diff --git a/lib/request/basic.py b/lib/request/basic.py
index 3378fa984..5d0d0ef4f 100644
--- a/lib/request/basic.py
+++ b/lib/request/basic.py
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ def decodePage(page, contentEncoding, contentType):
     return page
 
 def processResponse(page, responseHeaders):
-    page = getUnicode(page)
-
     parseResponse(page, responseHeaders)
 
     if conf.parseErrors:
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 632f5205e..3a8ee7505 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ class Connect:
             if responseHeaders:
                 logHeaders = "\n".join(["%s: %s" % (key.capitalize() if isinstance(key, basestring) else key, getUnicode(value)) for (key, value) in responseHeaders.items()])
 
-            logHTTPTraffic(requestMsg, "%s%s\n\n%s" % (responseMsg, logHeaders, page))
+            logHTTPTraffic(requestMsg, "%s%s\n\n%s" % (responseMsg, logHeaders, page if isinstance(page, unicode) else getUnicode(page)))
 
             if conf.verbose <= 5:
                 responseMsg += getUnicode(logHeaders)
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class Connect:
         responseMsg += "[#%d] (%d %s):\n" % (threadData.lastRequestUID, code, status)
         if responseHeaders:
             logHeaders = "\n".join(["%s: %s" % (key.capitalize() if isinstance(key, basestring) else key, getUnicode(value)) for (key, value) in responseHeaders.items()])
-        logHTTPTraffic(requestMsg, "%s%s\n\n%s" % (responseMsg, logHeaders, page))
+        logHTTPTraffic(requestMsg, "%s%s\n\n%s" % (responseMsg, logHeaders, page if isinstance(page, unicode) else getUnicode(page)))
 
         if conf.verbose <= 5:
             responseMsg += getUnicode(logHeaders)