diff --git a/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStream.cc b/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStream.cc
index e6900a432..04e18f74d 100644
--- a/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStream.cc
+++ b/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStream.cc
@@ -26,6 +26,30 @@
 namespace tl
 {
 
-  //  .. nothing yet ..
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------
+//  HttpErrorException implementation
+
+std::string
+HttpErrorException::format_error (const std::string &em, int ec, const std::string &url, const std::string &body)
+{
+  std::string msg = tl::sprintf (tl::to_string (tr ("Error %d: %s, fetching %s")), ec, em, url);
+
+  if (! body.empty ()) {
+
+    msg += "\n\n";
+    msg += tl::to_string (tr ("Reply body:"));
+    msg += "\n";
+
+    if (body.size () > 1000) {
+      msg += std::string (body.c_str (), 1000);
+      msg += "...";
+    } else {
+      msg += body;
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  return msg;
+}
 
 }
diff --git a/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStream.h b/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStream.h
index cd2884657..30a8f8339 100644
--- a/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStream.h
+++ b/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStream.h
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ class TL_PUBLIC HttpErrorException
   : public tl::Exception
 {
 public:
-  HttpErrorException (const std::string &f, int ec, QNetworkReply *reply)
-    : tl::Exception (format_error (f, ec, reply))
+  HttpErrorException (const std::string &f, int ec, const std::string &url, const std::string &body = std::string ())
+    : tl::Exception (format_error (f, ec, url, body))
   { }
 
-  static std::string format_error (const std::string &em, int ec, QNetworkReply *reply);
+  static std::string format_error (const std::string &em, int ec, const std::string &url, const std::string &body);
 };
 
 class InputHttpStreamPrivateData;
diff --git a/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStreamQt.cc b/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStreamQt.cc
index e53b94f57..f31426767 100644
--- a/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStreamQt.cc
+++ b/src/tl/tl/tlHttpStreamQt.cc
@@ -123,39 +123,6 @@ AuthenticationHandler::proxyAuthenticationRequired (const QNetworkProxy &proxy,
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------
 //  InputHttpStream implementation
 
-std::string
-HttpErrorException::format_error (const std::string &em, int ec, QNetworkReply *reply)
-{
-  std::string msg = tl::sprintf (tl::to_string (tr ("Error %d: %s, fetching %s")), ec, em, tl::to_string (reply->url ().toString ()));
-
-  std::string data = tl::to_string (QString::fromUtf8 (reply->readAll ()));
-  if (data.size () > 1000) {
-    data = data.substr (0, size_t (1000)) + "...";
-  }
-
-  if (! data.empty ()) {
-
-    msg += "\n\n";
-    msg += tl::to_string (tr ("Reply body:"));
-    msg += "\n";
-    msg += data;
-
-  }
-
-  std::string redirected = tl::to_string (reply->attribute (QNetworkRequest::RedirectionTargetAttribute).toString ());
-  if (! redirected.empty ()) {
-
-    msg += "\n\n";
-    msg += tl::to_string (tr ("Redirected to: ")) + redirected;
-
-  }
-
-  return msg;
-}
-
-// ---------------------------------------------------------------
-//  InputHttpStream implementation
-
 InputHttpStream::InputHttpStream (const std::string &url)
 {
   mp_data = new InputHttpStreamPrivateData (url);
@@ -482,7 +449,9 @@ InputHttpStreamPrivateData::read (char *b, size_t n)
       ec = int (mp_reply->error ());
     }
 
-    throw HttpErrorException (em, ec, mp_reply);
+    QByteArray data = mp_reply->readAll ();
+
+    throw HttpErrorException (em, ec, tl::to_string (mp_reply->url ().toString ()), tl::to_string (data.constData (), (int)data.size ()));
 
   }