diff --git a/proxy/http/responses.py b/proxy/http/responses.py
index 9e865cd2..65b548b3 100644
--- a/proxy/http/responses.py
+++ b/proxy/http/responses.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def okResponse(
         **kwargs: Any,
 ) -> memoryview:
     do_compress: bool = False
-    if compress and flags.args and content and len(content) > flags.args.min_compression_limit:
+    if flags.args and compress and content and len(content) > flags.args.min_compression_limit:
         do_compress = True
         if not headers:
             headers = {}
diff --git a/proxy/http/server/pac_plugin.py b/proxy/http/server/pac_plugin.py
index befe483a..8cc0a4d0 100644
--- a/proxy/http/server/pac_plugin.py
+++ b/proxy/http/server/pac_plugin.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class HttpWebServerPacFilePlugin(HttpWebServerBasePlugin):
                 content=content,
                 headers={
                     b'Content-Type': b'application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig',
-                    b'Content-Encoding': b'gzip',
                 },
                 conn_close=True,
+                compress=False,
             )