diff --git a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/Http.java b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/Http.java
index 65526f7ea3..565503070c 100755
--- a/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/Http.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/lucee/runtime/tag/Http.java
@@ -1276,8 +1276,9 @@ else if (strPath != null) {
 				Charset responseCharset = StringUtil.isEmpty(tmp, true) ? null : CharsetUtil.toCharset(tmp);
 				// store to memory
 				String str;
-				if (barr == null) str = contentAsString(rsp, responseCharset, contentEncoding, e);
-				else str = IOUtil.toString(barr, responseCharset);
+				Charset cs = (StringUtil.isEmpty(charset)) ? responseCharset : CharsetUtil.toCharset(charset, responseCharset);
+				if (barr == null) str = contentAsString(rsp, cs, contentEncoding, e);
+				else str = IOUtil.toString(barr, cs);
 				cfhttp.set(KeyConstants._filecontent, str);
 
 				// store to file
diff --git a/loader/build.xml b/loader/build.xml
index 713ec410d5..36c3a6c3d2 100644
--- a/loader/build.xml
+++ b/loader/build.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <project default="core" basedir="." name="Lucee" 
   xmlns:resolver="antlib:org.apache.maven.resolver.ant">
 
-  <property name="version" value="5.4.0.78-SNAPSHOT"/>
+  <property name="version" value="5.4.0.79-SNAPSHOT"/>
 
   <taskdef uri="antlib:org.apache.maven.resolver.ant" resource="org/apache/maven/resolver/ant/antlib.xml">
     <classpath>
diff --git a/loader/pom.xml b/loader/pom.xml
index f8c1615d86..9f181ab0e0 100644
--- a/loader/pom.xml
+++ b/loader/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.lucee</groupId>
   <artifactId>lucee</artifactId>
-  <version>5.4.0.78-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>5.4.0.79-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <name>Lucee Loader Build</name>