diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDelete.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDelete.java
index 21be65a..c0a0c91 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDelete.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDelete.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class CordovaHttpDelete extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
             this.setupSecurity(request);
             request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
             request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
+            request.uncompress(true);
 
             int code = request.code();
             String body = request.body(CHARSET);
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDownload.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDownload.java
index d8a5128..64542df 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDownload.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpDownload.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class CordovaHttpDownload extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
             this.setupSecurity(request);
             request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
             request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
+            request.uncompress(true);
             int code = request.code();
 
             JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpGet.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpGet.java
index f6d1b09..28d73e9 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpGet.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpGet.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class CordovaHttpGet extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
             this.setupSecurity(request);
             request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
             request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
+            request.uncompress(true);
 
             int code = request.code();
             String body = request.body(CHARSET);
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpHead.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpHead.java
index 78c1a2d..9938dd4 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpHead.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpHead.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class CordovaHttpHead extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
             this.setupSecurity(request);
             request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
             request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
+            request.uncompress(true);
 
             int code = request.code();
             JSONObject response = new JSONObject();
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPost.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPost.java
index 156a8b2..e1970a1 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPost.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPost.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class CordovaHttpPost extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
             this.setupSecurity(request);
             request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
             request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
+            request.uncompress(true);
 
             if (new String("json").equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
                 request.contentType(request.CONTENT_TYPE_JSON, request.CHARSET_UTF8);
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPut.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPut.java
index a3dd15a..abf7983 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPut.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpPut.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class CordovaHttpPut extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
             this.setupSecurity(request);
             request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
             request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
+            request.uncompress(true);
 
             if (new String("json").equals(this.getSerializerName())) {
                 request.contentType(request.CONTENT_TYPE_JSON, request.CHARSET_UTF8);
diff --git a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpUpload.java b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpUpload.java
index 6c4340b..5d06250 100644
--- a/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpUpload.java
+++ b/src/android/com/synconset/cordovahttp/CordovaHttpUpload.java
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class CordovaHttpUpload extends CordovaHttp implements Runnable {
             this.setupSecurity(request);
             request.acceptCharset(CHARSET);
             request.headers(this.getHeadersMap());
+            request.uncompress(true);
 
             URI uri = new URI(filePath);