diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
index d11e72e..0c008c2 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttp.java
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ abstract class CordovaHttp {
           request.contentType(request.CONTENT_TYPE_JSON, request.CHARSET_UTF8);
           request.send(this.getParamsObject().toString());
       } else if (new String("utf8").equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
-          request.send(this.getParamsObject().toString());
+          request.contentType("text/plain", request.CHARSET_UTF8);
+          request.send(this.getParamsMap().get("text").toString());
       } else
       {
           request.form(this.getParamsMap());