diff --git a/src/com/loopj/android/http/BinaryHttpResponseHandler.java b/src/com/loopj/android/http/BinaryHttpResponseHandler.java
index 7d675a593..6ccaab0ce 100644
--- a/src/com/loopj/android/http/BinaryHttpResponseHandler.java
+++ b/src/com/loopj/android/http/BinaryHttpResponseHandler.java
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ protected void handleMessage(Message msg) {
                 break;
             case FAILURE_MESSAGE:
                 response = (Object[])msg.obj;
-                handleFailureMessage((Throwable)response[0], response[1].toString());
+                handleFailureMessage((Throwable)response[0], (byte[]) response[1]);
                 break;
             default:
                 super.handleMessage(msg);
@@ -195,4 +195,4 @@ void sendResponseMessage(HttpResponse response) {
             sendSuccessMessage(status.getStatusCode(), responseBody);
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}