diff --git a/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/IDataSerializer.cs b/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/IDataSerializer.cs
index 04fe19af19..999045ddac 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/IDataSerializer.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/IDataSerializer.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-using System;
-using System.IO;
+using System.IO;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction
 {
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/Handlers/BaseSerializationHandler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/Handlers/BaseSerializationHandler.cs
index 1a366c158f..212c731b7a 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/Handlers/BaseSerializationHandler.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/Handlers/BaseSerializationHandler.cs
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net.Handlers
                     break;
             }
         }
+
+        public override bool ShouldCompressResponse(string contentType)
+        {
+            return SerializationFormat != Handlers.SerializationFormat.Protobuf;
+        }
     }
 
     public enum SerializationFormat
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs
index 8896ebc5a2..daf5fcd24d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/Kernel.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Kernel;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Logging;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.IO;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
@@ -15,7 +16,6 @@ using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Resolvers;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Progress;
-using MediaBrowser.Common.Logging;
 
 namespace MediaBrowser.Controller
 {