diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index f060907..38c2229 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ end
 
 group :development do
   gem 'guard-rspec', require: false
+  gem 'rswag-specs', path: './rswag-specs'
   gem 'rubocop'
 end
 
diff --git a/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/example_group_helpers.rb b/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/example_group_helpers.rb
index 87f6e9b..ab2cdb9 100644
--- a/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/example_group_helpers.rb
+++ b/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/example_group_helpers.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ module Rswag
       # TODO: setup travis CI?
 
       # MUST HAVES
+      # TODO: look at integrating and documenting the rest of the responses in the blog_spec and get a clean 3.0 output
+      # Then can look at handling different request_body things like $ref, etc
       # TODO: look at adding request_body method to handle diffs in Open API 2.0 to 3.0
       # TODO: look at adding examples  in content request_body
       # https://swagger.io/docs/specification/describing-request-body/
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@ module Rswag
           end
         else
           before do |example|
-            submit_request(example.metadata)
+            submit_request(example.metadata)                                                                                            #
           end
 
           it "returns a #{metadata[:response][:code]} response" do |example|
@@ -137,12 +139,14 @@ module Rswag
             if body_parameter && respond_to?(body_parameter[:name]) && example.metadata[:operation][:requestBody][:content]['application/json']
               # save response examples by default
               example.metadata[:response][:examples] = { 'application/json' => JSON.parse(response.body, symbolize_names: true) } unless response.body.to_s.empty?
-
+               
               # save request examples using the let(:param_name) { REQUEST_BODY_HASH } syntax in the test
-              example.metadata[:operation][:requestBody][:content]['application/json'] = { examples: {} } unless example.metadata[:operation][:requestBody][:content]['application/json'][:examples]
-              json_request_examples = example.metadata[:operation][:requestBody][:content]['application/json'][:examples]
-              json_request_examples[body_parameter[:name]] = { value: send(body_parameter[:name]) }
-              example.metadata[:operation][:requestBody][:content]['application/json'][:examples] = json_request_examples
+              if response.code.to_s =~ /^2\d{2}$/
+                example.metadata[:operation][:requestBody][:content]['application/json'] = { examples: {} } unless example.metadata[:operation][:requestBody][:content]['application/json'][:examples]
+                json_request_examples = example.metadata[:operation][:requestBody][:content]['application/json'][:examples]
+                json_request_examples[body_parameter[:name]] = { value: send(body_parameter[:name]) }
+                example.metadata[:operation][:requestBody][:content]['application/json'][:examples] = json_request_examples
+              end
             end
           end
         end
diff --git a/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/swagger_formatter.rb b/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/swagger_formatter.rb
index 7c1109a..1463bad 100644
--- a/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/swagger_formatter.rb
+++ b/rswag-specs/lib/rswag/specs/swagger_formatter.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ module Rswag
 
       def stop(_notification = nil)
         @config.swagger_docs.each do |url_path, doc|
+          # remove 2.0 parameters
+          doc[:paths].each_pair do |_k, v|
+            v.each_pair do |_verb, value|
+              if value&.dig(:parameters)
+                value[:parameters].reject! { |p| p[:in] == :body }
+              end
+            end
+          end
+          
           file_path = File.join(@config.swagger_root, url_path)
           dirname = File.dirname(file_path)
           FileUtils.mkdir_p dirname unless File.exist?(dirname)
@@ -52,25 +61,19 @@ module Rswag
         response_code = metadata[:response][:code]
         response = metadata[:response].reject { |k, _v| k == :code }
 
-        if response_code.to_s == '201'
-          # need to merge in to resppnse
-          if response[:examples]&.dig('application/json')
-            example = response[:examples].dig('application/json').dup
-            response.merge!(content: { 'application/json' => { example: example } })
-            response.delete(:examples)
-          end
+        # need to merge in to response
+        if response[:examples]&.dig('application/json')
+          example = response[:examples].dig('application/json').dup
+          response.merge!(content: { 'application/json' => { example: example } })
+          response.delete(:examples)
         end
 
+
         verb = metadata[:operation][:verb]
         operation = metadata[:operation]
                     .reject { |k, _v| k == :verb }
                     .merge(responses: { response_code => response })
 
