diff --git a/lib/request/basic.py b/lib/request/basic.py
index 87908c343..07dd6f075 100644
--- a/lib/request/basic.py
+++ b/lib/request/basic.py
@@ -89,13 +89,13 @@ def parseResponse(page, headers):
                     kb.absFilePaths.add(absFilePath)
                     
 
-def decodePage(page, encoding):
+def decodePage(page, contentEncoding, contentType):
     """
-    Decode gzip/deflate HTTP response
+    Decode compressed/charset HTTP response
     """
 
-    if isinstance(encoding, basestring) and encoding.lower() in ('gzip', 'x-gzip', 'deflate'):
-        if encoding == 'deflate':
+    if isinstance(contentEncoding, basestring) and contentEncoding.lower() in ('gzip', 'x-gzip', 'deflate'):
+        if contentEncoding == 'deflate':
             # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1089662/python-inflate-and-deflate-implementations
             data = StringIO.StringIO(zlib.decompress(page, -15))
         else:
@@ -103,4 +103,8 @@ def decodePage(page, encoding):
 
         page = data.read()
 
+    #http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1020892/python-urllib2-read-to-unicode
+    if contentType and (contentType.find('charset=') != -1):
+        page = unicode(page, contentType.split('charset=')[-1])
+
     return page
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index 3e71dc547..227ad6dc7 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -88,33 +88,32 @@ class Connect:
         try:
             if silent:
                 socket.setdefaulttimeout(3)
-    
+
             if direct:
                 if "?" in url:
                     url, params = url.split("?")
                     params = urlencode(params)
                     url = "%s?%s" % (url, params)
                     requestMsg += "?%s" % params
-    
+
             elif multipart:
                 # Needed in this form because of potential circle dependency 
                 # problem (option -> update -> connect -> option)
                 from lib.core.option import proxyHandler
-                
+
                 multipartOpener = urllib2.build_opener(proxyHandler, multipartpost.MultipartPostHandler)
                 conn = multipartOpener.open(url, multipart)
-                page = conn.read()            
+                page = conn.read()
                 responseHeaders = conn.info()
-    
-                encoding = responseHeaders.get("Content-Encoding")
-                page = decodePage(page, encoding)
-    
+
+                page = decodePage(page, responseHeaders.get("Content-Encoding"), responseHeaders.get("Content-Type"))
+
                 return page
-    
+
             else:
                 if conf.parameters.has_key("GET") and not get:
                     get = conf.parameters["GET"]
-    
+
                 if get:
                     get = urlencode(get)
                     url = "%s?%s" % (url, get)
@@ -190,8 +189,7 @@ class Connect:
             status          = conn.msg
             responseHeaders = conn.info()
 
-            encoding = responseHeaders.get("Content-Encoding")
-            page = decodePage(page, encoding)
+            page = decodePage(page, responseHeaders.get("Content-Encoding"), responseHeaders.get("Content-Type"))
 
         except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
             if e.code == 401: