diff --git a/cmd/gcsproxy/main.go b/cmd/gcsproxy/main.go
index c71f2ea..fcca5c0 100644
--- a/cmd/gcsproxy/main.go
+++ b/cmd/gcsproxy/main.go
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@ func proxy(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			u = u + "/"
 		}
 
-		obj = client.Bucket(params["bucket"]).Object(u + *indexPage)
+		obj = client.Bucket(params["bucket"]).Object(u + *indexPage).ReadCompressed(acceptsGzip(r))
 		attr, err = obj.Attrs(ctx)
 
 		if err == storage.ErrObjectNotExist {
-			obj = client.Bucket(params["bucket"]).Object(*indexPage)
+			obj = client.Bucket(params["bucket"]).Object(*indexPage).ReadCompressed(acceptsGzip(r))
 			attr, err = obj.Attrs(ctx)
 		}
 	}