diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8bbd536797..94f280b373 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ jobs:
             ^\.assets$
             ^\.git$
             ^\.vscode$
-            ^\asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy$
 
   testing:
     strategy:
diff --git a/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/.github/test.sh b/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/.github/test.sh
index c5321c8239..e5b793f07a 100755
--- a/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/.github/test.sh
+++ b/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/.github/test.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ EXIT=0
 PORT="7114"
 KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER="kafka.examples.dev:29092"
 INPUT='{"id": 1,"name":"Hello World!"}'
-EXPECTED='data:{ "id": 1, "name": "Hello World!"}'
+EXPECTED='data:{"id": 1,"name":"Hello World!"}'
 echo \# Testing asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/
 echo PORT="$PORT"
 echo KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER="$KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER"
@@ -16,20 +16,23 @@ echo EXPECTED="$EXPECTED"
 echo
 
 # WHEN
+
+sleep 5
+
 # send request to zilla
 timeout 3s curl -N --http2 -H "Accept:text/event-stream" "http://localhost:$PORT/events" | tee .testoutput &
 
 # push response to kafka with kafkacat
 echo "$INPUT" |
-  docker compose -p zilla-http-kafka-sync exec -T kafkacat \
+  docker compose -p zilla-asyncapi-sse-kafka-proxy exec -T kafkacat \
     kafkacat -P \
     -b $KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER \
     -t events \
     -k "1"
 
 # fetch the output of zilla request; try 5 times
-for i in $(seq 0 2); do
-  sleep $i
+for i in $(seq 0 5); do
+  sleep 5
   OUTPUT=$(cat .testoutput | grep "^data:")
   if [ -n "$OUTPUT" ]; then
     break
@@ -48,9 +51,4 @@ else
   EXIT=1
 fi
 
-# TODO remove once fixed
-echo '❌ curl: (52) Empty reply from server. Tested on main. and does not work with described instructions'
-echo 'Refer: https://github.com/aklivity/zilla/issues/1417'
-EXIT=1
-
 exit $EXIT
diff --git a/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/compose.yaml b/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/compose.yaml
index ee3c370e35..89cd0a3294 100644
--- a/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/compose.yaml
+++ b/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/compose.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ services:
       ZILLA_INCUBATOR_ENABLED: "true"
     volumes:
       - ./etc:/etc/zilla
-      - ./sse-asyncapi.yaml:/etc/zilla/specs/sse-asyncapi.yaml
-      - ./kafka-asyncapi.yaml:/etc/zilla/specs/kafka-asyncapi.yaml
     command: start -v -e
 
   kafka:
diff --git a/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/kafka-asyncapi.yaml b/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/etc/specs/kafka-asyncapi.yaml
similarity index 96%
rename from examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/kafka-asyncapi.yaml
rename to examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/etc/specs/kafka-asyncapi.yaml
index d5a677394b..4a33dec62b 100644
--- a/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/kafka-asyncapi.yaml
+++ b/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/etc/specs/kafka-asyncapi.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ operations:
     traits:
       - $ref: "#/components/operationTraits/kafka"
     messages:
-      - $ref: "#/channels/eventstore/messages/event"
+      - $ref: "#/channels/events/messages/event"
 components:
   messages:
     event:
diff --git a/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/sse-asyncapi.yaml b/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/etc/specs/sse-asyncapi.yaml
similarity index 92%
rename from examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/sse-asyncapi.yaml
rename to examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/etc/specs/sse-asyncapi.yaml
index 589ad3620b..103acbdf7f 100644
--- a/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/sse-asyncapi.yaml
+++ b/examples/asyncapi.sse.kafka.proxy/etc/specs/sse-asyncapi.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ info:
 servers:
   plain_sse:
     host: localhost:7114
-    protocol: sse
+    protocol: http
 defaultContentType: application/json
 
 channels:
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ operations:
     action: receive
     channel:
       $ref: "#/channels/events"
+    bindings:
+      x-zilla-sse:
+        method: "GET"
 
 components:
   schemas: