diff --git a/websocketpp/http/impl/response.hpp b/websocketpp/http/impl/response.hpp
index 08b2eb9217..0882fd8bf8 100644
--- a/websocketpp/http/impl/response.hpp
+++ b/websocketpp/http/impl/response.hpp
@@ -219,8 +219,10 @@ inline void response::process(std::string::iterator begin,
 inline size_t response::process_body(const char *buf, size_t len) {
 	// If no content length was set then we read forever and never set m_ready
 	if (m_read == 0) {
-		m_body.append(buf,len);
-		return len;
+		//m_body.append(buf,len);
+		//return len;
+		m_state = DONE;
+		return 0;
 	}
 	
 	// Otherwise m_read is the number of bytes left.