diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index b1a9b835e..d08c6a32c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 
+26 Dec 2013, version 0.5.9
+
+- fixing bug with bad Accept header (issue #32)
+
 20 Dec 2013, version 0.5.8
 
 - fixed a warning from js-yaml
diff --git a/lib/up-storage.js b/lib/up-storage.js
index f3a72fe14..607a0ef93 100644
--- a/lib/up-storage.js
+++ b/lib/up-storage.js
@@ -316,6 +316,9 @@ Storage.prototype.get_url = function(url) {
 	var rstream = this.request({
 		uri_full: url,
 		encoding: null,
+		headers: {
+			Accept: 'application/octet-stream',
+		},
 	})
 
 	rstream.on('response', function(res) {