diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index 83f6782c..df03564e 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       <Logger name="org.quartz" level="INFO" />
       <Logger name="liquibase" level="INFO" />
       <Logger name="com.amazonaws" level="INFO" />
-      <Root level="All">
+      <Root level="all">
          <AppenderRef ref="SystemOutAppender"/>
          <AppenderRef ref="SyslogAppender"/>
          <!-- <AppenderRef ref="LogFileAppender"/> -->
diff --git a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/QHttpResponse.java b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/QHttpResponse.java
index 0b100e1e..72069b3e 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/QHttpResponse.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/QHttpResponse.java
@@ -60,18 +60,16 @@ public class QHttpResponse
     *******************************************************************************/
    public QHttpResponse(HttpResponse httpResponse, boolean readContentAsBytes) throws Exception
    {
-      setGeneralHttpResponseData(httpResponse);
+      if(!readContentAsBytes)
+      {
+         new QHttpResponse(httpResponse);
+         return;
+      }
 
+      setGeneralHttpResponseData(httpResponse);
       if(this.statusCode == null || this.statusCode != 204)
       {
-         if(readContentAsBytes)
-         {
-            this.contentBytes = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent().readAllBytes();
-         }
-         else
-         {
-            this.content = EntityUtils.toString(httpResponse.getEntity());
-         }
+         this.contentBytes = httpResponse.getEntity().getContent().readAllBytes();
       }
    }
 
@@ -84,7 +82,6 @@ public class QHttpResponse
    public QHttpResponse(HttpResponse httpResponse) throws Exception
    {
       setGeneralHttpResponseData(httpResponse);
-
       if(this.statusCode == null || this.statusCode != 204)
       {
          this.content = EntityUtils.toString(httpResponse.getEntity());