diff --git a/docs/getting-started/docker-compose.yaml b/docs/getting-started/docker-compose.yaml
index 97a82e900..34305a563 100644
--- a/docs/getting-started/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docs/getting-started/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ services:
       - EDC_UI_CATALOG_URLS=http://edc:11003/api/v1/ids/data
   edc:
     image: ghcr.io/sovity/edc-dev:latest
+    depends_on:
+      - postgresql
     environment:
       MY_EDC_NAME_KEBAB_CASE: 'example-connector'
       MY_EDC_TITLE: 'EDC Connector'
-      MY_EDC_DESCRIPTION: 'Community Edition EDC Connector by sovity'
+      MY_EDC_DESCRIPTION: 'sovity Community Edition EDC Connector'
       MY_EDC_CURATOR_URL: 'https://example.com'
       MY_EDC_CURATOR_NAME: 'Example GmbH'
       MY_EDC_MAINTAINER_URL: 'https://sovity.de'
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ services:
       MY_EDC_FQDN: 'edc'
       MY_EDC_PROTOCOL: 'http://'
       MY_EDC_IDS_BASE_URL: 'http://edc:11003' # adds missing port
+
+      MY_EDC_JDBC_URL: jdbc:postgresql://postgresql:5432/edc
+      MY_EDC_JDBC_USER: edc
+      MY_EDC_JDBC_PASSWORD: edc
       EDC_WEB_REST_CORS_ENABLED: 'true'
       EDC_WEB_REST_CORS_HEADERS: 'origin,content-type,accept,authorization,x-api-key'
       EDC_WEB_REST_CORS_ORIGINS: '*'
@@ -36,5 +42,18 @@ services:
       - '11003:11003'
       - '11004:11004'
       - '11005:5005'
+  postgresql:
+    image: docker.io/bitnami/postgresql:11
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      POSTGRESQL_USERNAME: edc
+      POSTGRESQL_PASSWORD: edc
+      POSTGRESQL_DATABASE: edc
+    ports:
+      - '54321:5432'
     volumes:
-      - ./secrets:/secrets
+      - 'postgresql:/bitnami/postgresql'
+
+volumes:
+  postgresql:
+    driver: local
diff --git a/fake-backend/json/contractAgreementPage.json b/fake-backend/json/contractAgreementPage.json
index c3315baaa..e9fe699cc 100644
--- a/fake-backend/json/contractAgreementPage.json
+++ b/fake-backend/json/contractAgreementPage.json
@@ -211,9 +211,7 @@
           "asset:prop:datasource:http:hints:proxyMethod": "true",
           "asset:prop:datasource:http:hints:proxyPath": "true",
           "asset:prop:datasource:http:hints:proxyQueryParams": "true",
-          "asset:prop:datasource:http:hints:proxyBody": "true",
-          "asset:prop:datasource:http:hints:defaultMethod": "GET",
-          "asset:prop:datasource:http:hints:defaultPath": "/"
+          "asset:prop:datasource:http:hints:proxyBody": "true"
         }
       },
       "contractPolicy": {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3e168f152..bd4e71802 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         "@ng-apimock/core": "^3.6.0",
         "@ngxs/store": "^3.8.1",
         "@sovity.de/broker-server-client": "0.20230703.152001-main-d1ec5276",
-        "@sovity.de/edc-client": "0.20230629.150330-main-aaa2fa41",
+        "@sovity.de/edc-client": "0.20230706.64046-main-d2fd35a8",
         "clean-deep": "^3.4.0",
         "date-fns": "^2.29.3",
         "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
@@ -3443,9 +3443,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-3azcUFMg0tLHrCqPG/vw8vIYqShLrJnAQDhtH0VyHvYyyt+waokdS6Pf0nGvL0RzWEBQZY81pFt2TvE56AS5ug=="
     },
     "node_modules/@sovity.de/edc-client": {
-      "version": "0.20230629.150330-main-aaa2fa41",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sovity.de/edc-client/-/edc-client-0.20230629.150330-main-aaa2fa41.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-6oaHKaqeZUYMAylOUk4h0Dfl2WTpw86XqSuMhU3ItdXoWo0Z5Xz6HlYaEczut4v3au1o4inwkwvRkwLTRpB61w=="
+      "version": "0.20230706.64046-main-d2fd35a8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sovity.de/edc-client/-/edc-client-0.20230706.64046-main-d2fd35a8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-IfOXrR6C+EArXTX0z1XWBx57WVPszVgEmjaJGwyEiX5gh+mHtv/oU+K42rpPBTFhaBOdteK4IUx1pts8J3CoiQ=="
     },
     "node_modules/@tootallnate/once": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 217c85c0e..90b40e4e9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     "@ng-apimock/core": "^3.6.0",
     "@ngxs/store": "^3.8.1",
     "@sovity.de/broker-server-client": "0.20230703.152001-main-d1ec5276",
-    "@sovity.de/edc-client": "0.20230629.150330-main-aaa2fa41",
+    "@sovity.de/edc-client": "0.20230706.64046-main-d2fd35a8",
     "clean-deep": "^3.4.0",
     "date-fns": "^2.29.3",
     "dotenv": "^16.0.3",
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/asset-properties.ts b/src/app/core/services/asset-properties.ts
index e69c31d65..64731baaa 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/asset-properties.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/asset-properties.ts
@@ -57,20 +57,6 @@ export const AssetProperties = {
    */
   httpProxyBody: 'asset:prop:datasource:http:hints:proxyBody',
 
