diff --git a/drpc-beacon-proxy/proxy.py b/drpc-beacon-proxy/proxy.py
index 15109c86..8cbfda91 100644
--- a/drpc-beacon-proxy/proxy.py
+++ b/drpc-beacon-proxy/proxy.py
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import os
 import logging
-from flask import Flask, request, Response
 import requests
+import gzip
+import io
+from flask import Flask, request, Response
 
 # Setup logging
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format="%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s")
@@ -21,8 +23,10 @@ def proxy(subpath):
     params = request.args.to_dict()
     params["dkey"] = DKEY
 
-    # Forward headers (except Host) and body
+    # Forward headers (except Host), remove Accept-Encoding to force uncompressed response
     headers = {k: v for k, v in request.headers if k.lower() != "host"}
+    headers.pop("Accept-Encoding", None)  # Prevent gzip response from upstream
+
     data = request.get_data() if request.method in ["POST", "PUT", "PATCH"] else None
 
     # Debug logs
@@ -36,14 +40,28 @@ def proxy(subpath):
     try:
         # Forward the request
         resp = requests.request(
-            method=request.method, url=url, params=params, headers=headers, data=data
+            method=request.method, url=url, params=params, headers=headers, data=data, stream=True
         )
 
+        # Handle gzip responses
+        content_encoding = resp.headers.get("Content-Encoding", "")
+        if "gzip" in content_encoding:
+            logging.debug("Decompressing Gzip response")
+            buffer = io.BytesIO(resp.content)
+            with gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=buffer, mode="rb") as gzipped_file:
+                decompressed_content = gzipped_file.read()
+        else:
+            decompressed_content = resp.content
+
         logging.debug(f"Response Status: {resp.status_code}")
         logging.debug(f"Response Headers: {dict(resp.headers)}")
-        logging.debug(f"Response Body: {resp.text[:500]}")  # Limit log size
+        logging.debug(f"Response Body (first 500 chars): {decompressed_content[:500]}")
+
+        # Remove gzip encoding from response headers
+        response_headers = {k: v for k, v in resp.headers.items() if k.lower() != "content-encoding"}
+
+        return Response(decompressed_content, resp.status_code, response_headers.items())
 
-        return Response(resp.content, resp.status_code, resp.headers.items())
     except requests.RequestException as e:
         logging.error(f"Request failed: {e}")
         return Response(f"Error: {str(e)}", status=500)
@@ -51,3 +69,4 @@ def proxy(subpath):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     logging.info(f"Starting proxy on port 80, forwarding to {TARGET_URL}")
     app.run(host="0.0.0.0", port=80, debug=True)
+