--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/07/21 21:20:12	1.1181
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2012/08/03 10:55:53	1.1182
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1181 2012/07/21 21:20:12 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1182 2012/08/03 10:55:53 foxr Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Date;
 use Image::Magick;
 
+
 use Encode;
 
 use vars qw(%perlvar %spareid %pr %prp $memcache %packagetab $tmpdir
@@ -2585,7 +2586,9 @@ sub ssi {
 
     $request->header(Cookie => $ENV{'HTTP_COOKIE'});
     my $response= $ua->request($request);
-    my $content = Encode::decode_utf8($response->content);
+    my $content = $response->content;
+
+
     if (wantarray) {
 	return ($content, $response);
     } else {