diff --git a/runpod/http_client.py b/runpod/http_client.py
index 0621fccd..d6455f00 100644
--- a/runpod/http_client.py
+++ b/runpod/http_client.py
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ def get_auth_header():
         "Content-Type": "application/json",
         "Authorization": auth,
         "User-Agent": USER_AGENT,
+        "Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
     }
 
-
 def AsyncClientSession(*args, **kwargs):  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     """
     Deprecation from aiohttp.ClientSession forbids inheritance.
@@ -50,4 +50,4 @@ class SyncClientSession(requests.Session):
     """
     Inherits requests.Session to override `request()` method for tracing
     """
-    pass
\ No newline at end of file
+    pass