diff --git a/proxy/handler.go b/proxy/handler.go
index d9cd62a..1469212 100644
--- a/proxy/handler.go
+++ b/proxy/handler.go
@@ -198,18 +198,15 @@ func (h *ProxyHandler) rewriteContent(body []byte, targetURL, contentType, token
 func (h *ProxyHandler) readResponseBody(resp *http.Response) ([]byte, error) {
     var reader io.Reader = resp.Body
     
-    encoding := strings.ToLower(resp.Header.Get("Content-Encoding"))
-    if strings.Contains(encoding, "gzip") {
+    if resp.Header.Get("Content-Encoding") == "gzip" {
         gzReader, err := gzip.NewReader(resp.Body)
-        if err != nil {
-            return nil, err
+        if err == nil {
+            defer gzReader.Close()
+            reader = gzReader
         }
-        defer gzReader.Close()
-        reader = gzReader
     }
     
     limitReader := io.LimitReader(reader, h.maxResponseSize)
-    
     return io.ReadAll(limitReader)
 }
 
@@ -217,7 +214,6 @@ func (h *ProxyHandler) setProxyHeaders(proxyReq, originalReq *http.Request) {
     headersToForward := []string{
         "Accept",
         "Accept-Language",
-        "Accept-Encoding",
         "Cache-Control",
     }
     
@@ -227,6 +223,7 @@ func (h *ProxyHandler) setProxyHeaders(proxyReq, originalReq *http.Request) {
         }
     }
     
+    proxyReq.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
     proxyReq.Header.Set("User-Agent", h.userAgent)
     proxyReq.Header.Del("X-Forwarded-For")
     proxyReq.Header.Del("X-Real-IP")