diff --git a/src/Client.php b/src/Client.php
index 0d580a38cb..797dd1efab 100644
--- a/src/Client.php
+++ b/src/Client.php
@@ -582,6 +582,10 @@ public function setStream($streamfile = true)
      */
     public function getStream()
     {
+        if (!is_null($this->streamName)) {
+            return $this->streamName;
+        }
+
         return $this->config['outputstream'];
     }
 
@@ -834,10 +838,6 @@ public function send(Request $request = null)
                 if (!is_resource($stream) && is_string($stream)) {
                     $stream = fopen($stream, 'r');
                 }
-                if (!is_resource($stream)) {
-                    $stream = $this->getUri()->toString();
-                    $stream = fopen($stream, 'r');
-                }
                 $streamMetaData = stream_get_meta_data($stream);
                 if ($streamMetaData['seekable']) {
                     rewind($stream);
diff --git a/src/Response.php b/src/Response.php
index 539af7f7e2..0f6c8e3fed 100644
--- a/src/Response.php
+++ b/src/Response.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Http;
 
+use Zend\Stdlib\ErrorHandler;
 use Zend\Stdlib\ResponseInterface;
 
 /**
@@ -476,7 +477,17 @@ protected function decodeGzip($body)
             );
         }
 
-        return gzinflate(substr($body, 10));
+        ErrorHandler::start();
+        $return = gzinflate(substr($body, 10));
+        $test = ErrorHandler::stop();
+        if ($test) {
+            throw new Exception\RuntimeException(
+                'Error occurred during gzip inflation',
+                0,
+                $test
+            );
+        }
+        return $return;
     }
 
     /**