diff --git a/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/volume.go b/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/volume.go
index 59a5623ea..576096dbb 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/volume.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/volume.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var (
 	store *storage.Store
 )
 
-var fileNameEscaper = strings.NewReplacer("\\","\\\\","\"","\\\"")
+var fileNameEscaper = strings.NewReplacer("\\", "\\\\", "\"", "\\\"")
 
 func statusHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	m := make(map[string]interface{})
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ func GetHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			if strings.Contains(r.Header.Get("Accept-Encoding"), "gzip") {
 				w.Header().Set("Content-Encoding", "gzip")
 			} else {
-				n.Data = storage.UnGzipData(n.Data)
+				if n.Data, err = storage.UnGzipData(n.Data); err != nil {
+					debug("lookup error:", err, r.URL.Path)
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/compress.go b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/compress.go
index 9df85b4da..35de70600 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/compress.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/compress.go
@@ -10,54 +10,40 @@ import (
 
 /*
 * Default more not to gzip since gzip can be done on client side.
-*/
+ */
 func IsGzippable(ext, mtype string) bool {
-    if strings.HasPrefix(mtype, "text/"){
-        return true
-    }
-	if ext == ".zip" {
-		return false
-	}
-	if ext == ".rar" {
-		return false
-	}
-	if ext == ".gz" {
-		return false
-	}
-	if ext == ".pdf" {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(mtype, "text/") {
 		return true
 	}
-	if ext == ".css" {
+	switch ext {
+	case ".zip", ".rar", ".gz", ".bz2", ".xz":
+		return false
+	case ".pdf", ".txt", ".html", ".css", ".js", ".json":
 		return true
 	}
-	if ext == ".js" {
-		return true
-	}
-    if ext == ".json" {
-        return true
-    }
 	if strings.HasPrefix(mtype, "application/") {
-		if strings.HasSuffix(mtype, "xml") {
-			return true
-		}
-		if strings.HasSuffix(mtype, "script") {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(mtype, "xml") ||
+			strings.HasSuffix(mtype, "script") {
 			return true
 		}
 	}
 	return false
 }
-func GzipData(input []byte) []byte {
+
+func GzipData(input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	w, _ := gzip.NewWriterLevel(buf, flate.BestCompression)
 	if _, err := w.Write(input); err != nil {
 		println("error compressing data:", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
 		println("error closing compressed data:", err)
+		return nil, err
 	}
-	return buf.Bytes()
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
 }
-func UnGzipData(input []byte) []byte {
+func UnGzipData(input []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(input)
 	r, _ := gzip.NewReader(buf)
 	defer r.Close()
@@ -65,5 +51,5 @@ func UnGzipData(input []byte) []byte {
 	if err != nil {
 		println("error uncompressing data:", err)
 	}
-	return output
+	return output, err
 }
diff --git a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle.go b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle.go
index 867852362..1f778c7ff 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	NeedleHeaderSize  = 16 //should never change this
-	NeedlePaddingSize = 8
+	NeedleHeaderSize   = 16 //should never change this
+	NeedlePaddingSize  = 8
 	NeedleChecksumSize = 4
 )
 
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ func NewNeedle(r *http.Request) (n *Needle, fname string, e error) {
 		mtype = contentType
 	}
 	if IsGzippable(ext, mtype) {
-		data = GzipData(data)
+		if data, e = GzipData(data); e != nil {
+			return
+		}
 		n.SetGzipped()
 	}
 	if ext == ".gz" {