diff --git a/client/build.sh b/client/build.sh
index d1124e3..a894253 100755
--- a/client/build.sh
+++ b/client/build.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ WRAPPER_SOURCE="main.js"
 
 EXPORTED_FUNCS="_load_certs,_perform_request"
 RUNTIME_METHODS="addFunction,removeFunction,allocate,ALLOC_NORMAL"
-COMPILER_OPTIONS="-o $MODULE_FILE -lcurl -lssl -lcrypto -lcjson -I $INCLUDE_DIR -L $LIB_DIR"
+COMPILER_OPTIONS="-o $MODULE_FILE -lcurl -lssl -lcrypto -lcjson -lz -lbrotlidec -lbrotlicommon -I $INCLUDE_DIR -L $LIB_DIR"
 EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS="-lwebsocket.js -sSINGLE_FILE -sASYNCIFY -sALLOW_TABLE_GROWTH -sEXPORTED_FUNCTIONS=$EXPORTED_FUNCS -sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=$RUNTIME_METHODS"
 
 #ensure deps are compiled
diff --git a/client/main.c b/client/main.c
index e9baf71..c7e1036 100644
--- a/client/main.c
+++ b/client/main.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ void perform_request(const char* url, const char* json_params, DataCallback data
 
   //some default options
   curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
+  curl_easy_setopt(http_handle, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
 
   //parse json options
   cJSON* request_json = cJSON_Parse(json_params);
diff --git a/client/tools/all_deps.sh b/client/tools/all_deps.sh
index 33e53e5..e59f563 100755
--- a/client/tools/all_deps.sh
+++ b/client/tools/all_deps.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ mkdir -p build
 OPENSSL_PREFIX=$(realpath build/openssl-wasm)
 CJSON_PREFIX=$(realpath build/cjson-wasm)
 CURL_PREFIX=$(realpath build/curl-wasm)
+ZLIB_PREFIX=$(realpath build/zlib-wasm)
+BROTLI_PREFIX=$(realpath build/brotli-wasm)
 
 if [ ! -d $OPENSSL_PREFIX ]; then
   tools/openssl.sh
@@ -14,9 +16,17 @@ fi
 if [ ! -d $CJSON_PREFIX ]; then
   tools/cjson.sh
 fi
+if [ ! -d $ZLIB_PREFIX ]; then
+  tools/zlib.sh
+fi
+if [ ! -d $BROTLI_PREFIX ]; then
+  tools/brotli.sh
+fi
 if [ ! -d $CURL_PREFIX ]; then
   tools/curl.sh
 fi
 
 cp -r $OPENSSL_PREFIX/* $CURL_PREFIX
-cp -r $CJSON_PREFIX/* $CURL_PREFIX
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+cp -r $CJSON_PREFIX/* $CURL_PREFIX
+cp -r $ZLIB_PREFIX/* $CURL_PREFIX
+cp -r $BROTLI_PREFIX/* $CURL_PREFIX
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diff --git a/client/tools/brotli.sh b/client/tools/brotli.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..1210f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tools/brotli.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#compile brotli for use with emscripten
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+CORE_COUNT=$(nproc --all)
+PREFIX=$(realpath build/brotli-wasm)
+
+cd build
+rm -rf brotli
+git clone -b master --depth=1 https://github.com/google/brotli
+cd brotli
+
+emcmake cmake . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=./installed
+cmake --build . --config Release --target install
+
+rm -rf $PREFIX
+mkdir -p $PREFIX
+cp -r installed/* $PREFIX
+rm -rf $PREFIX/bin
+rm -rf $PREFIX/share
+rm -rf $PREFIX/lib/pkgconfig
+
+cd ../../
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diff --git a/client/tools/curl.sh b/client/tools/curl.sh
index d17358d..cd4e40e 100755
--- a/client/tools/curl.sh
+++ b/client/tools/curl.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ set -e
 CORE_COUNT=$(nproc --all)
 PREFIX=$(realpath build/curl-wasm)
 OPENSSL_PREFIX=$(realpath build/openssl-wasm)
-mkdir -p $PREFIX
+ZLIB_PREFIX=$(realpath build/zlib-wasm)
+BROTLI_PREFIX=$(realpath build/brotli-wasm)
 
 cd build
 rm -rf curl
@@ -16,11 +17,10 @@ git clone -b master --depth=1 https://github.com/curl/curl
 cd curl
 
 autoreconf -fi
-emconfigure ./configure --host i686-linux --prefix=$PREFIX --disable-shared --disable-threaded-resolver --without-libpsl --disable-netrc --disable-ipv6 --disable-tftp --disable-ntlm-wb --with-ssl=$OPENSSL_PREFIX
-emmake make -j$CORE_COUNT CFLAGS="-pthread"
+emconfigure ./configure --host i686-linux --disable-shared --disable-threaded-resolver --without-libpsl --disable-netrc --disable-ipv6 --disable-tftp --disable-ntlm-wb --with-ssl=$OPENSSL_PREFIX --with-zlib=$ZLIB_PREFIX --with-brotli=$BROTLI_PREFIX
+emmake make -j$CORE_COUNT CFLAGS="-pthread" LIBS="-lbrotlicommon"
 
-rm -rf $PREFIX/include/*
-rm -rf $PREFIX/lib/*
+rm -rf $PREFIX
 mkdir -p $PREFIX/include
 mkdir -p $PREFIX/lib
 cp -r include/curl $PREFIX/include
diff --git a/client/tools/zlib.sh b/client/tools/zlib.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..624246e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/tools/zlib.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#compile zlib for use with emscripten
+
+set -x
+set -e
+
+CORE_COUNT=$(nproc --all)
+PREFIX=$(realpath build/zlib-wasm)
+
+cd build
+rm -rf zlib
+git clone -b master --depth=1 https://github.com/madler/zlib
+cd zlib
+
+emconfigure ./configure --static
+emmake make -j$CORE_COUNT
+
+rm -rf $PREFIX
+mkdir -p $PREFIX/include
+mkdir -p $PREFIX/lib
+cp -r *.h $PREFIX/include
+cp -r *.a $PREFIX/lib
+
+cd ../../
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