diff --git a/pyexecplugins/Http.py b/pyexecplugins/Http.py
index de97f06..49f20e4 100644
--- a/pyexecplugins/Http.py
+++ b/pyexecplugins/Http.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class Plugin(PyExecPlugin):
         #logging.getLogger("pyexec").debug("%s - %s - %s - %s",self.method, self.url, self.contenttype, self.accept)
         if self.contenttype != None and self.contenttype.find("json") != -1:
             self.request = requests.Request(self.method, self.url, headers=self.headers, json = self.body)
+        elif self.contenttype != None and self.contenttype.find("text") != -1:
+            self.request = requests.Request(self.method, self.url, headers=self.headers, data = self.body.encode('utf-8'))
         else:
             self.request = requests.Request(self.method, self.url, headers=self.headers, data = self.body, params = self.params)