diff --git a/rpc/client/httpclient.go b/rpc/client/httpclient.go
index 1414edce3..79967bd0c 100644
--- a/rpc/client/httpclient.go
+++ b/rpc/client/httpclient.go
@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ type HTTP struct {
 	*WSEvents
 }
 
-// New takes a remote endpoint in the form tcp://<host>:<port>
+// NewHTTP takes a remote endpoint in the form tcp://<host>:<port>
 // and the websocket path (which always seems to be "/websocket")
 func NewHTTP(remote, wsEndpoint string) *HTTP {
 	rc := rpcclient.NewJSONRPCClient(remote)
 	cdc := rc.Codec()
 	ctypes.RegisterAmino(cdc)
+	rc.SetCodec(cdc)
 
 	return &HTTP{
 		rpc:      rc,