diff --git a/lib/controller/init.js b/lib/controller/init.js
index 1e7fb150..03aa4511 100644
--- a/lib/controller/init.js
+++ b/lib/controller/init.js
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ init = {
       // probably not right
       if (typeof req.read == 'function') {
         req.addListener('readable', function (data) {
-          body += req.read();
+          var chunk;
+          while ((chunk = req.read())) {
+            body += chunk;
+          }
         });
       }
       // Node 0.8, old streams