--- a/OrthancServer/OrthancRestApi.cpp	Fri Dec 14 11:24:24 2012 +0100
+++ b/OrthancServer/OrthancRestApi.cpp	Fri Dec 14 15:15:48 2012 +0100
@@ -758,22 +758,29 @@
     RETRIEVE_CONTEXT(call);
 
     const std::string& postData = call.GetPostBody();
+    if (postData.size() == 0)
+    {
+      return;
+    }
 
     LOG(INFO) << "Receiving a DICOM file of " << postData.size() << " bytes through HTTP";
 
-    // Prepare an input stream for the memory buffer
-    DcmInputBufferStream is;
-    if (postData.size() > 0)
+    DcmFileFormat dicomFile;
+
     {
+      // Prepare an input stream for the memory buffer
+      DcmInputBufferStream is;
       is.setBuffer(&postData[0], postData.size());
-    }
-    is.setEos();
+      is.setEos();
 
-    DcmFileFormat dicomFile;
-    if (!dicomFile.read(is).good())
-    {
-      call.GetOutput().SignalError(Orthanc_HttpStatus_415_UnsupportedMediaType);
-      return;
+      dicomFile.transferInit();
+      if (!dicomFile.read(is).good())
+      {
+        call.GetOutput().SignalError(Orthanc_HttpStatus_415_UnsupportedMediaType);
+        return;
+      }
+      dicomFile.loadAllDataIntoMemory();
+      dicomFile.transferEnd();
     }
 
     DicomMap dicomSummary;
@@ -788,9 +795,9 @@
     if (postData.size() > 0)
     {
       status = context.Store
-        (reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&postData[0]),
-         postData.size(), dicomSummary, dicomJson, "");
-    }
+        (reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&postData[0]), postData.size(), 
+         dicomSummary, dicomJson, "");
+    }   
 
     Json::Value result = Json::objectValue;