diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 80eaf7b..a43724c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var modem1 = new Modem({socketPath: '/var/run/docker.sock'});
 var modem2 = new Modem(); //defaults to above if env variables are not used
 var modem3 = new Modem({host: 'http://192.168.1.10', port: 3000});
 var modem4 = new Modem({protocol:'http', host: '127.0.0.1', port: 3000});
-var modem5 = new Modem({host: '127.0.0.1', port: 3000}); /
+var modem5 = new Modem({host: '127.0.0.1', port: 3000}); //defaults to http
 ```
 
 ### SSH
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var modem1 = new Modem({
 
 //custom agent
 var customAgent = myOwnSSHAgent({host: 'ssh://127.0.0.1', port: 22});
-var modem1 = new Modem({
+var modem2 = new Modem({
   agent: customAgent,
 });
 ```
diff --git a/lib/modem.js b/lib/modem.js
index bc46636..012ddd4 100644
--- a/lib/modem.js
+++ b/lib/modem.js
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Modem.prototype.buildRequest = function(options, context, data, callback) {
 
         debug('Received: %s', result);
 
-        var json = utils.parseJSON(result) || result;
+        var json = utils.parseJSON(result) || buffer;
         self.buildPayload(null, context.isStream, context.statusCodes, false, req, res, json, callback);
       });
     }
diff --git a/test/modem_test.js b/test/modem_test.js
index 506512a..a687d14 100644
--- a/test/modem_test.js
+++ b/test/modem_test.js
@@ -132,6 +132,4 @@ describe('Modem', function() {
     assert.ok(modem.agent instanceof http.Agent);
     assert.strictEqual(modem.agent, httpAgent);
   });
-
-
 });