diff --git a/src/SOAPpy/Client.py b/src/SOAPpy/Client.py
index e86c5ec..d2bbefb 100644
--- a/src/SOAPpy/Client.py
+++ b/src/SOAPpy/Client.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 ident = '$Id: Client.py 1496 2010-03-04 23:46:17Z pooryorick $'
 
 from .version import __version__
+from io import StringIO
 
 #import xml.sax
 import urllib.request, urllib.parse, urllib.error
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ class HTTP:
             return -1, e.line, None
 
         self.headers = response.msg
-        self.file = response.fp
+        self.file = StringIO(response.fp.read().decode('utf-8'))
         return response.status, response.reason, response.msg
 
     def close(self):