diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0c186f06..eea952d5b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <major.minor.version>${major.version}.${minor.version}</major.minor.version>
         <major.version>4</major.version>
         <minor.version>1</minor.version>
-        <build.version>0</build.version>
+        <build.version>1</build.version>
 
         <ontology.version>4.1.0</ontology.version>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/aksw/iguana/cc/utils/http/StreamEntityProducer.java b/src/main/java/org/aksw/iguana/cc/utils/http/StreamEntityProducer.java
index 5996d2b9e..08e41f42c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/aksw/iguana/cc/utils/http/StreamEntityProducer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/aksw/iguana/cc/utils/http/StreamEntityProducer.java
@@ -39,13 +39,11 @@ public class StreamEntityProducer implements AsyncEntityProducer {
      * @param streamSupplier the input stream supplier, should be repeatable
      * @param chunked        whether the entity data should be sent in chunks
      */
-    public StreamEntityProducer(Supplier<InputStream> streamSupplier, boolean chunked, String contentType) throws IOException {
+    public StreamEntityProducer(Supplier<InputStream> streamSupplier, boolean chunked, String contentType) {
         this.streamSupplier = streamSupplier;
         this.chunked = chunked;
         this.contentType = contentType;
-        if (!chunked) {
-            content = (streamSupplier.get() instanceof ByteArrayListInputStream) ? (ByteArrayListInputStream) streamSupplier.get() : null;
-        }
+        if (!chunked) loadContent();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -132,7 +130,8 @@ public int available() {
     @Override
     public void produce(DataStreamChannel channel) throws IOException {
         // handling of non-chunked request
-        if (content != null) {
+        if (!chunked) {
+            if (content == null) loadContent(); // might be necessary if the producer is reused
             ByteBuffer buffer = content.getCurrentBuffer();
             while (channel.write(buffer) > 0) {
                 if (!buffer.hasRemaining()) {
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ public void produce(DataStreamChannel channel) throws IOException {
         }
 
         // handling of chunked request
-        if (chunked && currentStream == null) {
+        if (currentStream == null) {
             currentStream = streamSupplier.get();
         }
 
@@ -162,4 +161,8 @@ public void produce(DataStreamChannel channel) throws IOException {
             channel.endStream();
         }
     }
+
+    private void loadContent() {
+        content = (ByteArrayListInputStream) streamSupplier.get();
+    }
 }
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