diff --git a/lib/couchrest/core/adapters/restclient.rb b/lib/couchrest/core/adapters/restclient.rb
index ed02228..1be0433 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/core/adapters/restclient.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/core/adapters/restclient.rb
@@ -10,25 +10,25 @@ module RestClientAdapter
     end
   
     def get(uri, headers={})
-      RestClient.get(uri, headers)
+      RestClient.get(uri, headers).to_s
     end
   
     def post(uri, payload, headers={})
-      RestClient.post(uri, payload, headers)
+      RestClient.post(uri, payload, headers).to_s
     end
   
     def put(uri, payload, headers={})
-      RestClient.put(uri, payload, headers)
+      RestClient.put(uri, payload, headers).to_s
     end
   
     def delete(uri, headers={})
-      RestClient.delete(uri, headers)
+      RestClient.delete(uri, headers).to_s
     end
   
     def copy(uri, headers)
       RestClient::Request.execute(  :method   => :copy,
                                     :url      => uri,
-                                    :headers  => headers) 
+                                    :headers  => headers).to_s
     end
   end