diff --git a/brozzler/browser.py b/brozzler/browser.py
index 0bff1f7..8a02753 100644
--- a/brozzler/browser.py
+++ b/brozzler/browser.py
@@ -154,18 +154,6 @@ class Browser:
                             "exception writing cookie file at %s",
                             cookie_location, exc_info=True)
 
-'''
-            local_state = {'browser':{'enabled_labs_experiments':['enable-brotli@2']}}
-            local_state_location = os.path.join(data_dir, 'Local State')
-            try:
-                with open(local_state_location, 'w+') as f:
-                    json.dump(local_state, f)
-            except OSError:
-                self.logger.error(
-                    "exception writing local state file at %s",
-                    local_state_location, exc_info=True)
-'''
-
             self._chrome_instance = Chrome(
                     port=self.chrome_port, executable=self.chrome_exe,
                     user_home_dir=self._work_dir.name,
@@ -473,7 +461,7 @@ __brzl_compileOutlinks(window).join(' ');
         self.send_to_chrome(method="Runtime.enable")
 
         headers = self.extra_headers or {}
-        headers['Accept-Encoding'] = 'identity'
+        headers['Accept-Encoding'] = 'gzip, deflate'
         self.send_to_chrome(
                 method="Network.setExtraHTTPHeaders",
                 params={"headers":headers})