diff --git a/http/json-codec/project.clj b/http/json-codec/project.clj
index 0992187..4db2d06 100644
--- a/http/json-codec/project.clj
+++ b/http/json-codec/project.clj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(defproject house.jux/http.json-codec "2024.07.15"
+(defproject house.jux/http.json-codec "2024.10.07"
 
   :description "Ring-style wrapper to transparently encode and decode JSON to/from Clojure values."
   :url "https://github.com/klauswuestefeld/simple-clj/tree/master/http/json-codec"
diff --git a/http/json-codec/src/house/jux__/http/json_codec__.clj b/http/json-codec/src/house/jux__/http/json_codec__.clj
index 2927215..37ecdb4 100644
--- a/http/json-codec/src/house/jux__/http/json_codec__.clj
+++ b/http/json-codec/src/house/jux__/http/json_codec__.clj
@@ -4,23 +4,30 @@
   (:import
    [java.io BufferedReader BufferedWriter InputStream InputStreamReader OutputStreamWriter PipedInputStream PipedOutputStream]))
 
+(defn- input-stream? [value]
+  (instance? InputStream value))
+
+(defn- pipe-json [value]
+  (let [input  (PipedInputStream. (* 1024 32)) ; 32k buffer
+        output (-> input PipedOutputStream. OutputStreamWriter. BufferedWriter.)]
+    (future
+      (try
+        (json/generate-stream value output)
+        (finally (.close output))))
+    input))
+
 (defn- pipe-json-if-necessary [value]
-  (if (nil? value)
-    "null"
-    (let [input  (PipedInputStream. (* 1024 32)) ; 32k buffer
-          output (-> input PipedOutputStream. OutputStreamWriter. BufferedWriter.)]
-      (future
-        (try
-          (json/generate-stream value output)
-          (finally (.close output))))
-      input)))
+  (cond
+    (nil? value) "null"
+    (input-stream? value) value
+    :else (pipe-json value)))
 
 (defn- decode [input]
   (-> input InputStreamReader. BufferedReader. (json/parse-stream keyword)))
 
 (defn- decode-if-necessary [body]
   (cond-> body
-    (instance? InputStream body) decode))
+    (input-stream? body) decode))
 
 (defn wrap [delegate]
   (fn [request]