-  /**
-   * If this asset supports HTTP Method parameterization, this is the default method
-   *
-   * Example values: "GET", "POST", "PUT", "DELETE"
-   */
-  httpDefaultMethod: 'asset:prop:datasource:http:hints:defaultMethod',
-
-  /**
-   * If this asset supports HTTP Path parameterization, this is the default path (appended after base path)
-   *
-   * Example values: /my-endpoint
-   */
-  httpDefaultPath: 'asset:prop:datasource:http:hints:defaultPath',
-
   /**
    * @deprecated use {@link AssetProperties.curatorOrganizationName} instead
    */
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/asset-property-mapper.ts b/src/app/core/services/asset-property-mapper.ts
index 0a68871ac..87365679d 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/asset-property-mapper.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/asset-property-mapper.ts
@@ -88,8 +88,6 @@ export class AssetPropertyMapper {
         props[AssetProperties.httpProxyQueryParams],
       ),
       httpProxyBody: this._parseBoolean(props[AssetProperties.httpProxyBody]),
-      httpDefaultPath: props[AssetProperties.httpDefaultPath],
-      httpDefaultMethod: props[AssetProperties.httpDefaultMethod],
       additionalProperties,
     };
   }
@@ -158,12 +156,6 @@ export class AssetPropertyMapper {
       props[AssetProperties.httpProxyBody] = this._encodeBoolean(
         datasource?.httpProxyBody,
       );
-      props[AssetProperties.httpDefaultMethod] = datasource?.httpProxyMethod
-        ? datasource?.httpMethod ?? null
-        : null;
-      props[AssetProperties.httpDefaultPath] = datasource?.httpProxyPath
-        ? datasource?.httpDefaultPath ?? null
-        : null;
     }
 
     return removeNullValues(props);
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/http-params-mapper.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/http-params-mapper.service.ts
index a4f388322..3d432ca58 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/http-params-mapper.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/http-params-mapper.service.ts
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ export class HttpRequestParamsMapper {
     value: ContractAgreementTransferDialogFormValue,
   ): Record<string, string> {
     const method = value.httpProxiedMethod?.trim() ?? '';
-    const {baseUrl: pathSegments, queryParams} = this.getUrlAndQueryParams(
+    const {url: pathSegments, queryParams} = this.getUrlAndQueryParams(
       value.httpProxiedPath,
       value.httpProxiedQueryParams,
     );
-    const body = value.httpProxiedBody?.trim() ?? '';
-    const contentType = value.httpProxiedBodyContentType?.trim() ?? '';
+    const body = value.httpProxiedBody?.trim() || null;
+    const contentType = value.httpProxiedBodyContentType?.trim() || null;
 
