diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/ontimeRouter.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/ontimeRouter.ts
index bc5939ecb..080c7a0ef 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/ontimeRouter.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/ontimeRouter.ts
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ import {
 import {
   validateAliases,
   validateOSC,
-  validateOscSubscriptionObject,
   validatePatchProjectFile,
   validateSettings,
   validateUserFields,
   viewValidator,
   validateHTTP,
+  validateOscSubscription,
 } from '../controllers/ontimeController.validate.js';
 import { projectSanitiser } from '../controllers/projectController.validate.js';
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ router.get('/osc', getOSC);
 router.post('/osc', validateOSC, postOSC);
 
 // create route between controller and '/ontime/osc-subscriptions' endpoint
-router.post('/osc-subscriptions', validateOscSubscriptionObject, postOscSubscriptions);
+router.post('/osc-subscriptions', validateOscSubscription, postOscSubscriptions);
 
 // create route between controller and '/ontime/http' endpoint
 router.get('/http', getHTTP);
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/integration-service/HttpIntegration.ts b/apps/server/src/services/integration-service/HttpIntegration.ts
index 5912b05f7..6e2db5485 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/integration-service/HttpIntegration.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/integration-service/HttpIntegration.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 //TODO: cleanup stuff left over from OSC copy
 import http from 'node:http';
+import { URL } from 'node:url';
+
 import { HttpSettings, HttpSubscription, HttpSubscriptionOptions, LogOrigin } from 'ontime-types';
 
 import IIntegration, { TimerLifeCycleKey } from './IIntegration.js';
 import { parseTemplateNested } from './integrationUtils.js';
 import { dbModel } from '../../models/dataModel.js';
-import { validateHttpSubscriptionEntry } from '../../utils/parserFunctions.js';
 import { logger } from '../../classes/Logger.js';
+import { validateHttpSubscriptionObject } from '../../utils/parserFunctions.js';
 
-import { URL } from 'node:url';
 type Action = TimerLifeCycleKey | string;
 
 /**
@@ -61,8 +62,7 @@ export class HttpIntegration implements IIntegration<HttpSubscriptionOptions> {
   }
 
   initSubscriptions(subscriptionOptions: HttpSubscription) {
-    // TODO: here we have to validate the entire subscription object
-    if (validateHttpSubscriptionEntry(subscriptionOptions)) {
+    if (validateHttpSubscriptionObject(subscriptionOptions)) {
       this.subscriptions = { ...subscriptionOptions };
     }
   }
diff --git a/apps/server/src/utils/parserFunctions.ts b/apps/server/src/utils/parserFunctions.ts
index 985017a8f..23cdeed93 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/utils/parserFunctions.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/utils/parserFunctions.ts
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ export const parseOsc = (data: { osc?: Partial<OSCSettings> }): OSCSettings => {
   if ('osc' in data) {
     console.log('Found OSC definition, importing...');
 
+    // TODO: this can be improved by only merging known keys
     const loadedConfig = data.osc || {};
     const validatedSubscriptions = validateOscSubscriptionObject(loadedConfig.subscriptions)
       ? loadedConfig.subscriptions
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ export const parseHttp = (data: { http?: Partial<HttpSettings> }): HttpSettings
   if ('http' in data) {
     console.log('Found HTTP definition, importing...');
 
+    // TODO: this can be improved by only merging known keys
     const loadedConfig = data?.http || {};
     const validatedSubscriptions = validateHttpSubscriptionObject(loadedConfig.subscriptions)
       ? loadedConfig.subscriptions