diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/wiremock/WireMockHttpServerStub.java b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/wiremock/WireMockHttpServerStub.java
index 7146153c20..8413c934dd 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/wiremock/WireMockHttpServerStub.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/stubrunner/provider/wiremock/WireMockHttpServerStub.java
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ public class WireMockHttpServerStub implements HttpServerStub {
 	@Override
 	public HttpServerStub start() {
 		if (isRunning()) {
-			if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				log.debug("The server is already running at port [" + port() + "]");
+			if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
+				log.trace("The server is already running at port [" + port() + "]");
 			}
 			return this;
 		}
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ public class WireMockHttpServerStub implements HttpServerStub {
 	@Override
 	public HttpServerStub stop() {
 		if (!isRunning()) {
-			if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-				log.debug("Trying to stop a non started server!");
+			if (log.isTraceEnabled()) {
+				log.trace("Trying to stop a non started server!");
 			}
 			return this;
 		}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/resources/m2repo/repository/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/stubs/producerWithMultipleConsumers/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/producerWithMultipleConsumers-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-stubs.jar b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/resources/m2repo/repository/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/stubs/producerWithMultipleConsumers/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/producerWithMultipleConsumers-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-stubs.jar
index 73554a760b..b5a09c6c90 100644
Binary files a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/resources/m2repo/repository/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/stubs/producerWithMultipleConsumers/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/producerWithMultipleConsumers-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-stubs.jar and b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/src/test/resources/m2repo/repository/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/stubs/producerWithMultipleConsumers/0.0.1-SNAPSHOT/producerWithMultipleConsumers-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-stubs.jar differ
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/BaseWireMockStubStrategy.groovy b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/BaseWireMockStubStrategy.groovy
index d7aecf5570..aaa49b7261 100755
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/BaseWireMockStubStrategy.groovy
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/src/main/groovy/org/springframework/cloud/contract/verifier/dsl/wiremock/BaseWireMockStubStrategy.groovy
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@ abstract class BaseWireMockStubStrategy {
 	 */
 	String parseBody(Map map, ContentType contentType) {
 		def transformedMap = MapConverter.getStubSideValues(map)
-		String responseSideBody = toJson(MapConverter.getTestSideValues(contract.request.body))
-		DocumentContext context = JsonPath.parse(responseSideBody)
-		transformedMap = processEntriesForTemplating(transformedMap, context)
+		transformedMap = transformMapIfRequestPresent(transformedMap)
 		String json = toJson(transformedMap)
 		// the space is important cause at the end of the json body you also have a }
 		// you can't have 4 } next to each other
@@ -106,6 +104,17 @@ abstract class BaseWireMockStubStrategy {
 		return parseBody(unquotedJson, contentType)
 	}
 
+	private Object transformMapIfRequestPresent(Object transformedMap) {
+		def requestBody = contract.request.body
+		if (requestBody == null) {
+			return transformedMap
+		}
+		String testSideBody = toJson(
+				MapConverter.getTestSideValues(requestBody))
+		DocumentContext context = JsonPath.parse(testSideBody)
+		return processEntriesForTemplating(transformedMap, context)
+	}
+
 	private Object processEntriesForTemplating(transformedMap, DocumentContext context) {
 		return transformValues(transformedMap, {
 			if (it instanceof String && processor.containsJsonPathTemplateEntry(it)) {