diff --git a/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java b/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java
index c812234..d6b057b 100644
--- a/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java
+++ b/src/android/com/github/kevinsawicki/http/HttpRequest.java
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ import javax.net.ssl.TrustManager;
 import javax.net.ssl.TrustManagerFactory;
 import javax.net.ssl.X509TrustManager;
 
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+
 /**
  * A fluid interface for making HTTP requests using an underlying
  * {@link HttpURLConnection} (or sub-class).
@@ -106,6 +108,11 @@ public class HttpRequest {
    */
   public static final String CHARSET_UTF8 = "UTF-8";
 
+  /**
+   * 'ISO-8859-1' charset name
+   */
+  public static final String CHARSET_LATIN1 = "ISO-8859-1";
+
   /**
    * 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' content type header value
    */
@@ -2538,6 +2545,16 @@ public class HttpRequest {
     return header(HEADER_ACCEPT_CHARSET, acceptCharset);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Set the 'Accept-Charset' header to given values
+   *
+   * @param acceptCharsets
+   * @return this request
+   */
+  public HttpRequest acceptCharset(final String[] acceptCharsets) {
+    return header(HEADER_ACCEPT_CHARSET, TextUtils.join(", ", acceptCharsets));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Get the 'Content-Encoding' header from the response
    *
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
index 0c008c2..fbd075e 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import com.github.kevinsawicki.http.HttpRequest.HttpRequestException;
 
 abstract class CordovaHttp {
     protected static final String TAG = "CordovaHTTP";
-    protected static final String CHARSET = "UTF-8";
+    protected static final String[] ACCEPTED_CHARSETS = new String[] {HttpRequest.CHARSET_UTF8, HttpRequest.CHARSET_LATIN1};
 
     private static AtomicBoolean sslPinning = new AtomicBoolean(false);
     private static AtomicBoolean acceptAllCerts = new AtomicBoolean(false);
@@ -141,14 +141,13 @@ abstract class CordovaHttp {
     }
 
     protected HttpRequest setupDataSerializer(HttpRequest request) throws JSONException, Exception {
-      if (new String("json").equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
+      if ("json".equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
           request.contentType(request.CONTENT_TYPE_JSON, request.CHARSET_UTF8);
           request.send(this.getParamsObject().toString());
-      } else if (new String("utf8").equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
+      } else if ("utf8".equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
           request.contentType("text/plain", request.CHARSET_UTF8);
           request.send(this.getParamsMap().get("text").toString());
-      } else
-      {
+      } else {
           request.form(this.getParamsMap());
       }
 
@@ -227,7 +226,7 @@ abstract class CordovaHttp {
       this.setupRedirect(request);
       this.setupSecurity(request);
       request.readTimeout(this.getRequestTimeout());
-      request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
+      request.acceptCharset(ACCEPTED_CHARSETS);
       request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
       request.uncompress(true);
     }
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ abstract class CordovaHttp {
       try {
         JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
         int code = request.code();
-        String body = request.body(CHARSET);
+        String body = request.body(request.charset());
 
         response.put("status", code);
         response.put("url", request.url().toString());
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDelete.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDelete.java
index 0a8e39e..5e2a05f 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDelete.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDelete.java
@@ -26,41 +26,12 @@ class CordovaHttpDelete extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
         try {
             HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.delete(this.getUrlString(), this.getParamsMap(), false);
 
-            request.readTimeout(this.getRequestTimeout());
-            this.setupRedirect(request);
-            this.setupSecurity(request);
-            request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
-            request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
-            request.uncompress(true);
-
-            int code = request.code();
-            String body = request.body(CHARSET);
-            JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
-
-            this.addResponseHeaders(request, response);
-            response.put("status", code);
-
-            if (code >= 200 && code < 300) {
-                response.put("data", body);
-                this.getCallbackContext().success(response);
-            } else {
-                response.put("error", body);
-                this.getCallbackContext().error(response);
-            }
-        } catch (JSONException e) {
-            this.respondWithError("There was an error generating the response");
+            this.prepareRequest(request);
+            this.returnResponseObject(request);
         } catch (HttpRequestException e) {
-            if (e.getCause() instanceof UnknownHostException) {
-                this.respondWithError(0, "The host could not be resolved");
-            } else if (e.getCause() instanceof SocketTimeoutException) {
-                this.respondWithError(1, "The request timed out");
-            } else if (e.getCause() instanceof SSLHandshakeException) {
-                this.respondWithError("SSL handshake failed");
-            } else {
-                this.respondWithError("There was an error with the request: " + e.getMessage());
-            }
+            this.handleHttpRequestException(e);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-          this.respondWithError(-1, e.getMessage());
+            this.respondWithError(e.getMessage());
         }
     }
 }