diff --git a/mango.go b/mango.go
index fd9c24c..f9d4fd0 100644
--- a/mango.go
+++ b/mango.go
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func (this *Stack) HandlerFunc(app App) http.HandlerFunc {
 			}
 		}
 		w.WriteHeader(int(status))
-		fmt.Fprintf(w, string(body))
+		w.Write([]byte(body))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/static/binary_file.png b/static/binary_file.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2af0dc
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/binary_file.png differ
diff --git a/static_test.go b/static_test.go
index c631dcb..6c67a08 100644
--- a/static_test.go
+++ b/static_test.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package mango
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"http"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
 	"runtime"
 )
@@ -68,6 +70,34 @@ func TestStaticFail(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestStaticBinaryFile(t *testing.T) {
+	// Compile the stack
+	staticStack := new(Stack)
+	staticStack.Middleware(Static("./static"))
+	staticApp := staticStack.Compile(staticTestServer)
+
+	// Request against it
+	request, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://localhost:3000/binary_file.png", nil)
+	status, _, body := staticApp(Env{"mango.request": &Request{request}})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if status != 200 {
+		t.Error("Expected status to equal 200, got:", status)
+	}
+
+	expected, err := ioutil.ReadFile("./static/binary_file.png")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if bytes.Compare([]byte(body), []byte(expected)) != 0 {
+		t.Error("Expected body to equal ./static/binary_file.png")
+	}
+}
+
 func BenchmarkStatic(b *testing.B) {
 	b.StopTimer()