1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_rep.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_rep.erl
index 0e7c1012..e0c4d470 100644
--- a/src/couchdb/couch_rep.erl
+++ b/src/couchdb/couch_rep.erl
@@ -182,10 +182,12 @@ do_http_request(Url, Action, Headers, JsonBody, Retries) ->
     _ ->
         iolist_to_binary(?JSON_ENCODE(JsonBody))
     end,
-    Options = [
+    Options = case Action of
+        get -> [];
+        _ -> [{transfer_encoding, {chunked, 65535}}]
+    end ++ [
         {content_type, "application/json; charset=utf-8"},
-        {max_pipeline_size, 101},
-        {transfer_encoding, {chunked, 65535}}
+        {max_pipeline_size, 101}
     ],
     case ibrowse:send_req(Url, Headers, Action, Body, Options) of
     {ok, Status, ResponseHeaders, ResponseBody} ->