Index: src/main/java/org/fluidproject/kettle/ResourceUtil.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/org/fluidproject/kettle/ResourceUtil.java	(revision 9308)
+++ src/main/java/org/fluidproject/kettle/ResourceUtil.java	(working copy)
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@
      * will be propagated.
      */
     
-    public static void copyBytes(byte[] bytes, OutputStream os) {
+    public static void copyString(String tosend, OutputStream os) {
         try {
-            os.write(bytes);
+            String s = tosend.toString();
+            os.write(s.getBytes("UTF-8"));
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
             throw UniversalRuntimeException.accumulate(e, "Error copying to output");
Index: src/main/webapp/kettle/js/env.js
===================================================================
--- src/main/webapp/kettle/js/env.js	(revision 9308)
+++ src/main/webapp/kettle/js/env.js	(working copy)
@@ -695,14 +695,14 @@
 					for (var header in self.headers)
 						connection.addRequestProperty(header, self.headers[header]);
 				
+					connection.connect();
+					
           // PATCH: Sveto/AMB               
-          text = new java.lang.String( data || "" );          
+          text = new java.lang.String( data || "" );
           if (text.length() > 0) {
-              var bytes = text.getBytes("UTF-8");
-              connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Length", bytes.length);
               // Write content to the connection's stream
               var out = connection.getOutputStream();
-              Packages.org.fluidproject.kettle.ResourceUtil.copyBytes(bytes, out);
+              Packages.org.fluidproject.kettle.ResourceUtil.copyString(text, out);
           }
 					
 					// Stick the response headers into responseHeaders
@@ -761,7 +761,6 @@
 			  }
 			  catch (e) {
 			    // PATCH: AMB
-			    console.debug("Received exception " + e + " message " + e.message);
 			    //self.readyState = 4;
 			    //self.errorThrown = e;
 			    self.textStatus = e.message;