diff --git a/test/exploration_tests/partial_response_test.py b/test/exploration_tests/partial_response_test.py
index 8c119c7..02c1166 100644
--- a/test/exploration_tests/partial_response_test.py
+++ b/test/exploration_tests/partial_response_test.py
@@ -1,29 +1,41 @@
 import json
-from itertools import repeat, starmap, chain
+from itertools import chain
+from operator import methodcaller, itemgetter
 
 import pytest
 import requests
-from funcy import pluck
+from funcy import curry, rcompose, compose
 
 from test.utils.server import bytes_to_string, string_to_bytes
 
 
+def lift(fn):
+    return curry(map)(fn)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("item_type", ["string"])
 def test_sending_partial_request(url, data_items, metadata):
-    def pack(metadata: dict, data: bytes):
+    def pack(data: bytes):
         package = {"data": bytes_to_string(data), "metadata": metadata}
         package = json.dumps(package).encode()
         return package
 
-    def post(package):
-        final = str(0 if package else 1)
-        return requests.post(f"{url}/process", data=package, headers={"final": final})
+    def post(data):
+        return requests.post(f"{url}/process", data=data)
 
-    packages = starmap(pack, zip(repeat(metadata), data_items))
+    pack_data_and_metadata_for_rest_transfer = lift(pack)
+    send_packages_to_analyzer_and_receive_responses = lift(post)
+    extract_data_from_responses = lift(compose(itemgetter("data"), methodcaller("json")))
+    flatten_buffered_payloads = chain.from_iterable
+    interpret_payloads = lift(string_to_bytes)
 
-    responses = map(post, chain(packages, [""]))
-    payloads = (r.json() for r in responses)
-    data = map(string_to_bytes, chain.from_iterable(pluck("data", payloads)))
+    data = rcompose(
+        pack_data_and_metadata_for_rest_transfer,
+        send_packages_to_analyzer_and_receive_responses,
+        extract_data_from_responses,
+        flatten_buffered_payloads,
+        interpret_payloads
+    )((*data_items, b""))
 
     assert list(data) == [b"CONTENT"] * 7
 
diff --git a/test/fixtures/server.py b/test/fixtures/server.py
index a906bb5..acc6ab2 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/server.py
+++ b/test/fixtures/server.py
@@ -47,9 +47,10 @@ def processor_fn(item_type, data_items):
 def make_string_processor():
     def processor_fn(payload: flask.Request, buffersize=3):
 
-        final = int(payload.headers["final"])
+        payload = json.loads(payload.data.decode())
+        data = string_to_bytes(payload["data"])
 
-        if final or len(buffer) == buffersize:
+        if not data or len(buffer) == buffersize:
 
             result = [bytes_to_string(itm.decode().upper().encode()) for itm in buffer]
 
@@ -58,10 +59,8 @@ def make_string_processor():
         else:
             result = []
 
-        if not final:
+        if data:
 
-            payload = json.loads(payload.data.decode())
-            data = string_to_bytes(payload["data"])
             buffer.append(data)
 
         response_payload = {"data": result}