diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/samples/http.groovy b/spring-boot-cli/samples/http.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e83ab09b924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/samples/http.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package org.test
+
+@Grab("org.codehaus.groovy.modules.http-builder:http-builder:0.5.2") // This one just to test dependency resolution
+import groovyx.net.http.*
+
+@Controller
+class Example implements CommandLineRunner {
+
+	@RequestMapping("/")
+	@ResponseBody
+	public String helloWorld() {
+		return "World!"
+	}
+
+	void run(String... args) {
+		def world = new RESTClient("http://localhost:8080").get(path:"/").data.text
+		print "Hello " + world
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/GrapeEngineCustomizer.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/GrapeEngineCustomizer.java
index 16a6a6863eb..4780cfd5dd9 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/GrapeEngineCustomizer.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/compiler/GrapeEngineCustomizer.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class GrapeEngineCustomizer {
 		SpringBootResolver springBootResolver = new SpringBootResolver(
 				grapesResolver.getResolvers());
 		springBootResolver.setSettings(settings);
+		springBootResolver.setReturnFirst(grapesResolver.isReturnFirst());
 		springBootResolver.setName("springBoot");
 
 		if (!Boolean.getBoolean("disableSpringSnapshotRepos")) {
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/SampleIntegrationTests.java b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/SampleIntegrationTests.java
index 19482c6fc1f..13cba880ada 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/SampleIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/SampleIntegrationTests.java
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ public class SampleIntegrationTests {
 		assertEquals("{\"message\":\"Hello World!\"}", result);
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void httpSample() throws Exception {
+		start("samples/http.groovy");
+		String output = this.outputCapture.getOutputAndRelease();
+		assertTrue("Wrong output: " + output, output.contains("Hello World"));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void integrationSample() throws Exception {
 		start("samples/integration.groovy");
diff --git a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/resources/logback.xml b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/resources/logback.xml
index 91bcaffa1d0..c0f98c6ae8d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-cli/src/test/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-cli/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <configuration>
-	<property name="CONSOLE_LOG_PATTERN" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} %5p ${PID:- } [%t] --- %-40.40logger{39} : %m%n%wex"/>
-
-	<conversionRule conversionWord="wex" converterClass="org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.WhitespaceThrowableProxyConverter" />
-
-	<appender name="CONSOLE" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
-		<encoder>
-			<pattern>${CONSOLE_LOG_PATTERN}</pattern>
-		</encoder>
-	</appender>
-
-	<root level="INFO">
-		<appender-ref ref="CONSOLE" />
-	</root>
-
-	<!-- logger name="org.springframework" level="DEBUG"/-->
-
+	<include resource="org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/base.xml"/>	
+	<!-- logger name="org.springframework.web" level="DEBUG"/-->
 </configuration>