diff --git a/src/main/java/works/weave/socks/orders/config/RestProxyTemplate.java b/src/main/java/works/weave/socks/orders/config/RestProxyTemplate.java
index 6d28831..174bb9a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/works/weave/socks/orders/config/RestProxyTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/works/weave/socks/orders/config/RestProxyTemplate.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 import org.springframework.http.client.SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 
 import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
@@ -15,7 +17,12 @@
 public final class RestProxyTemplate {
     private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
 
-    private RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
+    @Autowired RestTemplate restTemplate;
+
+    @Bean
+    public RestTemplate restTemplate() {
+      return new RestTemplate();
+    }
 
     @Value("${proxy.host:}")
     private String host;
diff --git a/src/main/java/works/weave/socks/orders/services/AsyncGetService.java b/src/main/java/works/weave/socks/orders/services/AsyncGetService.java
index dc49cc1..901c621 100644
--- a/src/main/java/works/weave/socks/orders/services/AsyncGetService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/works/weave/socks/orders/services/AsyncGetService.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public <T> Future<Resource<T>> getResource(URI url, TypeReferences.ResourceType<
             InterruptedException, IOException {
         RequestEntity<Void> request = RequestEntity.get(url).accept(HAL_JSON).build();
         LOG.debug("Requesting: " + request.toString());
-        Resource<T> body = halTemplate.exchange(request, type).getBody();
+        Resource<T> body = restProxyTemplate.getRestTemplate().exchange(request, type).getBody();
         LOG.debug("Received: " + body.toString());
         return new AsyncResult<>(body);
     }