diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d1502b087..cbf3ce61a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+/.idea/
 vendor/
 composer.lock
diff --git a/lib/Gitlab/HttpClient/HttpClient.php b/lib/Gitlab/HttpClient/HttpClient.php
index 6b786227b..8a3508372 100644
--- a/lib/Gitlab/HttpClient/HttpClient.php
+++ b/lib/Gitlab/HttpClient/HttpClient.php
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ public function getLastResponse()
      */
     private function createRequest($httpMethod, $url, array $parameters, array $headers, array $files)
     {
-        if (empty($files)) {
+        if ($httpMethod === 'GET') {
             $request = new Request($httpMethod);
             $request->setContent(http_build_query($parameters));
         } else {