diff --git a/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/impl/DefaultConnection.java b/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/impl/DefaultConnection.java
index 4c80bf5b..ea0a7617 100644
--- a/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/impl/DefaultConnection.java
+++ b/acme4j-client/src/main/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/impl/DefaultConnection.java
@@ -178,11 +178,9 @@ public class DefaultConnection implements Connection {
         try {
             InputStream in = (conn.getResponseCode() < 400 ? conn.getInputStream() : conn.getErrorStream());
             if (in != null) {
-                try (BufferedReader r = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, "utf-8"))) {
-                    sb.append(r.readLine());
-                }
+                String response = readStream(in);
 
-                result = JsonUtil.parseJson(sb.toString());
+                result = JsonUtil.parseJson(response);
                 LOG.debug("Result JSON: {}", sb);
             }
 
@@ -193,6 +191,21 @@ public class DefaultConnection implements Connection {
         return result;
     }
 
+    private String readStream(InputStream in) throws IOException {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+
+        try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in, "utf-8"))) {
+            String line = reader.readLine();
+
+            while (line != null) {
+                sb.append(line);
+                line = reader.readLine();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public X509Certificate readCertificate() throws IOException {
         assertConnectionIsOpen();
@@ -220,14 +233,12 @@ public class DefaultConnection implements Connection {
         }
 
         EnumMap<Resource, URI> resourceMap = new EnumMap<>(Resource.class);
-        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        String response = "";
 
         try {
-            try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(conn.getInputStream(), "utf-8"))) {
-                sb.append(reader.readLine());
-            }
+            response = readStream(conn.getInputStream());
 
-            Map<String, Object> result = JsonUtil.parseJson(sb.toString());
+            Map<String, Object> result = JsonUtil.parseJson(response);
             for (Map.Entry<String, Object> entry : result.entrySet()) {
                 Resource res = Resource.parse(entry.getKey());
                 if (res != null) {
@@ -238,7 +249,7 @@ public class DefaultConnection implements Connection {
 
             LOG.debug("Resource directory: {}", resourceMap);
         } catch (JoseException | URISyntaxException ex) {
-            throw new AcmeProtocolException("Failed to read directory: " + sb, ex);
+            throw new AcmeProtocolException("Failed to read directory: " + response, ex);
         }
 
         return resourceMap;
diff --git a/acme4j-client/src/test/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/impl/DefaultConnectionTest.java b/acme4j-client/src/test/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/impl/DefaultConnectionTest.java
index acb6ecc7..8932d146 100644
--- a/acme4j-client/src/test/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/impl/DefaultConnectionTest.java
+++ b/acme4j-client/src/test/java/org/shredzone/acme4j/impl/DefaultConnectionTest.java
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ public class DefaultConnectionTest {
      */
     @Test
     public void testReadJsonResponse() throws Exception {
-        String jsonData = "{\"foo\":123,\"bar\":\"a-string\"}";
+        String jsonData = "{\n\"foo\":123,\n\"bar\":\"a-string\"\n}\n";
 
         when(mockUrlConnection.getHeaderField("Content-Type")).thenReturn("application/json");
         when(mockUrlConnection.getResponseCode()).thenReturn(HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK);
@@ -417,11 +417,11 @@ public class DefaultConnectionTest {
     @Test
     public void testReadDirectory() throws Exception {
         StringBuilder jsonData = new StringBuilder();
-        jsonData.append('{');
-        jsonData.append("\"new-reg\":\"http://example.com/acme/newreg\",");
-        jsonData.append("\"new-authz\":\"http://example.com/acme/newauthz\",");
-        jsonData.append("\"old-foo\":\"http://example.com/acme/oldfoo\"");
-        jsonData.append('}');
+        jsonData.append("{\n");
+        jsonData.append("\"new-reg\":\"http://example.com/acme/newreg\",\n");
+        jsonData.append("\"new-authz\":\"http://example.com/acme/newauthz\",\n");
+        jsonData.append("\"old-foo\":\"http://example.com/acme/oldfoo\"\n");
+        jsonData.append("}\n");
 
         when(mockUrlConnection.getHeaderField("Content-Type")).thenReturn("application/json");
         when(mockUrlConnection.getInputStream()).thenReturn(new ByteArrayInputStream(jsonData.toString().getBytes("utf-8")));