diff --git a/pkg/client.go b/pkg/client.go
index 9d52cf7..f4cc188 100644
--- a/pkg/client.go
+++ b/pkg/client.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httputil"
 	"os"
-	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -243,13 +242,11 @@ func (c *Client) MakeAPICall(verb string, r *Response, data []byte) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("reading response body: %v", err)
 	}
 	resp.Body.Close()
-	respString := string(respBytes)
-	resp.Body = ioutil.NopCloser(strings.NewReader(respString))
 	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected response status %d: %q", resp.StatusCode, respString)
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected response status %d: %q", resp.StatusCode, respBytes)
 	}
-	if err = json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&r); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("decoding error for %q: %v", respString, err)
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(respBytes, &r); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("decoding error for %q: %v", respBytes, err)
 	}
 	if r.Stat != "ok" {
 		e, _ := json.MarshalIndent(r.Error, "", " ")