diff --git a/packages/postgrest/lib/src/postgrest_builder.dart b/packages/postgrest/lib/src/postgrest_builder.dart
index 892d47cf..2c8057ac 100644
--- a/packages/postgrest/lib/src/postgrest_builder.dart
+++ b/packages/postgrest/lib/src/postgrest_builder.dart
@@ -212,7 +212,9 @@ class PostgrestBuilder<T, S> implements Future<T> {
       int? count;
 
       if (response.request!.method != METHOD_HEAD) {
-        if (response.request!.headers['Accept'] == 'text/csv') {
+        if (response.bodyBytes.isEmpty) {
+          body = null;
+        } else if (response.request!.headers['Accept'] == 'text/csv') {
           body = response.body;
         } else {
           try {