diff --git a/master.cfg b/master.cfg
index 5d1c5bb..46034f8 100644
--- a/master.cfg
+++ b/master.cfg
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ cc_re_tuple = (r'(PR [a-z]+/|PR ?|#)(\d+)',
 from buildbot.status import html
 from buildbot.status.web import authz, auth
 
+## The following class is a hack.  It is needed because Builbot's
+## webserver treats everything it doesn't know as text/html.  Sigh...
+class WebStatusWithTextDefault(html.WebStatus):
+    def setupSite(self):
+        result = html.WebStatus.setupSite(self)
+        self.site.resource.defaultType = "text/plain"
+        return result
+
 authz_cfg=authz.Authz(
     # change any of these to True to enable; see the manual for more
     # options
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ authz_cfg=authz.Authz(
     stopAllBuilds = True,
     cancelPendingBuild = True,
 )
-c['status'].append(html.WebStatus(http_port=8010, authz=authz_cfg))
+c['status'].append(WebStatusWithTextDefault (http_port=8010, authz=authz_cfg))
 
 #c['status'].append(html.WebStatus(http_port=8010,
 #				  forceBuild = True,