diff --git a/src/main/java/fr/unix_experience/owncloud_sms/engine/OCHttpClient.java b/src/main/java/fr/unix_experience/owncloud_sms/engine/OCHttpClient.java
index 350024d..693c0e3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/fr/unix_experience/owncloud_sms/engine/OCHttpClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/fr/unix_experience/owncloud_sms/engine/OCHttpClient.java
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ public class OCHttpClient {
 	public Pair<Integer, JSONObject> execute(String method, URL url, String requestBody, boolean skipError) throws OCSyncException {
 		Pair<Integer, JSONObject> response;
 		HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
+
 		try {
 			urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
 		} catch (IOException e) {
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ public class OCHttpClient {
 			urlConnection.setRequestMethod(method);
 		} catch (ProtocolException e) {
 			Log.e(OCHttpClient.TAG, "Fatal error when setting request method: " + e);
-			throw new OCSyncException(R.string.err_sync_http_request_ioexception, OCSyncErrorType.IO);
+			throw new OCSyncException(R.string.err_sync_http_request_protocol_exception, OCSyncErrorType.IO);
 		}
 		urlConnection.setRequestProperty("User-Agent", _userAgent);
 		urlConnection.setInstanceFollowRedirects(true);
@@ -180,8 +181,9 @@ public class OCHttpClient {
 		}
 		urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
 		urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
-		urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked");
-
+		if (!"GET".equals(method)) {
+			urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked");
+		}
 		String basicAuth = "Basic " +
 				Base64.encodeToString((_username + ":" + _password).getBytes(), Base64.NO_WRAP);
 		urlConnection.setRequestProperty("Authorization", basicAuth);
diff --git a/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 610caec..fa1930e 100644
--- a/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -273,4 +273,5 @@
     <string name="pref_show_sync_notifications">Show sync notifications</string>
     <string name="sync_complete">Synchronization complete</string>
     <string name="err_sync_http_write_failed">Error #19: Failed to write HTTP stream when pushing data to server.</string>
+    <string name="err_sync_http_request_protocol_exception">Error #20: Failed to properly set HTTP protocol version.</string>
 </resources>