diff --git a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Backup/Mongodump/Mongodump.py b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Backup/Mongodump/Mongodump.py
index 92b2a2ce..b3db63db 100644
--- a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Backup/Mongodump/Mongodump.py
+++ b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Backup/Mongodump/Mongodump.py
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ def parse_mongodump_version(self):
         raise OperationError("Could not parse mongodump --version output!")
 
     def choose_compression(self):
-        if self.can_gzip():
+        if self.can_compress():
             if self.compression() == 'auto':
                 logging.info("Mongodump binary supports gzip compression, auto-enabling gzip compression")
                 self.compression('gzip')
         elif self.compression() == 'gzip':
             raise OperationError("mongodump gzip compression requested on binary that does not support gzip!")
 
-    def can_gzip(self):
+    def can_compress(self):
         if os.path.isfile(self.binary) and os.access(self.binary, os.X_OK):
-            logging.debug("Mongodump binary supports gzip")
+            logging.debug("Mongodump binary supports gzip compression")
             if tuple("3.2.0".split(".")) <= tuple(self.version.split(".")):
                 return True
             return False
diff --git a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Pipeline/Stage.py b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Pipeline/Stage.py
index 4fa7e334..602687a6 100644
--- a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Pipeline/Stage.py
+++ b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Pipeline/Stage.py
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ def close(self):
     def is_compressed(self):
         if self.has_task() and hasattr(self._task, "is_compressed"):
             return self._task.is_compressed()
+        return False
 
     def compression(self, task=None):
         if self.has_task() and hasattr(self._task, "compression"):
diff --git a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Pipeline/Task.py b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Pipeline/Task.py
index 56a45b48..42863718 100644
--- a/mongodb_consistent_backup/Pipeline/Task.py
+++ b/mongodb_consistent_backup/Pipeline/Task.py
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ def compression(self, method=None):
         return parse_method(self.compression_method)
 
     def is_compressed(self):
-        if self.compression() != 'none':
+        if self.compression() == 'auto' and hasattr(self, "can_compress"):
+            return self.can_compress()
+        elif self.compression() != 'none':
             return True
         return False