diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/shadowing/ShadowingInterceptor.java b/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/shadowing/ShadowingInterceptor.java
index e0196c56c..29e1c41f6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/shadowing/ShadowingInterceptor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/shadowing/ShadowingInterceptor.java
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@
 import com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.Outcome;
 import com.predic8.membrane.core.rules.AbstractServiceProxy.Target;
 import com.predic8.membrane.core.transport.http.HttpClient;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.util.URIFactory;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
@@ -41,7 +44,7 @@ public void bodyChunk(byte[] buffer, int offset, int length) {}
 
             @Override
             public void bodyComplete(AbstractBody body) {
-                cloneRequestAndSend(body);
+                cloneRequestAndSend(body, exc);
             }
         });
         return CONTINUE;
@@ -52,15 +55,12 @@ public String getShortDescription() {
         return "Sends requests to shadow hosts (processed in the background).";
     }
 
-    public void cloneRequestAndSend(AbstractBody body) {
+    public void cloneRequestAndSend(AbstractBody body, Exchange exchange) {
         ExecutorService executor = newCachedThreadPool();
         for (Target target : targets) {
             Exchange exc;
             try {
-                exc = new Request.Builder()
-                        .body(body.getContent())
-                        .get(getDestFromTarget(target, router.getParentProxy(this).getKey().getPath()))
-                        .buildExchange();
+                exc = buildExchange(body, exchange, target);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 log.error("Error creating request for target {}", target, e);
                 continue;
@@ -78,13 +78,28 @@ public void cloneRequestAndSend(AbstractBody body) {
         }
     }
 
+    static Exchange buildExchange(AbstractBody body, Exchange exchange, Target target) throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
+        return new Request.Builder()
+                .body(body.getContent())
+                .header(exchange.getRequest().getHeader())
+                .method(exchange.getRequest().getMethod())
+                .url(
+                    new URIFactory(),
+                    getDestFromTarget(
+                        target,
+                        exchange.getOriginalRequestUri()
+                    )
+                )
+                .buildExchange();
+    }
+
 
     static String getDestFromTarget(Target t, String path) {
-        return (t.getUrl() != null) ? t.getUrl() : extracted(t, path);
+        return (t.getUrl() != null) ? t.getUrl() : buildTargetUrl(t, path);
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("HttpUrlsUsage")
-    private static String extracted(Target t, String path) {
+    private static String buildTargetUrl(Target t, String path) {
         return ((t.getSslParser() != null) ? "https://" : "http://") +
                 t.getHost() +
                 ":" +
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/shadowing/ShadowingInterceptorTest.java b/core/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/shadowing/ShadowingInterceptorTest.java
index 6ed225b89..44fe62a0a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/shadowing/ShadowingInterceptorTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/com/predic8/membrane/core/interceptor/shadowing/ShadowingInterceptorTest.java
@@ -1,37 +1,40 @@
 package com.predic8.membrane.core.interceptor.shadowing;
 
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.exchange.Exchange;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.http.Body;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.http.MimeType;
+import com.predic8.membrane.core.http.Request;
 import com.predic8.membrane.core.rules.AbstractServiceProxy.Target;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.net.http.HttpHeaders;
+
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.http.Header.CONTENT_TYPE;
+import static com.predic8.membrane.core.http.MimeType.APPLICATION_JSON;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
 class ShadowingInterceptorTest {
 
-    @Mock
-    private Target mockTarget;
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    void setUp() {
-        MockitoAnnotations.openMocks(this);
-    }
-
     @Test
-    void testGetDestFromTarget_WithUrl() {
-        when(mockTarget.getUrl()).thenReturn("http://example.com");
-        String result = ShadowingInterceptor.getDestFromTarget(mockTarget, "/path");
-        assertEquals("http://example.com", result);
+    void buildExchangeTest() throws URISyntaxException, IOException {
+        Exchange exc = ShadowingInterceptor.buildExchange(
+                new Body("foo".getBytes()),
+                new Request.Builder()
+                        .post("https://www.google.com")
+                        .header(CONTENT_TYPE, APPLICATION_JSON)
+                        .buildExchange(),
+                new Target() {{
+                    setUrl("https://www.predic8.com:9000/foo");
+                }}
+        );
+
+        assertNotNull(exc);
+        assertEquals("POST", exc.getRequest().getMethod());
+        assertEquals("/foo", exc.getRequest().getUri());
+        assertEquals("https://www.predic8.com:9000/foo", exc.getDestinations().get(0));
+        assertEquals(APPLICATION_JSON, exc.getRequest().getHeader().getContentType());
     }
-
-    @Test
-    void testGetDestFromTarget_WithoutUrl() {
-        when(mockTarget.getHost()).thenReturn("localhost");
-        when(mockTarget.getPort()).thenReturn(8080);
-        String result = ShadowingInterceptor.getDestFromTarget(mockTarget, "/path");
-        assertEquals("http://localhost:8080/path", result);
-    }
-
-}
+}
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