diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/GsonProvider.java b/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/GsonProvider.java
index 36f0029..c600019 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/GsonProvider.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/GsonProvider.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.Event;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.EventDeserializer;
 import com.google.gerrit.server.events.SupplierDeserializer;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.events.SupplierSerializer;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
     return new GsonBuilder()
         .registerTypeAdapter(Event.class, new EventDeserializer())
         .registerTypeAdapter(Project.NameKey.class, new ProjectNameKeyAdapter())
+        .registerTypeAdapter(Supplier.class, new SupplierSerializer())
         .registerTypeAdapter(Supplier.class, new SupplierDeserializer())
         .create();
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/HttpSession.java b/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/HttpSession.java
index f2ac080..cf98aae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/HttpSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/HttpSession.java
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@
 package com.ericsson.gerrit.plugins.highavailability.forwarder.rest;
 
 import com.ericsson.gerrit.plugins.highavailability.forwarder.rest.HttpResponseHandler.HttpResult;
-import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.net.MediaType;
-import com.google.gerrit.server.events.SupplierSerializer;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -32,12 +30,12 @@
 
 class HttpSession {
   private final CloseableHttpClient httpClient;
-  private final Gson gson =
-      new GsonBuilder().registerTypeAdapter(Supplier.class, new SupplierSerializer()).create();
+  private final Gson gson;
 
   @Inject
-  HttpSession(CloseableHttpClient httpClient) {
+  HttpSession(CloseableHttpClient httpClient, GsonProvider gsonProvider) {
     this.httpClient = httpClient;
+    this.gson = gsonProvider.get();
   }
 
   HttpResult post(String uri) throws IOException {
@@ -67,7 +65,8 @@
     }
   }
 
-  private String jsonEncode(Object content) {
+  @VisibleForTesting
+  String jsonEncode(Object content) {
     if (content instanceof String) {
       return (String) content;
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/event/EventDeserializerTest.java b/src/test/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/event/EventDeserializerTest.java
index 8e1b5eb..2b9ee35 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/event/EventDeserializerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/event/EventDeserializerTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
 import com.ericsson.gerrit.plugins.highavailability.forwarder.rest.GsonProvider;
+import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
+import com.google.common.base.Suppliers;
 import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.data.AccountAttribute;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.data.RefUpdateAttribute;
+import com.google.gerrit.server.events.RefUpdatedEvent;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -39,4 +44,30 @@
     Project.NameKey n = gson.fromJson(NEW_PROJECT_KEY, Project.NameKey.class);
     assertThat(n.get()).isEqualTo("project");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void refUpdatedEventRoundTrip() {
+    RefUpdatedEvent refUpdatedEvent = new RefUpdatedEvent();
+
+    RefUpdateAttribute refUpdatedAttribute = new RefUpdateAttribute();
+    refUpdatedAttribute.refName = "refs/heads/master";
+    refUpdatedEvent.refUpdate = createSupplier(refUpdatedAttribute);
+
+    AccountAttribute accountAttribute = new AccountAttribute();
+    accountAttribute.email = "some.user@domain.com";
+    refUpdatedEvent.submitter = createSupplier(accountAttribute);
+
+    String serializedEvent = gson.toJson(refUpdatedEvent);
+    RefUpdatedEvent e = gson.fromJson(serializedEvent, RefUpdatedEvent.class);
+
+    assertThat(e).isNotNull();
+    assertThat(e.refUpdate).isInstanceOf(Supplier.class);
+    assertThat(e.refUpdate.get().refName).isEqualTo(refUpdatedAttribute.refName);
+    assertThat(e.submitter).isInstanceOf(Supplier.class);
+    assertThat(e.submitter.get().email).isEqualTo(accountAttribute.email);
+  }
+
+  private static <T> Supplier<T> createSupplier(T value) {
+    return Suppliers.memoize(() -> value);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/HttpSessionTest.java b/src/test/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/HttpSessionTest.java
index 5e0d4c9..4071363 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/HttpSessionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/ericsson/gerrit/plugins/highavailability/forwarder/rest/HttpSessionTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.http.Fault;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.junit.WireMockRule;
 import com.github.tomakehurst.wiremock.stubbing.Scenario;
+import com.google.gerrit.reviewdb.client.Project;
 import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Rule;
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@
     when(configMock.http().socketTimeout()).thenReturn(TIMEOUT);
     when(configMock.http().retryInterval()).thenReturn(RETRY_INTERVAL);
 
-    httpSession = new HttpSession(new HttpClientProvider(configMock).get());
+    httpSession = new HttpSession(new HttpClientProvider(configMock).get(), new GsonProvider());
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -170,4 +171,12 @@
 
     assertThat(httpSession.post(uri).isSuccessful()).isFalse();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void encodeProjectName() {
+    String projectStr = "project";
+    Project.NameKey project = Project.nameKey(projectStr);
+    String json = httpSession.jsonEncode(project);
+    assertThat(json).isEqualTo("\"" + projectStr + "\"");
+  }
 }