diff --git a/src/MAOToolkit/Extensions/HttpContentExtensions.cs b/src/MAOToolkit/Extensions/HttpContentExtensions.cs
index 37febb9..bc3206a 100644
--- a/src/MAOToolkit/Extensions/HttpContentExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/MAOToolkit/Extensions/HttpContentExtensions.cs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public static async Task<string> ReadAsStringAsync(this HttpContent httpContent,
                 Encoding.UTF8,
                 detectEncodingFromByteOrderMarks: false,
                 bufferSize: 1024,
-                leaveOpen: false);
+                leaveOpen: true);
             return await reader.ReadWithLimitAsync(charsLimit);
         }
     }