diff --git a/ConfigurationUpdater/Nomad.cs b/ConfigurationUpdater/Nomad.cs
index beaf8506bcf4a3c23105a9330d25f73d8b76f8cf..2f912eac9eb9295030362980cc8b27818388f66e 100644
--- a/ConfigurationUpdater/Nomad.cs
+++ b/ConfigurationUpdater/Nomad.cs
@@ -14,15 +14,25 @@ namespace ConfigurationUpdater
 
         public static string UpdateJob(string jobId)
         {
+            string jobUrl = "http://localhost:4646/v1/job/" + jobId;
 
-            string postUrl = "http://localhost:4646/v1/job/" + jobId;
-            var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(postUrl);
+            var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(jobUrl);
+
+            var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
+
+            var jobString = "";
+            using (var streamReader = new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream()))
+            {
+                jobString = streamReader.ReadToEnd();
+            }
+
+            var httpWebRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(jobUrl);
             httpWebRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
             httpWebRequest.Method = "POST";
 
             using (var streamWriter = new StreamWriter(httpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()))
             {
-                string json = "{\"Job\": {}}";
+                string json = "{\"Job\":" + jobString + "}";
 
                 streamWriter.Write(json);
                 streamWriter.Flush();