--- a/pkg/geoserver/boot.go	Wed Oct 03 02:04:20 2018 +0200
+++ b/pkg/geoserver/boot.go	Wed Oct 03 13:08:23 2018 +0200
@@ -366,6 +366,14 @@
 
 func updateStyle(entry *models.IntEntry, create bool) error {
 
+	log.Printf("creating style %s\n", entry.Name)
+
+	// Try to load the style data.
+	data, err := entry.LoadStyle()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	var (
 		geoURL   = config.GeoServerURL()
 		user     = config.GeoServerUser()
@@ -373,8 +381,6 @@
 		auth     = basicAuth(user, password)
 	)
 
-	log.Printf("creating style %s\n", entry.Name)
-
 	styleURL := geoURL + "/rest/workspaces/" + workspaceName +
 		"/styles"
 
@@ -422,12 +428,12 @@
 	req, err := http.NewRequest(
 		http.MethodPut,
 		styleURL+"/"+url.PathEscape(entry.Name),
-		strings.NewReader(entry.Style.String))
+		strings.NewReader(data))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	auth(req)
-	if isSymbologyEncoding(entry.Style.String) {
+	if isSymbologyEncoding(data) {
 		asContentType(req, "application/vnd.ogc.se+xml")
 	} else {
 		asContentType(req, "application/vnd.ogc.sld+xml")