     let proxyMethod =
       value.showAllHttpParameterizationFields || asset.httpProxyMethod;
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ export class HttpRequestParamsMapper {
       proxyQueryParams: httpRequestParams.proxyQueryParams ? 'true' : null,
       proxyBody: httpRequestParams.proxyBody ? 'true' : null,
       queryParams: httpRequestParams.queryParams,
-      path: httpRequestParams.defaultPath,
       ...Object.fromEntries(
         Object.entries(httpRequestParams.headers).map(
           ([headerName, headerValue]) => [`header:${headerName}`, headerValue],
@@ -87,20 +86,18 @@ export class HttpRequestParamsMapper {
     let {authHeaderName, authHeaderValue, authHeaderSecretName} =
       this.getAuthFields(formValue);
 
-    let defaultPath: string | null = null;
-    if (proxyPath) {
-      defaultPath = formValue?.httpDefaultPath?.trim() || null;
+    let method = formValue?.httpMethod?.trim().toUpperCase() || null;
+    if (proxyMethod) {
+      method = null;
     }
 
-    let method = formValue?.httpMethod?.trim().toUpperCase() ?? '';
-    let {baseUrl, queryParams} = this.getUrlAndQueryParams(
+    let {url: baseUrl, queryParams} = this.getUrlAndQueryParams(
       formValue?.httpUrl,
       formValue?.httpQueryParams,
     );
 
     return {
-      baseUrl,
-      defaultPath,
+      baseUrl: baseUrl!!,
       method,
       authHeaderName,
       authHeaderValue,
@@ -141,21 +138,24 @@ export class HttpRequestParamsMapper {
     rawUrl: string | null | undefined,
     rawQueryParams: HttpDatasourceQueryParamFormValue[] | null | undefined,
   ): {
-    baseUrl: string;
-    queryParams: string;
+    url: string | null;
+    queryParams: string | null;
   } {
-    let url = rawUrl?.trim() ?? '';
+    let rawUrlTrimmed = rawUrl?.trim() ?? '';
 
-    let baseUrl = everythingBefore('?', url);
+    let url = everythingBefore('?', rawUrlTrimmed);
 
     let queryParamSegments = (rawQueryParams ?? []).map((param) =>
       this.encodeQueryParam(param),
     );
-    let queryParams = [everythingAfter('?', url), ...queryParamSegments]
+    let queryParams = [
+      everythingAfter('?', rawUrlTrimmed),
+      ...queryParamSegments,
+    ]
       .filter((it) => !!it)
       .join('&');
 
-    return {baseUrl, queryParams};
+    return {url: url || null, queryParams: queryParams || null};
   }
 
   private encodeQueryParam(param: HttpDatasourceQueryParamFormValue): string {
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/models/asset.ts b/src/app/core/services/models/asset.ts
index fd9aa65ef..e3b131692 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/models/asset.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/models/asset.ts
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ export interface Asset {
   httpProxyPath: boolean | null;
   httpProxyQueryParams: boolean | null;
   httpProxyBody: boolean | null;
-  httpDefaultPath: string | null;
-  httpDefaultMethod: string | null;
 
   // Unhandled Additional Properties
   additionalProperties: AdditionalAssetProperty[];
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/models/http-request-params.ts b/src/app/core/services/models/http-request-params.ts
index f70660127..03c13a06e 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/models/http-request-params.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/models/http-request-params.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,10 @@ export interface HttpRequestParams {
    */
   baseUrl: string;
 
-  /**
-   * If proxy path is set, this
-   */
-
-  defaultPath: string | null;
-
   /**
    * Http-method
    */
-  method: string;
+  method: string | null;
 
