diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs
index 17ddec4b09..2e7a9d1511 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Host/Startup.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
 
             services.AddRouting(options => options.LowercaseUrls = true);
 
-            services.AddResponseCompression();
+            services.AddResponseCompression(options => options.EnableForHttps = true);
 
             services.AddCors(options =>
             {