diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ef4ce89f..de391696 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ on [Keep a CHANGELOG](http://keepachangelog.com/). This project adheres to
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+- Update Shuttering Integration Test
+
 ## [2.0.0-M2] - 2019-04-08
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/example-context/example-service/example-it/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/example/cakeshop/it/ShutteringIT.java b/example-context/example-service/example-it/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/example/cakeshop/it/ShutteringIT.java
index 5c0b4f07..f3444761 100644
--- a/example-context/example-service/example-it/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/example/cakeshop/it/ShutteringIT.java
+++ b/example-context/example-service/example-it/src/test/java/uk/gov/justice/services/example/cakeshop/it/ShutteringIT.java
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 import static com.jayway.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
 import static com.jayway.jsonassert.JsonAssert.with;
 import static java.lang.String.format;
+import static java.util.Optional.empty;
+import static java.util.Optional.of;
 import static java.util.UUID.randomUUID;
 import static javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.NOT_FOUND;
 import static javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status.OK;
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@
 import uk.gov.justice.services.jmx.ShutteringMBean;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 import javax.management.InstanceNotFoundException;
 import javax.management.IntrospectionException;
@@ -31,7 +34,6 @@
 import javax.management.ReflectionException;
 import javax.management.remote.JMXConnector;
 import javax.ws.rs.client.Client;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
 
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -115,23 +117,34 @@ private void verifyRecipeAdded(final String recipeId,
                                    final String recipeName2,
                                    final boolean checkRecipeName,
                                    final Status status) {
+        final Optional<String> recId = of(recipeId);
         await().until(() -> {
-           if(checkRecipeName) {
-               final ApiResponse response = querier.recipesQueryResult();
-               assertThat(response.httpCode(), isStatus(status));
-               logger.info(format("Response: %s", response.httpCode()));
-
-               with(response.body())
-                       .assertThat("$.recipes[?(@.id=='" + recipeId + "')].name", hasItem(recipeName))
-                       .assertThat("$.recipes[?(@.id=='" + recipeId2 + "')].name", hasItem(recipeName2));
-           } else {
-               final ApiResponse response = querier.queryForRecipe(recipeId);
-               logger.info(format("Response: %s", response.httpCode()));
-               assertThat(response.httpCode(), isStatus(status));
-           }
+            if(checkRecipeName) {
+                final ApiResponse response = verifyResponse(empty(), status);
+
+                verifyResponseBody(recipeId, recipeId2, recipeName, recipeName2, response);
+            } else {
+                verifyResponse(recId, status);
+            }
         });
     }
 
+    private void verifyResponseBody(final String recipeId, final String recipeId2, final String recipeName, final String recipeName2, final ApiResponse response) {
+        with(response.body())
+                .assertThat("$.recipes[?(@.id=='" + recipeId + "')].name", hasItem(recipeName))
+                .assertThat("$.recipes[?(@.id=='" + recipeId2 + "')].name", hasItem(recipeName2));
+    }
+
+    private ApiResponse verifyResponse(final Optional<String> recipeId, final Status status) {
+        final ApiResponse response = recipeId.isPresent() ? querier.queryForRecipe(recipeId.get()):
+                querier.recipesQueryResult();
+
+        logger.info(format("Response: %s", response.httpCode()));
+        assertThat(response.httpCode(), isStatus(status));
+
+        return response;
+    }
+
     private void invokeShuttering(final boolean isShutteringRequired) throws IOException, MalformedObjectNameException, IntrospectionException, InstanceNotFoundException, ReflectionException {
         try(JMXConnector jmxConnector = mBeanHelper.getJMXConnector()){
 
@@ -139,8 +152,6 @@ private void invokeShuttering(final boolean isShutteringRequired) throws IOExcep
 
             final ObjectName objectName = new ObjectName("shuttering", "type", Shuttering.class.getSimpleName());
 
-            mBeanHelper.getMbeanOperations(objectName, connection);
-
             if(isShutteringRequired) {
                 mBeanHelper.getMbeanProxy(connection, objectName, ShutteringMBean.class).doShutteringRequested();
             } else {