diff --git a/hurl.cabal b/hurl.cabal
--- a/hurl.cabal
+++ b/hurl.cabal
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 -- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                   | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:             1.4.0.0
+version:             1.4.1.0
 
 -- A short (one-line) description of the package.
 synopsis:            Haskell URL resolver
diff --git a/src/Network/URI/Charset.hs b/src/Network/URI/Charset.hs
--- a/src/Network/URI/Charset.hs
+++ b/src/Network/URI/Charset.hs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 convertCharset charset = -- FIXME Is this the best fallback for unsupported charsets?
     trace ("Unsupported text encoding" ++ charset) $ decodeUtf8With replaceChar
 
-replaceChar error _ = trace error $ Just '�'
+replaceChar _ _ = Just '�'
 
 -- | Lists all charsets supported by convertCharset
 charsets :: [Text]
diff --git a/src/Network/URI/Fetch.hs b/src/Network/URI/Fetch.hs
--- a/src/Network/URI/Fetch.hs
+++ b/src/Network/URI/Fetch.hs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
 -- | Retrieves documents for a URL, supporting multiple URL schemes that can be
 -- disabled at build-time for reduced dependencies.
-module Network.URI.Fetch(Session, locale, newSession,
+module Network.URI.Fetch(Session(locale, aboutPages), newSession,
     fetchURL, fetchURL', fetchURLs, mimeERR, htmlERR,
     dispatchByMIME, saveDownload, downloadToURI) where
 
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
     fetchURL' session mimes $ uri {uriPath = "version"}
 fetchURL' Session {aboutPages = pages} _ url@URI {uriScheme = "about:", uriPath = path} =
     return (url,
-        Txt.unpack $ convertCharset "utf-8" $ B.toStrict $
+        Txt.unpack $ Txt.strip $ convertCharset "utf-8" $ B.toStrict $
             llookup (path ++ ".mime") "text/html" pages,
         Right $ llookup path "" pages)