diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7f672a8..4bce1a0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.3.5] - 2023-12-20
+### Fixed
+* The `FileCache` can now also read uncompressed cache files when compression is activated.
+
 ## [1.3.4] - 2023-12-19
 ### Fixed
 * Reset paginator state after finishing paginating for one base input, to enable paginating multiple listings of the same structure.
diff --git a/src/Cache/FileCache.php b/src/Cache/FileCache.php
index 6c61786..8ed4dd0 100644
--- a/src/Cache/FileCache.php
+++ b/src/Cache/FileCache.php
@@ -209,6 +209,12 @@ protected function encode(string $content): string
      */
     protected function decode(string $content): string
     {
+        $isEncoded = 0 === mb_strpos($content, "\x1f" . "\x8b" . "\x08", 0, "US-ASCII");
+
+        if (!$isEncoded) {
+            return $content;
+        }
+
         if (!function_exists('gzdecode')) {
             throw new MissingZlibExtensionException('FileCache compression needs PHP ext-zlib installed.');
         }
diff --git a/tests/Cache/FileCacheTest.php b/tests/Cache/FileCacheTest.php
index 92e2e14..99ac56d 100644
--- a/tests/Cache/FileCacheTest.php
+++ b/tests/Cache/FileCacheTest.php
@@ -300,6 +300,30 @@ function helper_respondedRequestWithRequestUrl(string $requestUrl): RespondedReq
     expect(Http::getBodyString($retrievedCacheItem))->toBe('Hello World');
 });
 
+it('is also able to decode uncompressed cache files when useCompression() is used', function () {
+    $cache = new FileCache(helper_cachedir());
+
+    $respondedRequest = new RespondedRequest(new Request('GET', '/yo'), new Response(body: Utils::streamFor('Yo')));
+
+    $cache->set($respondedRequest->cacheKey(), $respondedRequest);
+
+    $retrievedCacheItem = $cache->get($respondedRequest->cacheKey());
+
+    expect($retrievedCacheItem)
+        ->toBeInstanceOf(RespondedRequest::class)
+        ->and(Http::getBodyString($retrievedCacheItem))
+        ->toBe('Yo');
+
+    $cache->useCompression();
+
+    $retrievedCacheItem = $cache->get($respondedRequest->cacheKey());
+
+    expect($retrievedCacheItem)
+        ->toBeInstanceOf(RespondedRequest::class)
+        ->and(Http::getBodyString($retrievedCacheItem))
+        ->toBe('Yo');
+});
+
 test('you can change the default ttl', function () {
     $cache = new FileCache(helper_cachedir());