diff --git a/src/SwaggerProvider.DesignTime/OperationCompiler.fs b/src/SwaggerProvider.DesignTime/OperationCompiler.fs
index ef9a345..938dbf7 100644
--- a/src/SwaggerProvider.DesignTime/OperationCompiler.fs
+++ b/src/SwaggerProvider.DesignTime/OperationCompiler.fs
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ type OperationCompiler(schema: OpenApiDocument, defCompiler: DefinitionCompiler,
 
                                 task {
                                     let! response = x
-                                    let! content = RuntimeHelpers.readContentAsString response ct
+                                    let! content = RuntimeHelpers.readContentAsString response.Content ct
                                     return (%this).Deserialize(content, innerReturnType)
                                 }
                             @>
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ type OperationCompiler(schema: OpenApiDocument, defCompiler: DefinitionCompiler,
 
                                 task {
                                     let! response = x
-                                    let! data = RuntimeHelpers.readContentAsStream response ct
+                                    let! data = RuntimeHelpers.readContentAsStream response.Content ct
                                     return data
                                 }
                             @>
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ type OperationCompiler(schema: OpenApiDocument, defCompiler: DefinitionCompiler,
 
                                 task {
                                     let! response = x
-                                    let! data = RuntimeHelpers.readContentAsString response ct
+                                    let! data = RuntimeHelpers.readContentAsString response.Content ct
                                     return data
                                 }
                             @>
diff --git a/src/SwaggerProvider.Runtime/ProvidedApiClientBase.fs b/src/SwaggerProvider.Runtime/ProvidedApiClientBase.fs
index 33f2a3d..4c45032 100644
--- a/src/SwaggerProvider.Runtime/ProvidedApiClientBase.fs
+++ b/src/SwaggerProvider.Runtime/ProvidedApiClientBase.fs
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ type ProvidedApiClientBase(httpClient: HttpClient, options: JsonSerializerOption
 
     member this.CallAsync
         (request: HttpRequestMessage, errorCodes: string[], errorDescriptions: string[], cancellationToken: System.Threading.CancellationToken)
-        : Task<HttpContent> =
+        : Task<HttpResponseMessage> =
         task {
             let! response = this.HttpClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken)
 
             if response.IsSuccessStatusCode then
-                return response.Content
+                return response
             else
                 let code = response.StatusCode |> int
                 let codeStr = code |> string
diff --git a/tests/SwaggerProvider.Tests/RuntimeHelpersTests.fs b/tests/SwaggerProvider.Tests/RuntimeHelpersTests.fs
index 859e73a..4bad731 100644
--- a/tests/SwaggerProvider.Tests/RuntimeHelpersTests.fs
+++ b/tests/SwaggerProvider.Tests/RuntimeHelpersTests.fs
@@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ module OpenApiExceptionTests =
             use handler = new StubHttpMessageHandler(HttpStatusCode.OK, "result")
             let client = makeClient handler
             use request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "http://stub/pets/1")
-            let! content = client.CallAsync(request, [||], [||], CancellationToken.None)
-            let! body = content.ReadAsStringAsync()
+            use! response = client.CallAsync(request, [||], [||], CancellationToken.None)
+            let! body = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()
             body |> shouldEqual "result"
         }
 
@@ -588,7 +588,6 @@ module OpenApiExceptionTests =
             ()
         }
 
-
 /// Test types for formatObject tests — must be plain .NET classes with declared public properties.
 type FmtSingle(name: string) =
     member _.Name = name