diff --git a/src/ajax.js b/src/ajax.js
index 5d93af66..71bdd461 100644
--- a/src/ajax.js
+++ b/src/ajax.js
@@ -302,10 +302,10 @@ jQuery.extend({
 		if ( s.dataType === "script" && type === "GET" && remote ) {
 			var head = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0] || document.documentElement;
 			var script = document.createElement("script");
-			script.src = s.url;
 			if ( s.scriptCharset ) {
 				script.charset = s.scriptCharset;
 			}
+			script.src = s.url;
 
 			// Handle Script loading
 			if ( !jsonp ) {
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ jQuery.extend({
 
 			// Set the Accepts header for the server, depending on the dataType
 			xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", s.dataType && s.accepts[ s.dataType ] ?
-				s.accepts[ s.dataType ] + ", */*" :
+				s.accepts[ s.dataType ] + ", */*; q=0.01" :
 				s.accepts._default );
 		} catch( headerError ) {}