diff --git a/examples/java/src/main/java/com/serverless/Handler.java b/examples/java/src/main/java/com/serverless/Handler.java
index fa7403ca..d0270d6f 100644
--- a/examples/java/src/main/java/com/serverless/Handler.java
+++ b/examples/java/src/main/java/com/serverless/Handler.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package com.serverless;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -9,18 +8,13 @@
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context;
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.RequestHandler;
 
-public class Handler implements RequestHandler<Map<String, Object>, ApiGatewayResponse> {
+public class Handler implements RequestHandler<Map<String, Object>, String> {
 
 	private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(Handler.class);
 
 	@Override
-	public ApiGatewayResponse handleRequest(Map<String, Object> input, Context context) {
+	public String handleRequest(Map<String, Object> input, Context context) {
 		LOG.info("received: {}", input);
-		Response responseBody = new Response("Go Serverless v1.x! Your function executed successfully!", input);
-		return ApiGatewayResponse.builder()
-				.setStatusCode(200)
-				.setObjectBody(responseBody)
-				.setHeaders(Collections.singletonMap("X-Powered-By", "AWS Lambda & serverless"))
-				.build();
+		return "ok";
 	}
 }