stackify
diff --git a/‎src/main/java/com/stackify/api/common/http/HttpClient.java‎
Lines changed: 6 additions & 4 deletions b/‎src/main/java/com/stackify/api/common/http/HttpClient.java‎
Lines changed: 6 additions & 4 deletions
@@ -165,14 +165,16 @@ public String post(final String path, final byte[] jsonBytes, final boolean gzip
 	/**
 	 * Reads all remaining contents from the stream and closes it
 	 * @param stream The stream
-	 * @return THe contents of the stream
+	 * @return The contents of the stream
 	 * @throws IOException
 	 */
 	private String readAndClose(final InputStream stream) throws IOException {
-		Preconditions.checkNotNull(stream);
+		String contents = null;
 
-		String contents = CharStreams.toString(new InputStreamReader(new BufferedInputStream(stream), "UTF-8"));
-		stream.close();
+		if (stream != null) {
+			contents = CharStreams.toString(new InputStreamReader(new BufferedInputStream(stream), "UTF-8"));
+			stream.close();
+		}
 
 		return contents;
 	}