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diff --git a/src/jalview/ws/HttpClientUtils.java b/src/jalview/ws/HttpClientUtils.java
index 4b6129f..dccf19b 100644
--- a/src/jalview/ws/HttpClientUtils.java
+++ b/src/jalview/ws/HttpClientUtils.java
@@ -89,11 +89,10 @@ public class HttpClientUtils
   {
     HttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
     HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet(getUrl);
-    // httpget.setParams(params);
+    String responseString = "";
     HttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpget);
     HttpEntity resEntity = response.getEntity();
 
-
     if (resEntity != null)
     {
       BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
@@ -105,12 +104,9 @@ public class HttpClientUtils
       {
         responseBuilder.append(aux);
       }
-      return responseBuilder.toString();
-    }
-    else
-    {
-      return null;
+      responseString = responseBuilder.toString();
     }
+    return responseString;
   }
 
   public static BufferedReader doHttpMpartFilePost(String postUrl,