my $response = $mediawiki->{ua}->get($download_url);
if ($response->code == HTTP_CODE_OK) {
- return $response->decoded_content;
+ # It is tempting to return
+ # $response->decoded_content({charset => "none"}), but
+ # when doing so, utf8::downgrade($content) fails with
+ # "Wide character in subroutine entry".
+ $response->decode();
+ return $response->content();
} else {
print {*STDERR} "Error downloading mediafile from :\n";
print {*STDERR} "URL: ${download_url}\n";