diff --git a/internal/resource/http.go b/internal/resource/http.go
index 8870f1b..cefb599 100644
--- a/internal/resource/http.go
+++ b/internal/resource/http.go
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ func HTTPFactory(u *url.URL) Resource {
 
 type HTTPHeader struct {
 	Name string `yaml:"name" json:"name"`
-	Value string `yaml:"value" json"value"`
+	Value string `yaml:"value" json:"value"`
 }
 
 // Manage the state of an HTTP endpoint
 type HTTP struct {
 	client *http.Client `yaml:"-" json:"-"`
 	Endpoint string `yaml:"endpoint" json:"endpoint"`
-	Headers []HTTPHeader `yaml:"headers,omitempty", json:"headers,omitempty"`
+	Headers []HTTPHeader `yaml:"headers,omitempty" json:"headers,omitempty"`
 	Body  string `yaml:"body,omitempty" json:"body,omitempty"`
 	State string `yaml:"state" json:"state"`
 }
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ func (h *HTTP) Create() error {
 		req.Header.Add(header.Name, header.Value)
 	}
 	resp, err := h.client.Do(req)
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/resource/http_test.go b/internal/resource/http_test.go
index a555393..c9f8577 100644
--- a/internal/resource/http_test.go
+++ b/internal/resource/http_test.go
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ func TestHTTPRead(t *testing.T) {
 
 	server := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		assert.Equal(t, req.URL.String(), "/resource/user/foo")
-		rw.Write([]byte(`
+		n,e := rw.Write([]byte(`
 type: "user"
 attributes:
   name: "foo"
   gecos: "foo user"
 `))
+		assert.Nil(t, e)
+		assert.Greater(t, n, 0)
 	}))
 	defer server.Close()