diff --git a/lib/msf/core/exploit/http/server.rb b/lib/msf/core/exploit/http/server.rb
index 8b381a4497..b41ccf48cb 100644
--- a/lib/msf/core/exploit/http/server.rb
+++ b/lib/msf/core/exploit/http/server.rb
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ module Exploit::Remote::HttpServer
 	def send_response(cli, body, headers = {})
 		response = create_response
 		response['Content-Type'] = 'text/html'
-		response.body = body
+		response.body = body.to_s.unpack("C*").pack("C*")
 
 		if (datastore['HTTP::compression'])
 			self.use_zlib # make sure...
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ module Exploit::Remote::HttpServer
 		response = create_response(302, 'Moved')
 		response['Content-Type'] = 'text/html'
 		response['Location'] = location
-		response.body = body
+		response.body = body.to_s.unpack("C*").pack("C*")
 
 		cli.send_response(response)
 	end
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ function sprayHeap(shellcode, heapSprayAddr, heapBlockSize) {
 	#
 	# HTML evasions are implemented here.
 	def send_response_html(cli, body, headers = {})
+		body = body.to_s.unpack("C*").pack("C*")
 		if datastore['HTML::base64'] != 'none'
 			case datastore['HTML::base64']
 				when 'plain'