diff --git a/src/com/loopj/android/http/BinaryHttpResponseHandler.java b/src/com/loopj/android/http/BinaryHttpResponseHandler.java
index aff1c631e..669bf615b 100644
--- a/src/com/loopj/android/http/BinaryHttpResponseHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/loopj/android/http/BinaryHttpResponseHandler.java
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ protected void handleMessage(Message msg) {
                 break;
             case FAILURE_MESSAGE:
                 response = (Object[])msg.obj;
-                handleFailureMessage((Throwable)response[0], (byte[])response[1]);
+                handleFailureMessage((Throwable)response[0], response[1].toString());
                 break;
             default:
                 super.handleMessage(msg);