diff --git a/vlib/vweb/vweb.v b/vlib/vweb/vweb.v
index 4cea19aee7..228932f7d2 100644
--- a/vlib/vweb/vweb.v
+++ b/vlib/vweb/vweb.v
@@ -235,6 +235,7 @@ fn handle_conn<T>(conn net.Socket, app mut T) {
 	}
 	req := http.Request{
 		headers: http.parse_headers(headers) //s.split_into_lines())
+		data: strip(body)
 		ws_func: 0
 		user_ptr: 0
 		method: vals[0]
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ fn handle_conn<T>(conn net.Socket, app mut T) {
 	$if debug {
 		println('req.headers = ')
 		println(req.headers)
+		println('req.data="$req.data"' )
 		println('vweb action = "$action"')
 	}
 	//mut app := T{
@@ -255,9 +257,7 @@ fn handle_conn<T>(conn net.Socket, app mut T) {
 	}
 	//}
 	if req.method in methods_with_form {
-		body = strip(body)
-		println('body="$body"' )
-		app.vweb.parse_form(body)
+		app.vweb.parse_form(req.data)
 	}
 	if vals.len < 2 {
 		$if debug {