-        # can remove the 2.0 compliant body incoming parameters
-        if operation&.dig(:parameters)
-          operation[:parameters].reject! { |p| p[:in] == :body }
-        end
-
         path_template = metadata[:path_item][:template]
         path_item = metadata[:path_item]
                     .reject { |k, _v| k == :template }
diff --git a/rswag-specs/lib/tasks/rswag-specs_tasks.rake b/rswag-specs/lib/tasks/rswag-specs_tasks.rake
index adc128c..6b9e30a 100644
--- a/rswag-specs/lib/tasks/rswag-specs_tasks.rake
+++ b/rswag-specs/lib/tasks/rswag-specs_tasks.rake
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace :rswag do
     desc 'Generate Swagger JSON files from integration specs'
     RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new('swaggerize') do |t|
       t.pattern = 'spec/requests/**/*_spec.rb, spec/api/**/*_spec.rb, spec/integration/**/*_spec.rb'
-
+      # TODO: fix this, as dry-run is always true despite what is in the config
       # NOTE: rspec 2.x support
       if Rswag::Specs::RSPEC_VERSION > 2 && Rswag::Specs.config.swagger_dry_run
         t.rspec_opts = [ '--format Rswag::Specs::SwaggerFormatter', '--dry-run', '--order defined' ]
diff --git a/test-app/swagger/v1/swagger.json b/test-app/swagger/v1/swagger.json
index 6e24e14..e8fa6eb 100644
--- a/test-app/swagger/v1/swagger.json
+++ b/test-app/swagger/v1/swagger.json
@@ -5,81 +5,6 @@
     "version": "v1"
   },
   "paths": {
-    "/auth-tests/basic": {
-      "post": {
-        "summary": "Authenticates with basic auth",
-        "tags": [
-          "Auth Tests"
-        ],
-        "operationId": "testBasicAuth",
-        "security": [
-          {
-            "basic_auth": [
-
-            ]
-          }
-        ],
-        "responses": {
-          "204": {
-            "description": "Valid credentials"
-          },
-          "401": {
-            "description": "Invalid credentials"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "/auth-tests/api-key": {
-      "post": {
-        "summary": "Authenticates with an api key",
-        "tags": [
-          "Auth Tests"
-        ],
-        "operationId": "testApiKey",
-        "security": [
-          {
-            "api_key": [
-
-            ]
-          }
-        ],
-        "responses": {
-          "204": {
-            "description": "Valid credentials"
-          },
-          "401": {
-            "description": "Invalid credentials"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "/auth-tests/basic-and-api-key": {
-      "post": {
-        "summary": "Authenticates with basic auth and api key",
-        "tags": [
-          "Auth Tests"
-        ],
-        "operationId": "testBasicAndApiKey",
-        "security": [
-          {
-            "basic_auth": [
-
-            ],
-            "api_key": [
-
-            ]
-          }
-        ],
-        "responses": {
-          "204": {
-            "description": "Valid credentials"
-          },
-          "401": {
-            "description": "Invalid credentials"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
     "/blogs": {
       "post": {
         "summary": "Creates a blog",
@@ -94,23 +19,55 @@
         "produces": [
           "application/json"
         ],
-        "parameters": [
-          {
-            "name": "blog",
-            "in": "body",
-            "schema": {
-              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/blog"
+        "requestBody": {
+          "required": true,
+          "content": {
+            "application/json": {
+              "examples": {
+                "blog": {
+                  "value": {
+                    "blog": {
+                      "title": "foo",
+                      "content": "bar"
+                    }
+                  }
+                }
+              }
             }
           }
+        },
+        "parameters": [
+
         ],
         "responses": {
           "201": {
-            "description": "blog created"
+            "description": "blog created",
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "example": {
+                  "id": 1,
+                  "title": "foo",
+                  "content": "bar",
+                  "thumbnail": null
+                }
+              }
+            }
           },
           "422": {
             "description": "invalid request",
             "schema": {
               "$ref": "#/components/schemas/errors_object"
+            },
+            "content": {
+              "application/json": {
+                "example": {
+                  "errors": {
+                    "content": [
+                      "can't be blank"
+                    ]
+                  }
+                }
+              }
             }
           }
         }
@@ -138,91 +95,6 @@
           }
         }
       }
-    },
-    "/blogs/{id}": {
-      "parameters": [
-        {
-          "name": "id",
-          "in": "path",
-          "type": "string",
-          "required": true
-        }
-      ],
-      "get": {
-        "summary": "Retrieves a blog",
-        "tags": [
-          "Blogs"
-        ],
-        "description": "Retrieves a specific blog by id",
-        "operationId": "getBlog",
-        "produces": [
-          "application/json"
-        ],
-        "responses": {
-          "200": {
-            "description": "blog found",
-            "headers": {
-              "ETag": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "Last-Modified": {
-                "type": "string"
-              },
-              "Cache-Control": {
-                "type": "string"
-              }
-            },
-            "schema": {
-              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/blog"
-            },
-            "examples": {
-              "application/json": {
-                "id": 1,
-                "title": "Hello world!",
-                "content": "Hello world and hello universe. Thank you all very much!!!",
-                "thumbnail": "thumbnail.png"
-              }
-            }
-          },
-          "404": {
-            "description": "blog not found"
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    },
-    "/blogs/{id}/upload": {
-      "parameters": [
-        {
-          "name": "id",
-          "in": "path",
-          "type": "string",
-          "required": true
-        }
-      ],
-      "put": {
-        "summary": "Uploads a blog thumbnail",
-        "tags": [
-          "Blogs"
-        ],
-        "description": "Upload a thumbnail for specific blog by id",
-        "operationId": "uploadThumbnailBlog",
-        "consumes": [
-          "multipart/form-data"
-        ],
-        "parameters": [
-          {
-            "name": "file",
-            "in": "formData",
-            "type": "file",
-            "required": true
-          }
-        ],
-        "responses": {
-          "200": {
-            "description": "blog updated"
-          }
-        }
-      }
     }
   },
   "servers": [