diff --git a/accurest-core/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockRequestStubStrategy.groovy b/accurest-core/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockRequestStubStrategy.groovy
index c0dfe0c43c..36f7ec1ab5 100755
--- a/accurest-core/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockRequestStubStrategy.groovy
+++ b/accurest-core/src/main/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockRequestStubStrategy.groovy
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 package io.codearte.accurest.dsl
-
 import groovy.transform.PackageScope
 import groovy.transform.TypeChecked
 import io.codearte.accurest.dsl.internal.ClientRequest
@@ -7,8 +6,6 @@ import io.codearte.accurest.dsl.internal.Request
 
 import java.util.regex.Pattern
 
-import static groovy.json.StringEscapeUtils.escapeJava
-
 @TypeChecked
 @PackageScope
 class WiremockRequestStubStrategy extends BaseWiremockStubStrategy {
@@ -41,10 +38,10 @@ class WiremockRequestStubStrategy extends BaseWiremockStubStrategy {
 			return [:]
 		}
 		if (containsRegex(body)) {
-			return [bodyPatterns: [matches: parseBody(body)]]
+			return [bodyPatterns: [[matches: parseBody(body)]]]
 		}
 
-		return [bodyPatterns: [equalTo: parseBody(body)]]
+		return [bodyPatterns: [[equalTo: parseBody(body)]]]
 	}
 
 	boolean containsRegex(Object bodyObject) {
diff --git a/accurest-core/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockGroovyDslSpec.groovy b/accurest-core/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockGroovyDslSpec.groovy
index 5f1684ec7d..4ff7fa09f5 100755
--- a/accurest-core/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockGroovyDslSpec.groovy
+++ b/accurest-core/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockGroovyDslSpec.groovy
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 package io.codearte.accurest.dsl
 import groovy.json.JsonSlurper
-import spock.lang.Specification
 
-class WiremockGroovyDslSpec extends Specification {
+class WiremockGroovyDslSpec extends WiremockSpec {
 
 	def 'should convert groovy dsl stub to wiremock stub for the client side'() {
 		given:
@@ -48,6 +47,8 @@ class WiremockGroovyDslSpec extends Specification {
     }
 }
 ''')
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWiremockStub(wiremockStub)
 	}
 
 	def 'should convert groovy dsl stub with Body as String to wiremock stub for the client side'() {
@@ -91,6 +92,8 @@ class WiremockGroovyDslSpec extends Specification {
     }
 }
 ''')
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWiremockStub(wiremockStub)
 	}
 
 	def 'should convert groovy dsl stub with simple Body as String to wiremock stub for the client side'() {
@@ -141,12 +144,14 @@ class WiremockGroovyDslSpec extends Specification {
     }
 }
 ''')
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWiremockStub(wiremockStub)
 	}
 
 
 	def 'should convert groovy dsl stub with regexp Body as String to wiremock stub for the client side'() {
 		given:
-		GroovyDsl groovyDsl = GroovyDsl.make {
+			GroovyDsl groovyDsl = GroovyDsl.make {
 			request {
 				method('GET')
 				url $(client(regex('/[0-9]{2}')), server('/12'))
@@ -170,28 +175,30 @@ class WiremockGroovyDslSpec extends Specification {
 			}
 		}
 		when:
-		String wiremockStub = new WiremockStubStrategy(groovyDsl).toWiremockClientStub()
+			String wiremockStub = new WiremockStubStrategy(groovyDsl).toWiremockClientStub()
 		then:
-		new JsonSlurper().parseText(wiremockStub) == new JsonSlurper().parseText('''
+			new JsonSlurper().parseText(wiremockStub) == new JsonSlurper().parseText('''
 {
     "request": {
         "method": "GET",
         "urlPattern": "/[0-9]{2}",
-        "bodyPatterns": {
-			"matches":"{\\"personalId\\":\\"^[0-9]{11}$\\"}"
-        }
+        "bodyPatterns": [
+        	{
+				"matches":"{\\"personalId\\":\\"^[0-9]{11}$\\"}"
+        	}
+        ]
     },
     "response": {
         "status": 200,
-        "body": {
-            "name": "Jan"
-        },
+        "body": "{\\"name\\":\\"Jan\\"}",
         "headers": {
             "Content-Type": "text/plain"
         }
     }
 }
 ''')
+		and:
+			stubMappingIsValidWiremockStub(wiremockStub)
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/accurest-core/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockSpec.groovy b/accurest-core/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a6237d89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accurest-core/src/test/groovy/io/codearte/accurest/dsl/WiremockSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package io.codearte.accurest.dsl
+
+import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.stubbing.StubMapping
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+class WiremockSpec extends Specification {
+
+    void stubMappingIsValidWiremockStub(String mappingDefinition) {
+        StubMapping.buildFrom(mappingDefinition)
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e0a87bd555..c2d42cfdf1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ project(':accurest-core') {
 		compile 'commons-io:commons-io:2.4'
 		testCompile 'cglib:cglib-nodep:2.2'
 		testCompile 'org.objenesis:objenesis:2.1'
+		testCompile 'com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock:1.53'
 	}
 }