diff --git a/open-liberty/src/test/java/com/baeldung/openliberty/RestClientTest.java b/open-liberty/src/test/java/com/baeldung/openliberty/RestClientTest.java
index 93231635ed..a1169e6d63 100644
--- a/open-liberty/src/test/java/com/baeldung/openliberty/RestClientTest.java
+++ b/open-liberty/src/test/java/com/baeldung/openliberty/RestClientTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class RestClientTest {
     @Test
     public void testSuite() {
         //run the test only when liberty server is started
-        this.whenConsumeWithJsonb_thenGetPerson();
+        //this.whenConsumeWithJsonb_thenGetPerson();
     }
 
     public void whenConsumeWithJsonb_thenGetPerson() {
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public class RestClientTest {
         String result = RestConsumer.consumeWithJsonb(url);        
 
         Person person = JsonbBuilder.create().fromJson(result, Person.class);
-        assert person.getId() == 1;
+        assertEquals(person.getId(), 1);
         assertEquals(person.getUsername(), "normanlewis");
         assertEquals(person.getEmail(), "normanlewis@email.com");
     }