diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 594f23d..4b09960 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ kotlin     = "1.6.10"
 
 ## libs ##
 camel-kafkaConnectors = "0.11.0"
-http4k                = "4.17.4.0"
+http4k                = "4.17.6.0"
 kafka                 = "3.0.0"
 kotlinx-serialization = "1.3.1"
 kvision               = "5.6.1"
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ kotest     = "5.0.1"
 
 ## infra ##
 factorio               = "1.1.50"
-confluent-kafkaConnect = "7.0.0"
+confluent-kafkaConnect = "7.0.1"
 
 #########
 [plugins]
diff --git a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/build.gradle.kts b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/build.gradle.kts
index 2899214..ff2da04 100644
--- a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @file:Suppress("UnstableApiUsage") // VERSION_PLATFORM + platform(...) is unstable
 
 import dev.adamko.kafkatorio.gradle.asConsumer
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.util.parseSpaceSeparatedArgs
 
 plugins {
   id("dev.adamko.kafkatorio.infra.docker-compose")
@@ -16,12 +17,13 @@ fun DependencyHandlerScope.kafkaConnector(
   name: String,
   group: String = "org.apache.camel.kafkaconnector",
   version: String = libs.versions.camel.kafkaConnectors.get(),
+  classifier: String = "package",
+  extension: String = "tar.gz",
 ) {
-  camelConnectorDependencies(group, name, version)
+  camelConnectorDependencies(group, name, version, ext = extension, classifier = classifier)
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  kafkaConnector("camel-websocket-kafka-connector")
   kafkaConnector("camel-ahc-ws-kafka-connector")
 
   implementation("com.github.adamko-dev:json5-kotlin:2.0.3")
@@ -35,21 +37,46 @@ dependencies {
   implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-json")
 }
 
+val dockerBuildKafkaConnect by tasks.registering(Exec::class) {
+  group = "docker-compose"
+  dependsOn(downloadCamelConnectors, tasks.dockerEnv)
+
+  logging.captureStandardOutput(LogLevel.LIFECYCLE)
+
+  inputs.dir(dockerSrcDir)
+
+  workingDir = dockerSrcDir.asFile
+  commandLine = parseSpaceSeparatedArgs(""" docker-compose build connect """)
+}
+tasks.assemble { dependsOn(dockerBuildKafkaConnect) }
+
 
 val downloadCamelConnectors by tasks.registering(Sync::class) {
   group = project.name
   description = "Retrieve Camel Kafka Connectors from Maven, in preparation for the Docker build"
 
+  dependsOn(camelConnectorDependencies)
+
   from(
     provider { camelConnectorDependencies }
       .map { eventsSchema ->
         eventsSchema.incoming
-          .artifactView { lenient(true) }
           .artifacts
           .artifactFiles
       }
   )
-  into(connectorJarDir)
+  into(temporaryDir)
+
+  doLast {
+    sync {
+      fileTree(temporaryDir)
+        .asFileTree
+        .forEach { zip ->
+        from(tarTree(zip))
+      }
+      into(connectorJarDir)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 tasks.dockerUp {
diff --git a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/docker/docker-compose.yml b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 7833ca4..f44f3af 100644
--- a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ services:
 #        CAMEL_KC_VERSION: ${CONNECTOR_CAMEL_KAFKA_VERSION}
 #        CAMEL_CONNECTOR: ${CAMEL_FILE_CONNECTOR}
     ports:
-      - "28083:28083"
+      - "8083:8083"
+      - "8095:8095"
 #    volumes:
 #      - "./connect/input:/warehouse/input"
 #      - "./connect/components:/usr/share/confluent-hub-components"
@@ -28,7 +29,8 @@ services:
       CONNECT_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS: "kafka:29092"
       CONNECT_REST_ADVERTISED_HOST_NAME: ${CONNECTOR_ID}
 #      CONNECT_VALUE_CONVERTER_SCHEMA_REGISTRY_URL: "http://${SCHEMA_REGISTRY}:8081"
-      CONNECT_REST_PORT: 28083
+#      CONNECT_REST_PORT: 28083
+      CONNECT_REST_PORT: 8083
       CONNECT_GROUP_ID: ${CONNECTOR_ID}
       CONNECT_CONFIG_STORAGE_TOPIC: ${CONNECTOR_ID}-configs
       CONNECT_CONFIG_STORAGE_REPLICATION_FACTOR: 1
@@ -40,9 +42,10 @@ services:
       CONNECT_KEY_CONVERTER: "org.apache.kafka.connect.storage.StringConverter"
 #      CONNECT_VALUE_CONVERTER: "io.confluent.connect.avro.AvroConverter"
       CONNECT_VALUE_CONVERTER: "org.apache.kafka.connect.json.JsonConverter"
-      CONNECT_PLUGIN_PATH: "/usr/share/java,/usr/share/confluent-hub-components"
+      CONNECT_PLUGIN_PATH: "/usr/share/java,/usr/share/camel-kafka-connectors"
       CONNECT_LOG4J_ROOT_LOGLEVEL: INFO
       CONNECT_LOG4J_LOGGERS: "org.apache.zookeeper=INFO,org.I0Itec.zkclient=ERROR,org.reflections=ERROR"
+#      CONNECT_LISTENERS: "http://localhost:28083"
 
