diff --git a/lib/panoptikon.nix b/lib/panoptikon.nix
index 6a23a24..659cae5 100644
--- a/lib/panoptikon.nix
+++ b/lib/panoptikon.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     nick ? ''"$PANOPTIKON_WATCHER"-watcher'',
   }:
     pkgs.writers.writeDash "kpaste-irc-reporter" ''
-      ${niveumPackages.kpaste}/bin/kpaste \
+      KPASTE_CONTENT_TYPE=text/plain ${niveumPackages.kpaste}/bin/kpaste \
         | ${pkgs.gnused}/bin/sed -n "${
         if retiolumLink
         then "2"
diff --git a/packages/kpaste.nix b/packages/kpaste.nix
index 54d7f28..0d9053d 100644
--- a/packages/kpaste.nix
+++ b/packages/kpaste.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   writers,
 }:
 writers.writeDashBin "kpaste" ''
-  ${curl}/bin/curl -sS http://p.r --data-binary @"''${1:--}" |
+  ${curl}/bin/curl -sS http://p.r --data-binary @"''${1:--}" \
+    -H "Content-Type-Override: ''${KPASTE_CONTENT_TYPE-}"
   ${gnused}/bin/sed '$ {p;s|http://p.r|https://p.krebsco.de|}'
 ''