diff --git a/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/classes/request.rs b/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/classes/request.rs
index 96c70f2f..f57c982e 100644
--- a/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/classes/request.rs
+++ b/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/classes/request.rs
@@ -556,7 +556,12 @@ mod request {
 		pub async fn text<'js>(&self, ctx: Ctx<'js>, args: Rest<()>) -> Result<String> {
 			let data = self.take_buffer(ctx).await?;
 
-			Ok(String::from_utf8(data.to_vec())?)
+			// Skip UTF-BOM
+			if data.starts_with(&[0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF]) {
+				Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&data[3..]).into_owned())
+			} else {
+				Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&data).into_owned())
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/classes/response/mod.rs b/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/classes/response/mod.rs
index e92d198e..87a0223b 100644
--- a/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/classes/response/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/classes/response/mod.rs
@@ -221,7 +221,12 @@ pub mod response {
 		pub async fn text<'js>(&self, ctx: Ctx<'js>, args: Rest<()>) -> Result<String> {
 			let data = self.take_buffer(ctx).await?;
 
-			Ok(String::from_utf8(data.to_vec())?)
+			// Skip UTF-BOM
+			if data.starts_with(&[0xEF, 0xBB, 0xBF]) {
+				Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&data[3..]).into_owned())
+			} else {
+				Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&data).into_owned())
+			}
 		}
 
 		// Returns a promise with the response body as text
diff --git a/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/stream.rs b/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/stream.rs
index 6f088587..542d7e9d 100644
--- a/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/stream.rs
+++ b/lib/src/fnc/script/fetch/stream.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,11 @@ impl<R: Clone + 'static + Send + Sync> ReadableStream<R> {
 	pub fn tee(&mut self) -> (ReadableStream<R>, impl Future<Output = ()>) {
 		// replace the stream with a channel driven by as task.
 		// TODO: figure out how backpressure works in the stream API.
-		let (send_a, recv_a) = channel::bounded::<R>(16);
-		let (send_b, recv_b) = channel::bounded::<R>(16);
+
+		// Unbounded, otherwise when one channel gets awaited it might block forever because the
+		// other channel fills up.
+		let (send_a, recv_a) = channel::unbounded::<R>();
+		let (send_b, recv_b) = channel::unbounded::<R>();
 		let new_stream = Box::pin(ChannelStream(recv_a));
 		let mut old_stream = std::mem::replace(&mut self.0, new_stream);
 		let drive = async move {