   /**
    * Header-Name ("Authorization"), where the secrets are passed into
@@ -38,7 +32,7 @@ export interface HttpRequestParams {
   /**
    * Query Parameters
    */
-  queryParams: string;
+  queryParams: string | null;
   proxyMethod: boolean;
   proxyPath: boolean;
   proxyQueryParams: boolean;
diff --git a/src/app/routes/connector-ui/asset-page/asset-create-dialog/asset-create-dialog.component.html b/src/app/routes/connector-ui/asset-page/asset-create-dialog/asset-create-dialog.component.html
index 574992f4d..3d25beb08 100644
--- a/src/app/routes/connector-ui/asset-page/asset-create-dialog/asset-create-dialog.component.html
+++ b/src/app/routes/connector-ui/asset-page/asset-create-dialog/asset-create-dialog.component.html
@@ -198,25 +198,27 @@ <h1 mat-dialog-title>Create New Asset</h1>
           </mat-form-field>
 
           <ng-container *ngIf="form.dataAddressType === 'Http'">
-            <div class="form-section-title">
-              {{ form.proxyMethod ? 'Default' : '' }} Method
+            <div class="form-section-title">Method</div>
+
+            <div *ngIf="form.proxyMethod" class="mb-[10px] px-[3px] text-sm">
+              The consuming side <b>must</b> provide a Custom HTTP Method with
+              method parameterization enabled.
             </div>
 
             <!-- Method (Rest-Api) -->
-            <mat-form-field
-              *ngIf="form.datasource.controls.httpMethod; let ctrl">
-              <mat-label>
-                {{ form.proxyMethod ? 'Default' : '' }} Method
-              </mat-label>
-              <mat-select [formControl]="ctrl">
-                <mat-option *ngFor="let method of methods" [value]="method">{{
-                  method
-                }}</mat-option>
-              </mat-select>
-              <mat-hint *ngIf="form.proxyMethod">
-                When no method override is set, this method will be used.
-              </mat-hint>
-            </mat-form-field>
+            <ng-container *ngIf="!form.proxyMethod">
+              <mat-form-field
+                *ngIf="form.datasource.controls.httpMethod; let ctrl">
+                <mat-label>
+                  {{ form.proxyMethod ? 'Default' : '' }} Method
+                </mat-label>
+                <mat-select [formControl]="ctrl">
+                  <mat-option *ngFor="let method of methods" [value]="method">{{
+                    method
+                  }}</mat-option>
+                </mat-select>
+              </mat-form-field>
+            </ng-container>
 
             <!-- Toggle Proxy Method Button -->
             <div
@@ -232,34 +234,24 @@ <h1 mat-dialog-title>Create New Asset</h1>
 
             <div class="form-section-title">URL</div>
 
+            <div *ngIf="form.proxyPath" class="mb-[10px] px-[3px] text-sm">
+              The consuming side <b>must</b> provide a Custom HTTP Subpath with
+              method parameterization is enabled. The Custom HTTP Subpath will
+              be appended to the base path.
+            </div>
+
             <!-- Base Path (Rest-Api) -->
             <mat-form-field
               *ngIf="form.datasource.controls.httpUrl; let ctrl"
               class="grow">
-              <mat-label *ngIf="!form.proxyPath"> URL </mat-label>
-              <mat-label *ngIf="form.proxyPath"> Base URL </mat-label>
+              <mat-label *ngIf="!form.proxyPath">URL</mat-label>
+              <mat-label *ngIf="form.proxyPath">Base URL</mat-label>
               <input matInput [formControl]="ctrl" [placeholder]="'https://'" />
               <mat-error *ngIf="ctrl.invalid && ctrl.errors?.pattern">
                 {{ validationMessages.invalidUrlMessage }}
               </mat-error>
             </mat-form-field>
 
