diff --git a/flaska.mjs b/flaska.mjs
index 88002ac..679df06 100644
--- a/flaska.mjs
+++ b/flaska.mjs
@@ -989,7 +989,10 @@ ctx.state.nonce = nonce;
 
     let length = 0
     
-    if (typeof(body) === 'object' && body) {
+    if (body instanceof Buffer) {
+      length = body.byteLength
+      ctx.type = ctx.type || 'application/octet-stream'
+    } else if (typeof(body) === 'object' && body) {
       body = JSON.stringify(body)
       length = Buffer.byteLength(body)
       ctx.type = 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 54c6c1b..05bd337 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "flaska",
-  "version": "1.3.2",
+  "version": "1.3.3",
   "description": "Flaska is a micro web-framework for node. It is designed to be fast, simple and lightweight, and is distributed as a single file module with no dependencies.",
   "main": "flaska.mjs",
   "scripts": {