diff --git a/lib/browser/rpc.js b/lib/browser/rpc.js
index 88fc0d94..427df21e 100644
--- a/lib/browser/rpc.js
+++ b/lib/browser/rpc.js
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function makeRequest(url, data) {
     if (global.__debug__) {
         let request = global.__debug__.require('sync-request');
         let response = request('POST', url, {
-          body: Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(data)),
+          body: JSON.stringify(data),
           headers: {
             "Content-Type": "text/plain;charset=UTF-8"
           }