diff --git a/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/StaticResourceProvider.cs b/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/StaticResourceProvider.cs
index 1c0c553384..19ee7f5d13 100644
--- a/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/StaticResourceProvider.cs
+++ b/NzbDrone.Api/Frontend/StaticResourceProvider.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public Response ProcessStaticResourceRequest(NancyContext context, string workin
                         response.Headers.DisableCache();
                     }
 
-                    return response;
+                    return response.CompressResponse(context.Request);
                 }
 
                 _logger.Warn("File {0} not found", filePath);