diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9b3e37d..f7ac83e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,11 +3,22 @@ module github.com/emeralt/npm-cache-proxy
 go 1.12
 
 require (
+	github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.1
+	github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.0.0-20190301062529-5545eab6dad3 // indirect
 	github.com/gin-contrib/zap v0.0.0-20190405225521-7c4b822813e7
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.3.0
 	github.com/go-redis/redis v6.15.2+incompatible
+	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.7 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3 // indirect
+	github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.9.1
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190418165655-df01cb2cc480 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190420063019-afa5a82059c6 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190412183630-56d357773e84 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190419153524-e8e3143a4f4a // indirect
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 26da0fc..c1cd917 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.1 h1:ezvKOL6jH+jlzdHNE4h9h8q8uMpDQjyl0NN0Jd7jozc=
+github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.1/go.mod h1:fGBJBCdt6qCZuCAOwWuFhBB4OOq9EFqlo5dEaFhhu5w=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.0.0-20170109093832-22d885f9ecc7 h1:AzN37oI0cOS+cougNAV9szl6CVoj2RYwzS3DpUQNtlY=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.0.0-20170109093832-22d885f9ecc7/go.mod h1:VJ0WA2NBN22VlZ2dKZQPAPnyWw5XTlK1KymzLKsr59s=
+github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.0.0-20190301062529-5545eab6dad3 h1:t8FVkw33L+wilf2QiWkw0UV77qRpcH/JHPKGpKa2E8g=
+github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.0.0-20190301062529-5545eab6dad3/go.mod h1:VJ0WA2NBN22VlZ2dKZQPAPnyWw5XTlK1KymzLKsr59s=
 github.com/gin-contrib/zap v0.0.0-20190405225521-7c4b822813e7 h1:v6rNWmMnVDBVMc1pUUSCTobu2p4BukiPMwoj0pLqBhA=
 github.com/gin-contrib/zap v0.0.0-20190405225521-7c4b822813e7/go.mod h1:pQKeeey3PeRN2SbZe1jWiIkTJkylO9hL1K0Hf4Wbtt4=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.3.0 h1:kCmZyPklC0gVdL728E6Aj20uYBJV93nj/TkwBTKhFbs=
@@ -9,11 +14,16 @@ github.com/go-redis/redis v6.15.2+incompatible h1:9SpNVG76gr6InJGxoZ6IuuxaCOQwDA
 github.com/go-redis/redis v6.15.2+incompatible/go.mod h1:NAIEuMOZ/fxfXJIrKDQDz8wamY7mA7PouImQ2Jvg6kA=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0 h1:P3YflyNX/ehuJFLhxviNdFxQPkGK5cDcApsge1SqnvM=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.2.0/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1 h1:YF8+flBXS5eO826T4nzqPrxfhQThhXl0YzfuUPu4SBg=
+github.com/golang/protobuf v1.3.1/go.mod h1:6lQm79b+lXiMfvg/cZm0SGofjICqVBUtrP5yJMmIC1U=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0 h1:Z8tu5sraLXCXIcARxBp/8cbvlwVa7Z1NHg9XEKhtSvM=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:PxqpIevigyE2G7u3NXJIT2ANytuPF1OarO4DADm73n8=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.5/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
+github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.6/go.mod h1:+SdeFBvtyEkXs7REEP0seUULqWtbJapLOCVDaaPEHmU=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4 h1:bnP0vzxcAdeI1zdubAl5PjU6zsERjGZb7raWodagDYs=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.4/go.mod h1:M+lRXTBqGeGNdLjl/ufCoiOlB5xdOkqRJdNxMWT7Zi4=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.7 h1:UvyT9uN+3r7yLEYSlJsbQGdsaB/a0DlgWP3pql6iwOc=
+github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.7/go.mod h1:Iq45c/XA43vh69/j3iqttzPXn0bhXyGjM0Hdxcsrc5s=
 github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd/go.mod h1:6dJC0mAP4ikYIbvyc7fijjWJddQyLn8Ig3JB5CqoB9Q=
 github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.1/go.mod h1:bx2lNnkwVCuqBIxFjflWJWanXIb3RllmbCylyMrvgv0=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.0/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
@@ -22,7 +32,11 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3 h1:ZlrZ4XsMRm04Fr5pSFxBgfND2EBVa1nLpiy1stUsX/8=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v0.0.3/go.mod h1:1l0Ry5zgKvJasoi3XT1TypsSe7PqH0Sj9dhYf7v3XqQ=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3 h1:zPAT6CGy6wXeQ7NtTnaTerfKOsV6V6F8agHXFiazDkg=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.3/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.2.0/go.mod h1:qt09Ya8vawLte6SNmTgCsAVtYtaKzEcn8ATUoHMkEqE=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
+github.com/ugorji/go/codec v0.0.0-20181022190402-e5e69e061d4f/go.mod h1:VFNgLljTbGfSG7qAOspJ7OScBnGdDN/yBr0sguwnwf0=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v0.0.0-20181209151446-772ced7fd4c2 h1:EICbibRW4JNKMcY+LsWmuwob+CRS1BmdRdjphAm9mH4=
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v0.0.0-20181209151446-772ced7fd4c2/go.mod h1:VFNgLljTbGfSG7qAOspJ7OScBnGdDN/yBr0sguwnwf0=
 go.uber.org/atomic v1.3.2 h1:2Oa65PReHzfn29GpvgsYwloV9AVFHPDk8tYxt2c2tr4=
@@ -31,12 +45,24 @@ go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0 h1:HoEmRHQPVSqub6w2z2d2EOVs2fjyFRGyofhKuyDq0QI=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.1.0/go.mod h1:wR5kodmAFQ0UK8QlbwjlSNy0Z68gJhDJUG5sjR94q/0=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.9.1 h1:XCJQEf3W6eZaVwhRBof6ImoYGJSITeKWsyeh3HFu/5o=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.9.1/go.mod h1:vwi/ZaCAaUcBkycHslxD9B2zi4UTXhF60s6SWpuDF0Q=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190418165655-df01cb2cc480/go.mod h1:WFFai1msRO1wXaEeE5yQxYXgSfI8pQAWXbQop6sCtWE=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20181220203305-927f97764cc3/go.mod h1:mL1N/T3taQHkDXs73rZJwtUhF3w3ftmwwsq0BUmARs4=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190420063019-afa5a82059c6/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20181221193216-37e7f081c4d4/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190412183630-56d357773e84/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181221143128-b4a75ba826a6/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20181228144115-9a3f9b0469bb/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190222072716-a9d3bda3a223/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190403152447-81d4e9dc473e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190419153524-e8e3143a4f4a/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/go-playground/assert.v1 v1.2.1/go.mod h1:9RXL0bg/zibRAgZUYszZSwO/z8Y/a8bDuhia5mkpMnE=
 gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v8 v8.18.2 h1:lFB4DoMU6B626w8ny76MV7VX6W2VHct2GVOI3xgiMrQ=
 gopkg.in/go-playground/validator.v8 v8.18.2/go.mod h1:RX2a/7Ha8BgOhfk7j780h4/u/RRjR0eouCJSH80/M2Y=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2 h1:ZCJp+EgiOT7lHqUV2J862kp8Qj64Jo6az82+3Td9dZw=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.2.2/go.mod h1:hI93XBmqTisBFMUTm0b8Fm+jr3Dg1NNxqwp+5A1VGuI=
diff --git a/proxy/cache.go b/proxy/cache.go
index 1c89dc9..f8ce17d 100644
--- a/proxy/cache.go
+++ b/proxy/cache.go
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 package proxy
 
