diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1b6932397f..d41d35d99f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 # "examples/generics",
 # "examples/motoko_examples/superheroes", # blocked by recursive
 # "examples/motoko_examples/whoami", # blocked by postUpgrade
-# "examples/outgoing_http_requests",
 # "examples/rejections",
 # "examples/robust_imports",
 # "examples/run_time_errors",
@@ -111,6 +110,7 @@ jobs:
                     "examples/notify_raw",
                     "examples/null_example",
                     "examples/optional_types",
+                    "examples/outgoing_http_requests",
                     "examples/pre_and_post_upgrade",
                     "examples/primitive_types",
                     "examples/principal",
diff --git a/examples/outgoing_http_requests/dfx.json b/examples/outgoing_http_requests/dfx.json
index a142c3f081..1f2b061611 100644
--- a/examples/outgoing_http_requests/dfx.json
+++ b/examples/outgoing_http_requests/dfx.json
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
             "root": "src",
             "ts": "src/index.ts",
             "candid": "src/index.did",
-            "wasm": ".azle/outgoing_http_requests/outgoing_http_requests.wasm.gz",
+            "wasm": ".azle/outgoing_http_requests/outgoing_http_requests.wasm",
+            "gzip": true,
             "declarations": {
                 "output": "test/dfx_generated/outgoing_http_requests",
                 "node_compatibility": true
diff --git a/examples/outgoing_http_requests/src/index.did b/examples/outgoing_http_requests/src/index.did
index 9447f44407..b329d2a5dd 100644
--- a/examples/outgoing_http_requests/src/index.did
+++ b/examples/outgoing_http_requests/src/index.did
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-type rec_1 = record {value:text; name:text};
-type rec_0 = record {status:nat; body:vec nat8; headers:vec rec_1};
-type rec_3 = record {value:text; name:text};
-type rec_2 = record {status:nat; body:vec nat8; headers:vec rec_3};
-type rec_6 = record {value:text; name:text};
-type rec_5 = record {status:nat; body:vec nat8; headers:vec rec_6};
-type rec_4 = record {context:vec nat8; response:rec_5};
-type rec_8 = record {value:text; name:text};
-type rec_7 = record {status:nat; body:vec nat8; headers:vec rec_8};
+type rec_52 = record {value:text; name:text};
+type rec_51 = record {status:nat; body:vec nat8; headers:vec rec_52};
+type rec_54 = record {value:text; name:text};
+type rec_53 = record {status:nat; body:vec nat8; headers:vec rec_54};
+type rec_57 = record {value:text; name:text};
+type rec_56 = record {status:nat; body:vec nat8; headers:vec rec_57};
+type rec_55 = record {context:vec nat8; response:rec_56};
+type rec_59 = record {value:text; name:text};
+type rec_58 = record {status:nat; body:vec nat8; headers:vec rec_59};
 service: () -> {
-    xkcd: () -> (rec_0);
-    xkcdRaw: () -> (rec_2);
-    xkcdTransform: (rec_4) -> (rec_7) query;
+    xkcd: () -> (rec_51);
+    xkcdRaw: () -> (rec_53);
+    xkcdTransform: (rec_55) -> (rec_58) query;
 }
diff --git a/examples/outgoing_http_requests/src/index.ts b/examples/outgoing_http_requests/src/index.ts
index 7f65abad58..e41d514cb0 100644
--- a/examples/outgoing_http_requests/src/index.ts
+++ b/examples/outgoing_http_requests/src/index.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import {
     ic,
+    Manual,
+    None,
     Principal,
     query,
-    update,
     Service,
     Some,
-    None,
-    Manual
+    update
 } from 'azle';
 import {
     HttpResponse,
@@ -14,9 +14,8 @@ import {
     managementCanister
 } from 'azle/canisters/management';
 
-export default class extends Service {
-    @update([], HttpResponse)
-    async xkcd(): Promise<HttpResponse> {
+export default Service({
+    xkcd: update([], HttpResponse, async () => {
         return await ic.call(managementCanister.http_request, {
             args: [
                 {
@@ -28,22 +27,27 @@ export default class extends Service {
                     headers: [],
                     body: None,
                     transform: Some({
-                        function: [ic.id(), 'xkcdTransform'],
+                        function: [ic.id(), 'xkcdTransform'] as [
+                            Principal,
+                            string
+                        ],
                         context: Uint8Array.from([])
                     })
                 }
             ],
             cycles: 50_000_000n
         });
-    }
+    }),
 
     // TODO the replica logs give some concerning output: https://forum.dfinity.org/t/fix-me-in-http-outcalls-call-raw/19435
-    @update([], HttpResponse, { manual: true })
-    async xkcdRaw(): Promise<Manual<HttpResponse>> {
-        const httpResponse = await ic.callRaw(
-            Principal.fromText('aaaaa-aa'),
-            'http_request',
-            ic.candidEncode(`
+    xkcdRaw: update(
+        [],
+        Manual(HttpResponse),
+        async () => {
+            const httpResponse = await ic.callRaw(
+                Principal.fromText('aaaaa-aa'),
+                'http_request',
+                ic.candidEncode(`
                 (
                     record {
                         url = "https://xkcd.com/642/info.0.json";
@@ -57,17 +61,18 @@ export default class extends Service {
                     }
                 )
             `),
-            50_000_000n
-        );
+                50_000_000n
+            );
 
-        ic.replyRaw(httpResponse);
-    }
+            ic.replyRaw(httpResponse);
+        },
+        { manual: true }
+    ),
 
-    @query([HttpTransformArgs], HttpResponse)
-    xkcdTransform(args: HttpTransformArgs): HttpResponse {
+    xkcdTransform: query([HttpTransformArgs], HttpResponse, (args) => {
         return {
             ...args.response,
             headers: []
         };
-    }
-}
+    })
+});