diff --git a/src/Network/Request.es6 b/src/Network/Request.es6
index 26ba061..915b8ae 100644
--- a/src/Network/Request.es6
+++ b/src/Network/Request.es6
@@ -39,14 +39,17 @@ export default class Request extends util.Emitter
     }
     handleDone()
     {
-        var xhr = this._xhr;
+        var xhr = this._xhr,
+            resType = xhr.responseType;
+
+        var resTxt = (resType === '' || resType === 'text') ? xhr.responseText : '';
 
         this.emit('update', this._id, {
             status: xhr.status,
             done: true,
             size: getSize(xhr),
             time: util.now(),
-            resTxt: xhr.responseText
+            resTxt: resTxt
         });
     }
 };
diff --git a/test/index.html b/test/index.html
index ee3b6b7..24bc3e5 100644
--- a/test/index.html
+++ b/test/index.html
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
         {
             req('http://localhost:3000/test/empty.json');
         }, 3000);
+
+        var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+        xhr.responseType = 'arraybuffer';
+        xhr.open('GET', 'http://localhost:3000/test/data.json');
+        xhr.send();
     </script>
 </body>
 </html>
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