diff --git a/coc/http.py b/coc/http.py
index 3e863ebb..abb593f3 100644
--- a/coc/http.py
+++ b/coc/http.py
@@ -263,6 +263,7 @@ async def request(self, route, **kwargs):
         headers = {
             "Accept"       : "application/json",
             "authorization": "Bearer {}".format(next(self.keys)),
+            "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
         }
         kwargs["headers"] = headers