diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1401622ebe..abc1d18e38 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# dev (202?-??-??) - ??
+## Features/Changes
+
+## Bug fixes
+Runtime: fix caml_read_file_content
+
 # 5.0.0 (2022-12-20) - Lille
 ## Features/Changes
 * Compiler: add support for effect handlers (--enable=effects)
diff --git a/lib/tests/test_sys.ml b/lib/tests/test_sys.ml
index ad9adc3744..07607be86b 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test_sys.ml
+++ b/lib/tests/test_sys.ml
@@ -101,3 +101,13 @@ let%expect_test _ =
   print_digest (Digest.channel c size);
   [%expect {| 573705548ab0d6c8a2193579611511a2 |}];
   ()
+
+let%expect_test _ =
+  print_digest (Digest.string content);
+  [%expect {| dd5da7fa373a2b2257d361aaf76845a0 |}];
+  let c = open_out_bin "/static/temp0" in
+  output_string c content;
+  close_out c;
+  let content' = Sys_js.read_file ~name:"/static/temp0" in
+  assert (content' = content);
+  [%expect {||}]
diff --git a/runtime/fs.js b/runtime/fs.js
index aa4968721d..58b272755a 100644
--- a/runtime/fs.js
+++ b/runtime/fs.js
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ function jsoo_create_file(name,content) {
 
 
 //Provides: caml_read_file_content
-//Requires: resolve_fs_device, caml_raise_no_such_file, caml_create_bytes, caml_string_of_bytes
+//Requires: resolve_fs_device, caml_raise_no_such_file, caml_string_of_array
 //Requires: caml_string_of_jsbytes, caml_jsbytes_of_string
 function caml_read_file_content (name) {
   var name = (typeof name == "string")?caml_string_of_jsbytes(name):name;
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ function caml_read_file_content (name) {
   if(root.device.exists(root.rest)) {
     var file = root.device.open(root.rest,{rdonly:1});
     var len  = file.length();
-    var buf  = caml_create_bytes(len);
+    var buf = new Uint8Array(len);
     file.read(0,buf,0,len);
-    return caml_string_of_bytes(buf)
+    return caml_string_of_array(buf)
   }
   caml_raise_no_such_file(caml_jsbytes_of_string(name));
 }