diff --git a/puppy.nimble b/puppy.nimble
index 573959a..605b073 100644
--- a/puppy.nimble
+++ b/puppy.nimble
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version     = "1.2.0"
+version     = "1.2.1"
 author      = "Andre von Houck"
 description = "Puppy fetches HTML pages for Nim."
 license     = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/puppy/windefs.nim b/src/puppy/windefs.nim
index b047272..0231b89 100644
--- a/src/puppy/windefs.nim
+++ b/src/puppy/windefs.nim
@@ -287,7 +287,9 @@ proc SysFreeString*(bstrString: BSTR): void {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut3
 proc SysStringLen *(bstrString: BSTR): UINT {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut32".}
 proc VariantInit*(pvarg: ptr VARIANT): void {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut32".}
 proc VariantClear*(pvarg: ptr VARIANT): void {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut32".}
-proc SafeArrayGetDim*(psa: ptr SAFEARRAY): UINT {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut32".}
+proc SafeArrayCreate*(vt: VARTYPE, cDims: UINT, rgsabound: ptr SAFEARRAYBOUND): ptr SAFEARRAY {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut32".}
+proc SafeArrayGetDim*(psa: ptr SAFEARRAY): HRESULT {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut32".}
+proc SafeArrayDestroy*(psa: ptr SAFEARRAY): UINT {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut32".}
 proc SafeArrayGetUBound*(psa: ptr SAFEARRAY, nDim: UINT, plUbound: ptr LONG): HRESULT {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut32".}
 proc SafeArrayGetLBound*(psa: ptr SAFEARRAY, nDim: UINT, plLbound: ptr LONG): HRESULT {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut32".}
 proc SafeArrayAccessData*(psa: ptr SAFEARRAY, ppvData: ptr pointer): HRESULT {.importc, stdcall, dynlib: "oleaut32".}
diff --git a/src/puppy/winhttp.nim b/src/puppy/winhttp.nim
index d5595fa..5fa47da 100644
--- a/src/puppy/winhttp.nim
+++ b/src/puppy/winhttp.nim
@@ -136,9 +136,19 @@ proc send*(http: WinHttp, body: string = "") =
   if body == "":
     variantBody.union1.struct1.vt = VT_ERROR
   else:
-    let bodyBstr = body.bstr()
-    variantBody.union1.struct1.vt = VT_BSTR
-    variantBody.union1.struct1.union1.bstrVal = bodyBstr
+    var bounds: SAFEARRAYBOUND
+    bounds.lLbound = 0
+    bounds.cElements = body.len.ULONG
+
+    let psa = SafeArrayCreate(VT_UI1, 1, bounds.addr)
+
+    var p: pointer
+    checkHRESULT(SafeArrayAccessData(psa, p.addr))
+    copyMem(p, body[0].unsafeAddr, body.len)
+    checkHRESULT(SafeArrayUnaccessData(psa))
+
+    variantBody.union1.struct1.vt = (VT_ARRAY or VT_UI1)
+    variantBody.union1.struct1.union1.parray = psa
 
   let hresult = http.i.lpVtbl.Send(http.i, variantBody)
   VariantClear(variantBody.addr)
diff --git a/tests/debug_client.nim b/tests/debug_client.nim
index 00a4346..1ba754e 100644
--- a/tests/debug_client.nim
+++ b/tests/debug_client.nim
@@ -50,21 +50,20 @@ for i in 0 ..< 100:
     doAssert res.code == 200
     doAssert res.body == "some data"
 
-  when not defined(windows):
-    block:
-      # test post + gzip
-      let res = fetch(Request(
-        url: parseUrl("http://localhost:8080/postgzip"),
-        headers: @[
-          Header(key: "Accept-Encoding", value: "gzip"),
-          # Header(key: "Content-Type", value: "text/html; charset=UTF-8"),
-          Header(key: "Content-Encoding", value: "gzip")
-        ],
-        verb: "post",
-        body: compress("gzip'ed request body", BestSpeed, dfGzip),
-      ))
-      doAssert res.code == 200
-      doAssert res.body == "gzip'ed request body"
+  block:
+    # test post + gzip
+    let res = fetch(Request(
+      url: parseUrl("http://localhost:8080/postgzip"),
+      headers: @[
+        Header(key: "Accept-Encoding", value: "gzip"),
+        # Header(key: "Content-Type", value: "text/html; charset=UTF-8"),
+        Header(key: "Content-Encoding", value: "gzip")
+      ],
+      verb: "post",
+      body: compress("gzip'ed request body", BestSpeed, dfGzip),
+    ))
+    doAssert res.code == 200
+    doAssert res.body == "gzip'ed request body"
 
   block:
     # test headers