diff --git a/server/job_rpc.go b/server/job_rpc.go
index d787bd2010..8ffd8b859e 100644
--- a/server/job_rpc.go
+++ b/server/job_rpc.go
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ func (ls *LivepeerServer) setupGatewayJob(ctx context.Context, r *http.Request,
 
 func (h *lphttp) ProcessJob(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	ctx := r.Context()
-
 	if r.Method != http.MethodPost {
 		http.Error(w, "Method not allowed", http.StatusMethodNotAllowed)
 		return
@@ -390,19 +389,7 @@ func (ls *LivepeerServer) submitJob(ctx context.Context, w http.ResponseWriter,
 	//send the request to the Orchestrator(s)
 	//the loop ends on Gateway error and bad request errors
 	for _, orchToken := range gatewayJob.Orchs {
-
-		// Extract the worker resource route from the URL path
-		// The prefix is "/process/request/"
-		// if the request does not include the last / of the prefix no additional url path is added
-		workerRoute := orchToken.ServiceAddr + "/process/request"
-		prefix := "/process/request/"
 		workerResourceRoute := r.URL.Path
-		if strings.HasPrefix(workerResourceRoute, prefix) {
-			workerResourceRoute = workerResourceRoute[len(prefix):]
-		}
-		if workerResourceRoute != "" {
-			workerRoute = workerRoute + "/" + workerResourceRoute
-		}
 
 		err := gatewayJob.sign()
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/server/job_rpc_test.go b/server/job_rpc_test.go
index 2cbcaa3a5c..df06778be3 100644
--- a/server/job_rpc_test.go
+++ b/server/job_rpc_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http/httptest"
 	"net/url"
 	"slices"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -1325,3 +1326,107 @@ func createMockJobToken(hostUrl string) *core.JobToken {
 		},
 	}
 }
+
+func TestSubmitJob_OrchestratorReceivesPOSTRequest(t *testing.T) {
+	// Track received requests
+	var receivedRequests []string
+	var requestMethods []string
+	var mu sync.Mutex
+
+	// Create mock orchestrator server that captures request methods
+	mockOrchServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		mu.Lock()
+		requestMethods = append(requestMethods, r.Method)
+		receivedRequests = append(receivedRequests, r.URL.Path)
+		mu.Unlock()
+
+		switch r.URL.Path {
+		case "/process/token":
+			// Return mock job token for orchestrator discovery
+			token := createMockJobToken("http://" + r.Host)
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			json.NewEncoder(w).Encode(token)
+		case "/process/request":
+			// Mock successful job processing response
+			w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			w.Write([]byte(`{"result": "success"}`))
+		default:
+			http.NotFound(w, r)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer mockOrchServer.Close()
+
+	// Set up LivepeerServer with mock orchestrator pool
+	node := mockJobLivepeerNode()
+	pool := newStubOrchestratorPool(node, []string{mockOrchServer.URL})
+	node.OrchestratorPool = pool
+
+	// Mock sender for payment processing
+	mockSender := pm.MockSender{}
+	mockSender.On("StartSession", mock.Anything).Return("foo")
+	mockSender.On("CreateTicketBatch", mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(mockTicketBatch(10), nil)
+	node.Sender = &mockSender
+	node.Balances = core.NewAddressBalances(10)
+	defer node.Balances.StopCleanup()
+
+	ls := &LivepeerServer{LivepeerNode: node}
+
+	// Create job request
+	jobDetails := JobRequestDetails{StreamId: "test-stream"}
+	jobParams := JobParameters{EnableVideoIngress: true, EnableVideoEgress: true, EnableDataOutput: true}
+	jobReq := JobRequest{
+		ID:         "test-job-123",
+		Request:    marshalToString(t, jobDetails),
+		Parameters: marshalToString(t, jobParams),
+		Capability: "test-capability",
+		Timeout:    10,
+		Sender:     "0x1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef12345678",
+		Sig:        "0x456",
+	}
+
+	// Marshal and encode job request for header
+	jobReqBytes, err := json.Marshal(jobReq)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	jobReqB64 := base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(jobReqBytes)
+
+	// Create HTTP request to submit job
+	requestBody := `{"test": "data"}`
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/process/request", strings.NewReader(requestBody))
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+	req.Header.Set(jobRequestHdr, jobReqB64)
+
+	// Execute submitJob
+	w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+	handler := ls.SubmitJob()
+	handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)
+
+	// Verify the test results
+	mu.Lock()
+	defer mu.Unlock()
+
+	// Check that we received requests
+	assert.Greater(t, len(receivedRequests), 0, "Expected to receive at least one request")
+	assert.Greater(t, len(requestMethods), 0, "Expected to capture at least one request method")
+
+	// Verify that GET request was made for token discovery
+	assert.Contains(t, requestMethods, "GET", "Expected GET request for token discovery")
+	assert.Contains(t, receivedRequests, "/process/token", "Expected token discovery request")
+
+	// Verify that POST request was made to process the job
+	assert.Contains(t, requestMethods, "POST", "Expected POST request for job processing")
+	assert.Contains(t, receivedRequests, "/process/request", "Expected job processing request")
+
+	// Count POST requests specifically
+	postCount := 0
+	for _, method := range requestMethods {
+		if method == "POST" {
+			postCount++
+		}
+	}
+	assert.Greater(t, postCount, 0, "Expected at least one POST request to orchestrator")
+
+	t.Logf("Received %d requests, %d POST requests", len(receivedRequests), postCount)
+	t.Logf("Request methods: %v", requestMethods)
+	t.Logf("Request paths: %v", receivedRequests)
+}
diff --git a/server/job_stream.go b/server/job_stream.go
index e02653d6eb..cdf09e54fa 100644
--- a/server/job_stream.go
+++ b/server/job_stream.go
@@ -1359,15 +1359,17 @@ func (h *lphttp) StopStream(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	if err != nil {
 		clog.Errorf(ctx, "Error sending request to worker %v: %v", workerRoute, err)
 	}
+	var respBody []byte
+	if resp.Body != nil {
+		respBody, err = io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+		if err != nil {
+			clog.Errorf(ctx, "Error reading response body: %v", err)
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
-	respBody, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
-	if err != nil {
-		clog.Errorf(ctx, "Error reading response body: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	if resp.StatusCode > 399 {
-		clog.Errorf(ctx, "error processing stream stop request statusCode=%d", resp.StatusCode)
+		if resp.StatusCode > 399 {
+			clog.Errorf(ctx, "error processing stream stop request statusCode=%d", resp.StatusCode)
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Stop the stream and free capacity