diff --git a/fuel/src/main/kotlin/com/github/kittinunf/fuel/core/BodyRepresentation.kt b/fuel/src/main/kotlin/com/github/kittinunf/fuel/core/BodyRepresentation.kt
index 4cf791208..6513a9465 100644
--- a/fuel/src/main/kotlin/com/github/kittinunf/fuel/core/BodyRepresentation.kt
+++ b/fuel/src/main/kotlin/com/github/kittinunf/fuel/core/BodyRepresentation.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ fun Body.representationOfBytes(contentType: String?): String {
         var charset = Charsets.UTF_8
         val charsetGroup = TEXT_CONTENT_TYPE.find(actualContentType)!!.groupValues[1]
         if (charsetGroup.isNotEmpty()) {
-            val charsetName = charsetGroup.substringAfter('=').toUpperCase()
+            val charsetName = charsetGroup.substringAfter('=').substringBefore(';').toUpperCase()
             charset = Charset.forName(charsetName)
         }
         return String(toByteArray(), charset)
diff --git a/fuel/src/test/kotlin/com/github/kittinunf/fuel/core/BodyRepresentationTest.kt b/fuel/src/test/kotlin/com/github/kittinunf/fuel/core/BodyRepresentationTest.kt
index 4e2e09d2c..3338dc002 100644
--- a/fuel/src/test/kotlin/com/github/kittinunf/fuel/core/BodyRepresentationTest.kt
+++ b/fuel/src/test/kotlin/com/github/kittinunf/fuel/core/BodyRepresentationTest.kt
@@ -166,6 +166,26 @@ class BodyRepresentationTest : MockHttpTestCase() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun textRepresentationOfJsonWithUtf8AndOtherParameters() {
+        val contentTypes = listOf(
+                "application/json;charset=utf-8;api-version=5.1",
+                "application/json; charset=utf-8; api-version=5.1",
+                "application/json;charset=utf-8;api-version=5.1;test=true",
+                "application/json; charset=utf-8; api-version=5.1; test=true"
+        )
+        val content = "{ \"foo\": 42 }"
+
+        contentTypes.forEach { contentType ->
+            assertThat(
+                    DefaultBody
+                            .from({ ByteArrayInputStream(content.toByteArray()) }, { content.length.toLong() })
+                            .asString(contentType),
+                    equalTo(content)
+            )
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun textRepresentationOfCsv() {
         val contentTypes = listOf("text/csv")