diff --git a/examples/v3/pacts/V3Consumer-V3Provider.json b/examples/v3/pacts/V3Consumer-V3Provider.json
index 7c49c8735..98a2302d6 100644
--- a/examples/v3/pacts/V3Consumer-V3Provider.json
+++ b/examples/v3/pacts/V3Consumer-V3Provider.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         {
           "name": "User foo exists",
           "params": {
-            "id": "foo"
+            "some": "param"
           }
         }
       ],
diff --git a/examples/v3/provider_test.go b/examples/v3/provider_test.go
index 99539f9ff..8d1927205 100644
--- a/examples/v3/provider_test.go
+++ b/examples/v3/provider_test.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func TestV3HTTPProvider(t *testing.T) {
 				// ... do something
 
 				// Optionally (if there are generators in the pact) return provider state values to be used in the verification (only  )
-				return v3.ProviderStateV3Response{"id": "bar"}, nil
+				return v3.ProviderStateV3Response{"uuid": "1234"}, nil
 
 				// return nil, nil
 			},
diff --git a/v3/http_verifier.go b/v3/http_verifier.go
index f49e1c1a9..3af7561b7 100644
--- a/v3/http_verifier.go
+++ b/v3/http_verifier.go
@@ -220,6 +220,8 @@ func stateHandlerMiddleware(stateHandlers StateHandlers) proxy.Middleware {
 					return
 				}
 
+				// TODO: update rust code - params should be in a sub-property, to avoid top-level key conflicts
+				// i.e. it's possible action/state are actually something a users wants to supply
 				delete(params, "action")
 				delete(params, "state")
 				state.Params = params
@@ -242,7 +244,9 @@ func stateHandlerMiddleware(stateHandlers StateHandlers) proxy.Middleware {
 
 					// Return provider state values for generator
 					if res != nil {
+						log.Println("[TRACE] returning values from provider state (raw)", res)
 						resBody, err := json.Marshal(res)
+						log.Println("[TRACE] returning values from provider state (JSON)", string(resBody))
 
 						if err != nil {
 							log.Printf("[ERROR] state handler for '%v' errored: %v", state.State, err)
@@ -251,6 +255,7 @@ func stateHandlerMiddleware(stateHandlers StateHandlers) proxy.Middleware {
 							return
 						}
 
+						w.Header().Add("content-type", "application/json")
 						w.Write(resBody)
 					}
 				}