // messageConverters.add(new MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverter());
         
         messageConverters.add(new ProtobufHttpMessageConverter());
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
index dd1e3ca222..21ba3c6d13 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/FooController.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.baeldung.web.controller;
 
 import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic;
-import static org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils.randomNumeric;
 
 import org.baeldung.web.dto.Foo;
 import org.baeldung.web.dto.FooProtos;
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ public class FooController {
     @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/foos/{id}")
     @ResponseBody
     public Foo findById(@PathVariable final long id) {
-        return new Foo(Long.parseLong(randomNumeric(2)), randomAlphabetic(4));
+        return new Foo(id, randomAlphabetic(4));
     }
 
     // API - write
diff --git a/spring-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateBasicLiveTest.java b/spring-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateBasicLiveTest.java
index 9e968b94f3..e4321e163f 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateBasicLiveTest.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/test/java/org/baeldung/client/RestTemplateBasicLiveTest.java
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@ package org.baeldung.client;
 
 import static org.baeldung.client.Consts.APPLICATION_PORT;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.mockito.Matchers.notNull;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.baeldung.web.dto.Foo;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
@@ -41,7 +45,15 @@ public class RestTemplateBasicLiveTest {
         ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
         JsonNode root = mapper.readTree(response.getBody());
         JsonNode name = root.path("name");
-        assertThat(name.asText(), equalTo("bar"));
+        assertThat(name.asText(), is(notNull()));
     }
-    
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenResourceUrl_whenRetrievingResource_thenCorrect() throws IOException {
+        final Foo foo = restTemplate.getForObject(fooResourceUrl + "/1", Foo.class);
+
+        assertThat(foo.getName(), notNullValue());
+        assertThat(foo.getId(), is(1L));
+    }
+
 }