diff --git a/lib/handlers/get.js b/lib/handlers/get.js
index 3bc7fbfb..a108bcc6 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/get.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/get.js
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ async function handler (req, res, next) {
       RDFs.includes(contentType) && !isHtmlResource && !ldp.suppressDataBrowser)
 
     if (useDataBrowser) {
-      res.set('Content-Type', 'text/html')
+      res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html')
       const defaultDataBrowser = require.resolve('mashlib/dist/databrowser.html')
       const dataBrowserPath = ldp.dataBrowserPath === 'default' ? defaultDataBrowser : ldp.dataBrowserPath
       debug('   sending data browser file: ' + dataBrowserPath)
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ async function handler (req, res, next) {
     let headers = {
       'Content-Type': contentType
     }
+
     if (contentRange) {
       headers = {
         ...headers,
@@ -125,16 +126,17 @@ async function handler (req, res, next) {
         'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes',
         'Content-Length': chunksize
       }
-      res.statusCode = 206
+      res.status(206)
     }
 
-    if (prep & isRdf(contentType) && !res.sendEvents({
+    if (prep && isRdf(contentType) && !res.sendEvents({
       config: { prep: prepConfig },
       body: stream,
       isBodyStream: true,
       headers
     })) return
-    res.set(headers)
+
+    res.writeHead(res.statusCode, headers) // res.set sneds 'charset'
     return stream.pipe(res)
   }