diff --git a/http_requester.py b/http_requester.py
index c5c5d97..fdc60f5 100755
--- a/http_requester.py
+++ b/http_requester.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def run(self):
         # if valid POST body add Content-lenght header
         if len(requestPOSTBody) > 0:
             headers[self.CONTENT_LENGTH_HEADER] = len(requestPOSTBody)
+            requestPOSTBody = requestPOSTBody.encode('utf-8')
 
         for key in headers:
             print ("REQ HEADERS ", key, " : ", headers[key])
@@ -400,7 +401,7 @@ def createWindowWithText(self, textToDisplay, fileType, showResultInSameFile):
             if view is None:
                 view = sublime.active_window().new_file()
                 openedNewView = True
-        
+
         if not(openedNewView):
             view.run_command("http_requester_text_writer", {"text":"\n\n\n"})