diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index ef076dd..b9f30b7 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -322,6 +322,7 @@ int read_response(Word ipid, FILE *file, Handle dict)
 
     int haveTime = 0;    
     
+
     contentSize = 0;
     transferEncoding = -1;
     value = DictionaryGet(dict, "Content-Length",  14, &valueSize);
@@ -467,8 +468,7 @@ int read_response(Word ipid, FILE *file, Handle dict)
         dcb.requestCount = contentSize;
         ok = read_binary_size(ipid, file, &dcb);
 
-        if (!ok) return -1;
-        if (dcb.transferCount != dcb.requestCount)
+        if (ok < 0 || dcb.transferCount != dcb.requestCount)
         {
             fprintf(stderr, "Read error - requested %ld, received %ld\n", 
               dcb.requestCount, dcb.transferCount);