diff --git a/rc/bin/hget b/rc/bin/hget
index a093e7a5c..456984436 100755
--- a/rc/bin/hget
+++ b/rc/bin/hget
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ if(! ~ $s 0)
 		echo -n headers $i >[1=0]
 	if(~ $#m 1)
 		echo -n request $m >[1=0]
-	if(~ $#p 1)
-		cat <$p >$d/postbody
+	if(! ~ $#p 0)
+		echo $"p >$d/postbody
 	<$d/body {
 		if(~ $#o 1){
 			l=`{cat $d/contentlength >[2]/dev/null}