-            <!-- Default Path (Rest-Api) -->
-            <ng-container *ngIf="form.proxyPath">
-              <mat-form-field
-                *ngIf="form.datasource.controls.httpDefaultPath; let ctrl"
-                class="grow">
-                <mat-label>Default Path</mat-label>
-                <input
-                  matInput
-                  [formControl]="ctrl"
-                  [placeholder]="'sub-path/endpoint'" />
-                <mat-hint
-                  >When no path override is set, this path will be used.
-                </mat-hint>
-              </mat-form-field>
-            </ng-container>
-
             <!-- Toggle Proxy Path Button -->
             <div
               *ngIf="form.datasource.controls.httpProxyPath; let ctrl"
diff --git a/src/app/routes/connector-ui/contract-agreement-page/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog.component.html b/src/app/routes/connector-ui/contract-agreement-page/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog.component.html
index 901dc4f03..60ca125cc 100644
--- a/src/app/routes/connector-ui/contract-agreement-page/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog.component.html
+++ b/src/app/routes/connector-ui/contract-agreement-page/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog.component.html
@@ -241,9 +241,7 @@ <h1 mat-dialog-title>Initiate Transfer</h1>
                   >{{ method }}</mat-option
                 >
               </mat-select>
-              <mat-hint>
-                Default: {{ data.asset.httpDefaultMethod ?? 'Unknown' }}
-              </mat-hint>
+              <mat-hint> Requires "proxyMethod" to be "true". </mat-hint>
             </mat-form-field>
           </ng-container>
 
@@ -257,10 +255,7 @@ <h1 mat-dialog-title>Initiate Transfer</h1>
                 matInput
                 [formControl]="ctrl"
                 [placeholder]="'sub-path/endpoint'" />
-              <mat-hint>
-                Default:
-                {{ data.asset.httpDefaultPath ?? 'Unknown' }}
-              </mat-hint>
+              <mat-hint> Requires "proxyPath" to be "true". </mat-hint>
             </mat-form-field>
           </ng-container>
         </div>
@@ -281,6 +276,7 @@ <h1 mat-dialog-title>Initiate Transfer</h1>
                 required
                 autocomplete="new-query-param-name"
                 [formControl]="header.controls.paramName" />
+              <mat-hint> Requires "proxyQueryParams" to be "true". </mat-hint>
             </mat-form-field>
 
             <!-- Query Param Value -->
@@ -323,6 +319,7 @@ <h1 mat-dialog-title>Initiate Transfer</h1>
               autocomplete="new-content-type"
               [formControl]="form.all.controls.httpProxiedBodyContentType"
               [placeholder]="'application/json'" />
+            <mat-hint> Requires "proxyBody" to be "true". </mat-hint>
           </mat-form-field>
 
           <!-- Request Body -->
@@ -333,6 +330,7 @@ <h1 mat-dialog-title>Initiate Transfer</h1>
               placeholder='{"some": "request-body"}'
               autocomplete="new-request-body"
               [formControl]="ctrl"></textarea>
+            <mat-hint> Requires "proxyBody" to be "true". </mat-hint>
           </mat-form-field>
         </ng-container>
 
diff --git a/src/app/routes/connector-ui/contract-agreement-page/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog.component.ts b/src/app/routes/connector-ui/contract-agreement-page/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog.component.ts
index ea20e0346..d75e770b4 100644
--- a/src/app/routes/connector-ui/contract-agreement-page/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/routes/connector-ui/contract-agreement-page/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog/contract-agreement-transfer-dialog.component.ts
@@ -75,18 +75,7 @@ export class ContractAgreementTransferDialogComponent implements OnDestroy {
     private httpRequestParamsMapper: HttpRequestParamsMapper,
     private dataAddressMapper: DataAddressMapper,
     @Inject(MAT_DIALOG_DATA) public data: ContractAgreementTransferDialogData,
-  ) {
-    if (data.asset.httpDefaultMethod) {
-      this.form.all.controls.httpProxiedMethod.setValue(
-        data.asset.httpDefaultMethod,
-      );
-    }
-    if (data.asset.httpDefaultPath) {
-      this.form.all.controls.httpProxiedPath.setValue(
-        data.asset.httpDefaultPath,
-      );
-    }
-  }
+  ) {}
 
   onSave() {
     if (this.loading && !this.form.all.valid) {