diff --git a/libs/shinkai-message-ts/src/http-client.ts b/libs/shinkai-message-ts/src/http-client.ts
index d8cff502e..1b8cf22aa 100644
--- a/libs/shinkai-message-ts/src/http-client.ts
+++ b/libs/shinkai-message-ts/src/http-client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import axios from "axios";
+import axios from 'axios';
 
 export const httpClient = axios.create({
   timeout: 2 * 60 * 1000, // 2 minutes
 });
+
+httpClient.defaults.headers.common['Accept-Encoding'] = 'gzip';