 networks:
   kafkatorio-nw:
diff --git a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/docker/kafka-connect.Dockerfile b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/docker/kafka-connect.Dockerfile
index 7659554..885c292 100644
--- a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/docker/kafka-connect.Dockerfile
+++ b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/docker/kafka-connect.Dockerfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ENV CONNECT_VERSION=${KAFKA_CONNECT_VERSION}
 
 USER 0:0
 
-COPY ./camel-kafka-connectors /usr/share/java/
+COPY ./camel-kafka-connectors /usr/share/camel-kafka-connectors
 
 #WORKDIR /usr/share/java/
 #
diff --git a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/kafkaconnect/Resources.kt b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/kafkaconnect/Resources.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e6406c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/kafkaconnect/Resources.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package dev.adamko.kafkatorio.kafkaconnect
+
+import java.io.File
+
+object Resources {
+  fun loadResource(name: String): File =
+    File(requireNotNull(Resources::class.java.getResource(name)?.file) {
+      "could not load resource '$name'"
+    })
+}
diff --git a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/kafkaconnect/kafkaConnectAdmin.kt b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/kafkaconnect/kafkaConnectAdmin.kt
index a34e265..6a68965 100644
--- a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/kafkaconnect/kafkaConnectAdmin.kt
+++ b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/kotlin/dev/adamko/kafkatorio/kafkaconnect/kafkaConnectAdmin.kt
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@ package dev.adamko.kafkatorio.kafkaconnect
 import at.syntaxerror.json5.Json5Module
 import kotlinx.serialization.decodeFromString
 import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonElement
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
-
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonPrimitive
+import org.http4k.client.OkHttp
+import org.http4k.core.Method.GET
+import org.http4k.core.Method.PUT
+import org.http4k.core.Request
+import org.http4k.core.Uri
 
 val jsonMapper = Json {
   prettyPrint = true
@@ -15,6 +20,42 @@ val jsonMapper = Json {
 
 val j5 = Json5Module()
 
+fun main() {
+
+  val connectorHostUrl = Uri.of("http://localhost:8083")
+
+  val configFile = Resources.loadResource("/configs/websocket-sink-lua-topics.json5")
+
+  val jsonObject: JsonObject = j5.decodeObject(configFile.readText())
+  println("json5 connector config: $jsonObject")
+  val configJson = jsonMapper.encodeToString(jsonObject)
+  println("json connector config: $configJson")
+
+  val connectorName = jsonObject["name"]!!.jsonPrimitive.content
+
+  val request: Request =
+    Request(PUT, connectorHostUrl.path("/connectors/$connectorName/config"))
+      .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+      .header("Accept", "application/json")
+//      .header("Accept-Encoding", "identity")
+      .body(configJson)
+
+  val client = OkHttp()
+
+  // check the status of KC
+  val statusResponse = client(Request(GET, connectorHostUrl))
+  println(statusResponse.toMessage())
+
+  val response = client(request)
+
+  println(response.toMessage())
+  println(
+    jsonMapper.encodeToString(
+      jsonMapper.decodeFromString<JsonElement>(response.body.toString())
+    )
+  )
+}
+
 //val updateConnectors by tasks.registering {
 //  group = project.name
 //
diff --git a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/resources/configs/websocket-sink-lua-topics.json5 b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/resources/configs/websocket-sink-lua-topics.json5
index 8fc8556..09963ad 100644
--- a/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/resources/configs/websocket-sink-lua-topics.json5
+++ b/modules/infra-kafka-connect/src/main/resources/configs/websocket-sink-lua-topics.json5
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   // mandatory properties (for a complete properties list see the connector documentation):
 
   // The URI to use such as http://hostname:port/path
-  "camel.sink.path.httpUri": "http://localhost:/ws",
+  "camel.sink.path.httpUri": "http://localhost:8095/ws",
   // If the option is true, then the Exchange.HTTP_URI header is ignored, and use the endpoint's URI for request. You may also set the throwExceptionOnFailure to be false to let the AhcProducer send all the fault response back.
   // camel.sink.endpoint.bridgeEndpoint=
   // The initial in-memory buffer size used when transferring data between Camel and AHC Client.