diff --git a/lib/pact/provider_verifier/set_up_provider_state.rb b/lib/pact/provider_verifier/set_up_provider_state.rb
index 04e614b..e718322 100644
--- a/lib/pact/provider_verifier/set_up_provider_state.rb
+++ b/lib/pact/provider_verifier/set_up_provider_state.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ def call
         log_request
         response = post_to_provider_state
         check_for_error response
+        begin
+          JSON.parse(response.body)
+        rescue
+          {}
+        end
       end
 
       private
diff --git a/spec/integration_with_provider_state_in_headers_spec.rb b/spec/integration_with_provider_state_in_headers_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dd26ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/integration_with_provider_state_in_headers_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require 'json'
+
+describe "pact-provider-verifier with a provider state injected to a pact file" do
+  before(:all) do
+    @pipe = IO.popen("bundle exec rackup -p 5837 spec/support/provider_with_state_generator.rb")
+    sleep 2
+  end
+
+  subject { `bundle exec bin/pact-provider-verifier spec/support/pacts/pact-with-provider-state-in-headers.json -a 1 --provider-base-url http://localhost:5837/ --provider-states-setup-url http://localhost:5837/provider_state -v` }
+
+  it "exits with a 0 exit code" do
+    subject
+    expect($?).to eq 0
+  end
+
+  it "the output contains a success message" do
+    expect(subject).to include "1 interaction, 0 failures"
+  end
+
+  after(:all) do
+    Process.kill 'KILL', @pipe.pid
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/integration_with_provider_state_in_path.spec.rb b/spec/integration_with_provider_state_in_path.spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c069827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/integration_with_provider_state_in_path.spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+require 'json'
+
+describe "pact-provider-verifier with a provider state injected to a pact file" do
+  before(:all) do
+    @pipe = IO.popen("bundle exec rackup -p 5837 spec/support/provider_with_state_generator.rb")
+    sleep 2
+  end
+
+  subject { `bundle exec bin/pact-provider-verifier spec/support/pacts/pact-with-provider-state-in-path.json -a 1 --provider-base-url http://localhost:5837/ --provider-states-setup-url http://localhost:5837/provider_state -v` }
+
+  it "exits with a 0 exit code" do
+    subject
+    expect($?).to eq 0
+  end
+
+  it "the output contains a success message" do
+    expect(subject).to include "1 interaction, 0 failures"
+  end
+
+  after(:all) do
+    Process.kill 'KILL', @pipe.pid
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/pact/provider_verifier/set_up_provider_state_spec.rb b/spec/lib/pact/provider_verifier/set_up_provider_state_spec.rb
index 4efea0c..a1db606 100644
--- a/spec/lib/pact/provider_verifier/set_up_provider_state_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/pact/provider_verifier/set_up_provider_state_spec.rb
@@ -15,13 +15,13 @@ module ProviderVerifier
 
       before do
         ENV['PROVIDER_STATES_SETUP_URL'] = provider_states_setup_url
-        stub_request(:post, provider_states_setup_url)
+        stub_request(:post, provider_states_setup_url).to_return(status: 200, body: '{"id":2}')
         allow($stdout).to receive(:puts)
         allow($stderr).to receive(:puts)
       end
 
       it "makes a HTTP request to the configured URL with a JSON body containing the consumer and provider state names" do
-        subject
+        expect(subject).to eq({"id" => 2})
         expect(WebMock).to have_requested(:post, provider_states_setup_url).
           with(body: {consumer: consumer, state: provider_state, states: [provider_state], params: params}, headers: {'Content-Type' => "application/json"})
       end
diff --git a/spec/support/pacts/pact-with-provider-state-in-headers.json b/spec/support/pacts/pact-with-provider-state-in-headers.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c46ed65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/pacts/pact-with-provider-state-in-headers.json
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+{
+  "provider": {
+    "name": "Foo"
+  },
+  "consumer": {
+    "name": "Bar"
+  },
+  "interactions": [
+    {
+      "description": "requires access token",
+      "request": {
+        "method": "GET",
+        "path": "/requires_auth",
+        "headers": {
+          "Authorization": "Bearer EXAMPLE_TOKEN"
+        },
+        "generators": {
+          "header": {
+            "$.Authorization": {
+              "expression": "Bearer ${accessToken}",
+              "type": "ProviderState"
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "status": 200
+      },
+      "providerStates": [
+        {
+          "name": "returns access token"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "metadata": {
+    "pactSpecification": {
+      "version": "3.0.0"
+    },
+    "pact-jvm": {
+      "version": "4.0.5"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spec/support/pacts/pact-with-provider-state-in-path.json b/spec/support/pacts/pact-with-provider-state-in-path.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9752fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/pacts/pact-with-provider-state-in-path.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "provider": {
+    "name": "Foo"
+  },
+  "consumer": {
+    "name": "Bar"
+  },
+  "interactions": [
+    {
+      "description": "returns book detail",
+      "request": {
+        "method": "GET",
+        "path": "/book/1",
+        "generators": {
+          "path": {
+            "type": "ProviderState",
+            "expression": "/book/${id}"
+          }
+        }
+      },
+      "response": {
+        "status": 200,
+        "body": {
+          "name": "Injected Book"
+        }
+      },
+      "providerStates": [
+        {
+          "name": "returns book detail"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "metadata": {
+    "pactSpecification": {
+      "version": "3.0.0"
+    },
+    "pact-jvm": {
+      "version": "4.0.5"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/spec/support/provider_with_state_generator.rb b/spec/support/provider_with_state_generator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..415736a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/provider_with_state_generator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require 'sinatra'
+require 'sinatra/base'
+require 'sinatra/json'
+require 'json'
+
+class ProviderWithStateGenerator < Sinatra::Base
+  post '/provider_state' do
+    json :id => 2, :accessToken => 'INJECTED_TOKEN'
+  end
+
+  get '/book/1' do
+    # Return 404 so that if the provider state is not injected the contract will fail
+    status 404
+    json :id => 1, :name => 'Book not found'
+  end
+
+  get '/book/2' do
+    json :id => 2, :name => 'Injected Book'
+  end
+
+  get '/requires_auth' do
+    if request.env['HTTP_AUTHORIZATION'] != "Bearer INJECTED_TOKEN"
+      status 403
+    end
+  end
+
+end