diff --git a/lib/server/rest.js b/lib/server/rest.js
index a13e687f..33623cb4 100644
--- a/lib/server/rest.js
+++ b/lib/server/rest.js
@@ -169,7 +169,8 @@
             switch (p.request.method) {
             case 'GET':
                 onFSGet(query, p.name, function(error, data, isFile) {
-                    var str;
+                    var str,
+                        isStr = Util.isString(data);
                     
                     if (error)
                         sendError(params, error);
@@ -177,7 +178,12 @@
                         main.sendFile(p);
                     else {
                         p.name += '.json';
-                        str     = Util.stringifyJSON(data);
+                        
+                        if (isStr)
+                            str = data;
+                        else
+                            str = Util.stringifyJSON(data);
+                        
                         sendResponse(p, str, NOT_LOG);
                     }
                 });