diff --git a/include/webassets.hpp b/include/webassets.hpp
index 91239dc..aa57230 100644
--- a/include/webassets.hpp
+++ b/include/webassets.hpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "app.hpp"
 #include "async_resp.hpp"
 #include "forward_unauthorized.hpp"
+#include "http_body.hpp"
 #include "http_request.hpp"
 #include "http_response.hpp"
 #include "logging.hpp"
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@
     std::string_view contentType;
     std::string_view contentEncoding;
     std::string etag;
+    bmcweb::CompressionType onDiskComp = bmcweb::CompressionType::Raw;
     bool renamed = false;
 };
 
@@ -109,7 +111,8 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if (asyncResp->res.openFile(file.absolutePath) != crow::OpenCode::Success)
+    if (asyncResp->res.openFile(file.absolutePath, bmcweb::EncodingType::Raw,
+                                file.onDiskComp) != crow::OpenCode::Success)
     {
         BMCWEB_LOG_DEBUG("failed to read file");
         asyncResp->res.result(
@@ -174,6 +177,7 @@
         // Use the non-gzip version for determining content type
         extension = webpath.extension().string();
         file.contentEncoding = "gzip";
+        file.onDiskComp = bmcweb::CompressionType::Gzip;
     }
     else if (extension == ".zstd")
     {
@@ -181,6 +185,7 @@
         // Use the non-zstd version for determining content type
         extension = webpath.extension().string();
         file.contentEncoding = "zstd";
+        file.onDiskComp = bmcweb::CompressionType::Zstd;
     }
 
     file.etag = getStaticEtag(webpath);