diff --git a/html/modules/custom/hr_paragraphs/src/Controller/ReliefwebController.php b/html/modules/custom/hr_paragraphs/src/Controller/ReliefwebController.php
index edee0bd6..625e1867 100644
--- a/html/modules/custom/hr_paragraphs/src/Controller/ReliefwebController.php
+++ b/html/modules/custom/hr_paragraphs/src/Controller/ReliefwebController.php
@@ -338,6 +338,9 @@ public function executeReliefwebQuery(array $parameters) : array {
         $endpoint,
         [
           'query' => $parameters,
+          'headers' => [
+            'accept-encoding' => 'gzip, deflate',
+          ],
         ]
       );
     }