 import (
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 )
 
 // GetMetadata returns cached NPM response for a given package path
-func (proxy Proxy) GetMetadata(name string, originalPath string, header http.Header) ([]byte, error) {
+func (proxy Proxy) GetMetadata(name string, originalPath string, request *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
 	options, err := proxy.GetOptions()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	key := options.DatabasePrefix + name
+
 	// get package from database
-	pkg, err := proxy.Database.Get(options.DatabasePrefix + name)
+	pkg, err := proxy.Database.Get(key)
 
 	// either package doesn't exist or there's some other problem
 	if err != nil {
@@ -29,18 +33,24 @@ func (proxy Proxy) GetMetadata(name string, originalPath string, header http.Hea
 		// fetch package
 		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", options.UpstreamAddress+originalPath, nil)
 
-		// inherit headers from request
-		req.Header = header
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		req.Header = request.Header
+		req.Header.Set("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
 
 		res, err := proxy.HttpClient.Do(req)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-
 		defer res.Body.Close()
+
+		if res.Header.Get("Content-Encoding") == "gzip" {
+			zr, err := gzip.NewReader(res.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+			}
+
+			res.Body = zr
+		}
+
 		body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
@@ -50,11 +60,7 @@ func (proxy Proxy) GetMetadata(name string, originalPath string, header http.Hea
 		pkg = string(body)
 
 		// save to redis
-		err = proxy.Database.Set(
-			options.DatabasePrefix+name,
-			pkg,
-			options.DatabaseExpiration,
-		)
+		err = proxy.Database.Set(key, pkg, options.DatabaseExpiration)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/proxy/server.go b/proxy/server.go
index e08e626..c90d3db 100644
--- a/proxy/server.go
+++ b/proxy/server.go
@@ -37,20 +37,17 @@ func (proxy Proxy) GetPackageHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 		name = c.Param("scope")
 	}
 
-	pkg, err := proxy.GetMetadata(name, c.Request.URL.Path, c.Request.Header)
+	pkg, err := proxy.GetMetadata(name, c.Request.URL.Path, c.Request)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		c.AbortWithError(500, err)
 	} else {
+		// c.Header("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
 		c.Data(200, "application/json", pkg)
 	}
 }
 
 func (proxy Proxy) NoRouteHandler(c *gin.Context) {
-	// if strings.Contains(c.Request.URL.Path, ".tgz") {
-	// 	proxy.GetPackageHandler(c)
-	// } else
-
 	if c.Request.URL.Path == "/" {
 		err := proxy.Database.Health()
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 39a5226..7c1337f 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	npmproxy "github.com/emeralt/npm-cache-proxy/proxy"
-	"github.com/go-redis/redis"
+	redis "github.com/go-redis/redis"
 )
 
 func main() {