diff --git a/extra/http/client/client.factor b/extra/http/client/client.factor
index f7a160017a..b00032e259 100755
--- a/extra/http/client/client.factor
+++ b/extra/http/client/client.factor
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: assocs http kernel math math.parser namespaces sequences
 io io.sockets io.streams.string io.files io.timeouts strings
-splitting calendar continuations accessors vectors io.encodings.binary ;
+splitting calendar continuations accessors vectors io.encodings.latin1
+io.encodings.binary ;
 IN: http.client
 
 : parse-url ( url -- resource host port )
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ DEFER: (http-request)
     ] if ;
 
 : (http-request) ( request -- response stream )
-    dup host>> over port>> <inet> <client> stdio set
+    dup host>> over port>> <inet> latin1 <client> stdio set
     dup "r" set-global  write-request flush read-response
     do-redirect ;