diff --git a/http/http_connection.hpp b/http/http_connection.hpp
index 807ca35..0c8ad0e 100644
--- a/http/http_connection.hpp
+++ b/http/http_connection.hpp
@@ -383,14 +383,16 @@
             return;
         }
         req->session = userSession;
-        accept = req->getHeaderValue("Accept");
+        using boost::beast::http::field;
+        accept = req->getHeaderValue(field::accept);
+        acceptEncoding = req->getHeaderValue(field::accept_encoding);
         // Fetch the client IP address
         req->ipAddress = ip;
 
         // Check for HTTP version 1.1.
         if (req->version() == 11)
         {
-            if (req->getHeaderValue(boost::beast::http::field::host).empty())
+            if (req->getHeaderValue(field::host).empty())
             {
                 res.result(boost::beast::http::status::bad_request);
                 completeRequest(res);
@@ -490,7 +492,7 @@
         res = std::move(thisRes);
         res.keepAlive(keepAlive);
 
-        completeResponseFields(accept, res);
+        completeResponseFields(accept, acceptEncoding, res);
         res.addHeader(boost::beast::http::field::date, getCachedDateStr());
 
         doWrite();
@@ -931,6 +933,8 @@
     std::shared_ptr<crow::Request> req;
     std::string accept;
     std::string http2settings;
+    std::string acceptEncoding;
+
     crow::Response res;
 
     std::shared_ptr<persistent_data::UserSession> userSession;