diff --git a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Responder/HttpContextResponder.cs b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Responder/HttpContextResponder.cs
index a90543fc..fed95e9e 100644
--- a/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Responder/HttpContextResponder.cs
+++ b/src/Ocelot.Library/Infrastructure/Responder/HttpContextResponder.cs
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ namespace Ocelot.Library.Infrastructure.Responder
     {
         public async Task<HttpContext> CreateSuccessResponse(HttpContext context, HttpResponseMessage response)
         {
-            if (!response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
+            if (response.IsSuccessStatusCode)
             {
                 context.Response.StatusCode = (int)response.StatusCode;
+                await context.Response.WriteAsync(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
                 return context;
             }
-            await context.Response.WriteAsync(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
             return context;
         }
 
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/Fake/FakeStartup.cs b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/Fake/FakeStartup.cs
index 35d5e644..7f8ceaea 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/Fake/FakeStartup.cs
+++ b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/Fake/FakeStartup.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,14 @@ namespace Ocelot.AcceptanceTests.Fake
         {
             app.Run(async context =>
             {
-                await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello from Laura");
+                if (context.Request.Method.ToLower() == "get")
+                {
+                    await context.Response.WriteAsync("Hello from Laura");
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    context.Response.StatusCode = 201;
+                }
             });
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/OcelotTests.cs b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/OcelotTests.cs
index 20164ea8..41911a4d 100644
--- a/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/OcelotTests.cs
+++ b/test/Ocelot.AcceptanceTests/OcelotTests.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace Ocelot.AcceptanceTests
         {
             this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAConfiguration(new Configuration()))
                 .And(x => x.GivenTheApiGatewayIsRunning())
-                .When(x => x.WhenIRequestTheUrlOnTheApiGateway("/"))
+                .When(x => x.WhenIGetUrlOnTheApiGateway("/"))
                 .Then(x => x.ThenTheStatusCodeShouldBe(HttpStatusCode.NotFound))
                 .BDDfy();
         }
@@ -54,12 +54,33 @@ namespace Ocelot.AcceptanceTests
                     }
                 }))
                 .And(x => x.GivenTheApiGatewayIsRunning())
-                .When(x => x.WhenIRequestTheUrlOnTheApiGateway("/"))
+                .When(x => x.WhenIGetUrlOnTheApiGateway("/"))
                 .Then(x => x.ThenTheStatusCodeShouldBe(HttpStatusCode.OK))
                 .And(x => x.ThenTheResponseBodyShouldBe("Hello from Laura"))
                 .BDDfy();
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void should_return_response_201()
+        {
+            this.Given(x => x.GivenThereIsAServiceRunningOn("http://localhost:51879"))
+                .And(x => x.GivenThereIsAConfiguration(new Configuration
+                {
+                    ReRoutes = new List<ReRoute>
+                    {
+                        new ReRoute
+                        {
+                            DownstreamTemplate = "http://localhost:51879/",
+                            UpstreamTemplate = "/"
+                        }
+                    }
+                }))
+                .And(x => x.GivenTheApiGatewayIsRunning())
+                .When(x => x.WhenIPostUrlOnTheApiGateway("/"))
+                .Then(x => x.ThenTheStatusCodeShouldBe(HttpStatusCode.Created))
+                .BDDfy();
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// This is annoying cos it should be in the constructor but we need to set up the yaml file before calling startup so its a step.
         /// </summary>
@@ -91,11 +112,16 @@ namespace Ocelot.AcceptanceTests
             _fakeService.Start(url);
         }
 
-        private void WhenIRequestTheUrlOnTheApiGateway(string url)
+        private void WhenIGetUrlOnTheApiGateway(string url)
         {
             _response = _client.GetAsync(url).Result;
         }
 
+        private void WhenIPostUrlOnTheApiGateway(string url)
+        {
+            _response = _client.PostAsync(url, new StringContent(string.Empty)).Result;
+        }
+
         private void ThenTheStatusCodeShouldBe(HttpStatusCode expectedHttpStatusCode)
         {
             _response.StatusCode.ShouldBe(expectedHttpStatusCode);