diff --git a/uni-resolver-web/src/main/java/uniresolver/web/servlet/ResolveServlet.java b/uni-resolver-web/src/main/java/uniresolver/web/servlet/ResolveServlet.java
index 09f36f701..fc5680046 100644
--- a/uni-resolver-web/src/main/java/uniresolver/web/servlet/ResolveServlet.java
+++ b/uni-resolver-web/src/main/java/uniresolver/web/servlet/ResolveServlet.java
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) t
 
 			if (MediaTypeUtil.isMediaTypeAcceptable(httpAcceptMediaType, ResolveResult.MEDIA_TYPE)) {
 
-				if (log.isDebugEnabled()) log.debug("Supporting HTTP media type " + httpAcceptMediaType + " via content type " + ResolveResult.MEDIA_TYPE);
+				if (log.isDebugEnabled()) log.debug("Supporting HTTP media type " + httpAcceptMediaType + " via default content type " + ResolveResult.MEDIA_TYPE);
 
 				ServletUtil.sendResponse(
 						response,
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) t
 						ResolveResult.MEDIA_TYPE,
 						HttpBindingServerUtil.toHttpBodyStreamResult(resolveRepresentationResult));
 				return;
-			} else {
+			} else if (resolveRepresentationResult.getContentType() != null) {
 
 				// determine representation media type
 
diff --git a/uni-resolver-web/src/main/java/uniresolver/web/servlet/ServletUtil.java b/uni-resolver-web/src/main/java/uniresolver/web/servlet/ServletUtil.java
index f9ee951ed..d14ddcb0e 100644
--- a/uni-resolver-web/src/main/java/uniresolver/web/servlet/ServletUtil.java
+++ b/uni-resolver-web/src/main/java/uniresolver/web/servlet/ServletUtil.java
@@ -1,61 +1,49 @@
 package uniresolver.web.servlet;
 
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
-import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 public class ServletUtil {
 
 	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ServletUtil.class);
 
-	static void sendResponse(HttpServletResponse response, int status, Map<String, String> headers, Object body) throws IOException {
+	static void sendResponse(HttpServletResponse response, int status, Map<String, String> headers, byte[] body) throws IOException {
 
-		if (log.isDebugEnabled()) log.debug("Sending response with status " + status + " and headers " + headers + " and body (" + (body == null ? null : body.getClass()) + ")");
+		if (log.isInfoEnabled()) log.info("Sending response with status " + status + " and headers " + headers + " and body (" + (body == null ? null : body.length) + ")");
 
 		response.setStatus(status);
 		if (headers != null) for (Map.Entry<String, String> header : headers.entrySet()) response.setHeader(header.getKey(), header.getValue());
 		response.setHeader("Access-Control-Allow-Origin", "*");
 
-		if (body instanceof String) {
-
-			PrintWriter printWriter = response.getWriter();
-			printWriter.write((String) body);
-			printWriter.flush();
-			printWriter.close();
-		} else if (body instanceof byte[]) {
-
+		if (body != null) {
 			OutputStream outputStream = response.getOutputStream();
-			outputStream.write((byte[]) body);
+			outputStream.write(body);
 			outputStream.flush();
 			outputStream.close();
-		} else if (body != null) {
-
-			PrintWriter printWriter = response.getWriter();
-			printWriter.write(body.toString());
-			printWriter.flush();
-			printWriter.close();
 		}
 
 		response.flushBuffer();
 	}
 
-	static void sendResponse(HttpServletResponse response, int status, Map<String, String> headers) throws IOException {
-
-		sendResponse(response, status, headers, null);
-	}
-
-	static void sendResponse(HttpServletResponse response, int status, String contentType, Object body) throws IOException {
-
+	static void sendResponse(HttpServletResponse response, int status, String contentType, byte[] body) throws IOException {
 		sendResponse(response, status, Map.of("Content-Type", contentType), body);
 	}
 
-	static void sendResponse(HttpServletResponse response, int status, Object body) throws IOException {
+	static void sendResponse(HttpServletResponse response, int status, String contentType, String body) throws IOException {
+		sendResponse(response, status, Map.of("Content-Type", contentType), body == null ? null : body.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+	}
 
+	static void sendResponse(HttpServletResponse response, int status, byte[] body) throws IOException {
 		sendResponse(response, status, (Map<String, String>) null, body);
 	}
+
+	static void sendResponse(HttpServletResponse response, int status, String body) throws IOException {
+		sendResponse(response, status, (Map<String, String>) null, body == null ? null : body.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+	}
 }