diff --git a/pkg/ext/compression.go b/pkg/ext/compression.go
index 57ad49ad64f6654f9ec39ea50af972f0739d5e44..9e933ef22eb9cfc94962fe018fff50503e11db6e 100644
--- a/pkg/ext/compression.go
+++ b/pkg/ext/compression.go
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ }
 
 func Compress(next http.HandlerFunc) http.HandlerFunc {
 	return func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+
+		// TODO: hand this better
+		if strings.HasSuffix(r.URL.Path, ".tar.gz") {
+			next(w, r)
+			return
+		}
+
 		if accept, ok := r.Header["Accept-Encoding"]; ok {
 			if compress, algo := GetCompressionWriter(u.FirstOrZero(accept), w); algo != "" {
 				defer compress.Close()