diff --git a/brozzler/browser.py b/brozzler/browser.py
index ad5f852..1fa1f4a 100644
--- a/brozzler/browser.py
+++ b/brozzler/browser.py
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ __brzl_compileOutlinks(window).join(' ');
         self.send_to_chrome(method="Runtime.enable")
 
         headers = self.extra_headers or {}
-        headers['Accept-Encoding'] = 'gzip, deflate'
+        headers['Accept-Encoding'] = 'identity'
         self.send_to_chrome(
                 method="Network.setExtraHTTPHeaders",
                 params={"headers":self.extra_headers})