diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpOp.java b/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpOp.java
index 099975e09..de1726237 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpOp.java
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpOp.java
@@ -46,14 +46,24 @@ public class HttpOp implements CycleOp {
     private final HttpClient client;
     private final HttpSpace space;
     private final long cycle;
+    private final HttpResultType resultType;
 
-    public HttpOp(HttpClient client, HttpRequest request, Pattern ok_status, Pattern ok_body, HttpSpace space, long cycle) {
+    public HttpOp(
+        HttpClient client,
+        HttpRequest request,
+        Pattern ok_status,
+        Pattern ok_body,
+        HttpSpace space,
+        long cycle,
+        HttpResultType resultType
+    ) {
         this.client = client;
         this.request = request;
         this.ok_status = ok_status;
         this.ok_body = ok_body;
         this.space = space;
         this.cycle = cycle;
+        this.resultType = resultType;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -91,31 +101,14 @@ public class HttpOp implements CycleOp {
                 System.out.println();
             }
             // propogate exception so main error handling logic can take over
-            if (error!=null) {
+            if (error != null) {
                 throw new RuntimeException(error);
             }
         }
-        try {
-            JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
-            JsonObject json = parser.parse(response.body()).getAsJsonObject();
-
-            if (!json.has("hits") || !json.getAsJsonObject("hits").has("hits")) {
-                return null;
-            }
-            JsonArray hits = json.getAsJsonObject("hits").getAsJsonArray("hits");
-
-            int count = hits.size();
-            int[] keys = new int[count];
-            int i = 0;
-            for (JsonElement element : hits) {
-                JsonObject hit = element.getAsJsonObject();
-                keys[i] = hit.getAsJsonObject("_source").get("key").getAsInt();
-                i++;
-            }
-            return keys;
-        } catch (Exception e) {
-            throw new RuntimeException(e);
-        }
-
+        return switch (resultType) {
+            case string -> response.body();
+            case json_element -> JsonParser.parseString(response.body()).getAsJsonObject();
+            case none -> null;
+        };
     }
 }
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpOpDispenser.java b/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpOpDispenser.java
index 6895a18b7..9351bf140 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpOpDispenser.java
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpOpDispenser.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class HttpOpDispenser extends BaseOpDispenser<HttpOp, HttpSpace> {
             .filter(n -> n.charAt(0) >= 'A')
             .filter(n -> n.charAt(0) <= 'Z')
             .toList();
-        if (headerNames.size() > 0) {
+        if (!headerNames.isEmpty()) {
             for (String headerName : headerNames) {
                 initBuilderF = op.enhanceFunc(initBuilderF, headerName, String.class, (b, h) -> b.header(headerName, h));
             }
@@ -113,12 +113,16 @@ public class HttpOpDispenser extends BaseOpDispenser<HttpOp, HttpSpace> {
             .map(Pattern::compile)
             .orElse(null);
 
+        HttpResultType resultType = op.getOptionalEnumFromField(HttpResultType.class,"result-type").orElse(HttpResultType.none);
+
         LongFunction<HttpOp> opFunc = cycle -> new HttpOp(
             ctxF.apply(cycle).getClient(),
             reqF.apply(cycle),
             ok_status,
             ok_body,
-            ctxF.apply(cycle), cycle
+            ctxF.apply(cycle),
+            cycle,
+            resultType
         );
         return opFunc;
     }
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpResultType.java b/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpResultType.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b821157b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/adapter/http/core/HttpResultType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package io.nosqlbench.adapter.http.core;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+
+public enum HttpResultType {
+    none(Void.class),
+    string(String.class),
+    json_element(JsonElement.class);
+
+    public  final Class<?> resultClass;
+
+    HttpResultType(Class<?> resultClass) {
+        this.resultClass = resultClass;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/http.md b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/http.md
index 545ce7080..8664a443d 100644
--- a/adapter-http/src/main/resources/http.md
+++ b/adapter-http/src/main/resources/http.md
@@ -163,6 +163,11 @@ defaults:
 - **ok-body** - An optional regex pattern which will be applied to the
   body to verify that it is a valid response. If this is not provided,
   then content bodies are read, but any content is considered valid.
+- **result-type** - If provided, you can specify `none`, `string`, or `json_element`.
+  By default, this is set to `none` and the http op will not produce a result type.
+  If you use string, then the raw body is returned, and if you use json_element,
+  then the body is presumed to be valid JSON, and it is parsed and returned as
+  a JsonElement.
 
 Any other statement parameter which is capitalized is taken as a request
 header. If additional fields are provided which are not included in the