diff --git a/TShockAPI/Rest/Rest.cs b/TShockAPI/Rest/Rest.cs
index 4fbf94e4..17c032cd 100644
--- a/TShockAPI/Rest/Rest.cs
+++ b/TShockAPI/Rest/Rest.cs
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@ namespace Rests
 			e.Response.Connection.Type = ConnectionType.Close;
 			e.Response.ContentType = new ContentTypeHeader("application/json; charset=utf-8");
 			e.Response.Add(serverHeader);
-			e.Response.Body.Write(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str), 0, str.Length);
+			var bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(str);
+			e.Response.Body.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
 			e.Response.Status = HttpStatusCode.OK;
 		}