diff --git a/OpenDirectoryDownloader/OpenDirectoryIndexer.cs b/OpenDirectoryDownloader/OpenDirectoryIndexer.cs
index 1e327dea..eb059bb2 100644
--- a/OpenDirectoryDownloader/OpenDirectoryIndexer.cs
+++ b/OpenDirectoryDownloader/OpenDirectoryIndexer.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
 using System.Text;
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ public OpenDirectoryIndexer(OpenDirectoryIndexerSettings openDirectoryIndexerSet
 
             HttpClientHandler = new HttpClientHandler
             {
-                ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (message, cert, chain, errors) => true
+                ServerCertificateCustomValidationCallback = (message, cert, chain, errors) => true,
+                AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate | DecompressionMethods.Brotli
             };
 
             HttpClient = new HttpClient(HttpClientHandler)
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ public OpenDirectoryIndexer(OpenDirectoryIndexerSettings openDirectoryIndexerSet
                 Timeout = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(OpenDirectoryIndexerSettings.Timeout)
             };
 
+            HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.AcceptEncoding.ParseAdd("gzip, deflate, br");
+
             if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(OpenDirectoryIndexerSettings.Username) && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(OpenDirectoryIndexerSettings.Password))
             {
                 HttpClient.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes($"{OpenDirectoryIndexerSettings.Username}:{OpenDirectoryIndexerSettings.Password}")));