Geotrellis-Server's HTTP Response Header is always set to respond content in the application/octet-stream format. It would be preferable that the HTTP response mime-type matches the format parameter from the GetMap request.
For instance, .../service=WMS&version=1.3.0&request=GetMap&format=image/png ...
would generate a HTTP request with a Response Header set with a image/png Content-Type.