diff --git a/HackRequests/HackRequests.py b/HackRequests/HackRequests.py
index 2191a66..7b931fc 100644
--- a/HackRequests/HackRequests.py
+++ b/HackRequests/HackRequests.py
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ def __init__(self, rep, redirect, log, oldcookie=''):
             self.cookies = {}
 
         self.headers = _header_dict
-        self.header = self.rep.msg  # response header
+        self.header = str(self.rep.msg)  # response header
         self.log = log
         charset = self.rep.msg.get('content-type', 'utf-8')
         try: