diff --git a/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/BaseClient.cs b/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/BaseClient.cs
index b552bf32f0..8799ca5412 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/BaseClient.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction/BaseClient.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.ApiInteraction
 
         public BaseClient(HttpClientHandler clientHandler)
         {
-            clientHandler.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip;
+            clientHandler.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.Deflate;
 
             HttpClient = new HttpClient(clientHandler);
         }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/Handlers/BaseHandler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/Handlers/BaseHandler.cs
index 0bf7406ec0..ca88637dba 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/Handlers/BaseHandler.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/Handlers/BaseHandler.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net.Handlers
             }
         }
 
-        public virtual bool GzipResponse
+        public virtual bool CompressResponse
         {
             get
             {
@@ -92,11 +92,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net.Handlers
 
         private void WriteReponse(Stream stream)
         {
-            if (GzipResponse)
+            if (CompressResponse)
             {
-                using (GZipStream gzipStream = new GZipStream(stream, CompressionMode.Compress, false))
+                using (DeflateStream compressedStream = new DeflateStream(stream, CompressionLevel.Fastest, false))
                 {
-                    WriteResponseToOutputStream(gzipStream);
+                    WriteResponseToOutputStream(compressedStream);
                 }
             }
             else
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/RequestContext.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/RequestContext.cs
index 1d1b8d02f2..e00dac02aa 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/RequestContext.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Net/RequestContext.cs
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Net
             {
                 Response.SendChunked = true;
 
-                if (handler.GzipResponse)
+                if (handler.CompressResponse)
                 {
-                    Response.AddHeader("Content-Encoding", "gzip");
+                    Response.AddHeader("Content-Encoding", "deflate");
                 }
 
                 if (cacheDuration.Ticks > 0)