diff --git a/modules/__mocks__/npmMock.js b/modules/__mocks__/npmMock.js
index ba5e55f..4014ac5 100644
--- a/modules/__mocks__/npmMock.js
+++ b/modules/__mocks__/npmMock.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from 'fs';
 import path from 'path';
+import gunzip from 'gunzip-maybe';
 
 function getPackageInfo(packageName) {
   const file = path.resolve(__dirname, `./metadata/${packageName}.json`);
@@ -29,5 +30,5 @@ export function getPackage(packageName, version) {
     `./packages/${packageName}-${version}.tgz`
   );
 
-  return fs.existsSync(file) ? fs.createReadStream(file) : null;
+  return fs.existsSync(file) ? fs.createReadStream(file).pipe(gunzip()) : null;
 }
diff --git a/modules/actions/serveDirectoryBrowser.js b/modules/actions/serveDirectoryBrowser.js
index b6a85f5..8ab3f09 100644
--- a/modules/actions/serveDirectoryBrowser.js
+++ b/modules/actions/serveDirectoryBrowser.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import path from 'path';
-import gunzip from 'gunzip-maybe';
 import tar from 'tar-stream';
 
 import asyncHandler from '../utils/asyncHandler.js';
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ async function findMatchingEntries(stream, filename) {
     const entries = {};
 
     stream
-      .pipe(gunzip())
       .pipe(tar.extract())
       .on('error', reject)
       .on('entry', async (header, stream, next) => {
diff --git a/modules/actions/serveDirectoryMetadata.js b/modules/actions/serveDirectoryMetadata.js
index 1e92853..c38d848 100644
--- a/modules/actions/serveDirectoryMetadata.js
+++ b/modules/actions/serveDirectoryMetadata.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import path from 'path';
-import gunzip from 'gunzip-maybe';
 import tar from 'tar-stream';
 
 import asyncHandler from '../utils/asyncHandler.js';
@@ -16,7 +15,6 @@ async function findMatchingEntries(stream, filename) {
     entries[filename] = { path: filename, type: 'directory' };
 
     stream
-      .pipe(gunzip())
       .pipe(tar.extract())
       .on('error', reject)
       .on('entry', async (header, stream, next) => {
diff --git a/modules/actions/serveFileBrowser.js b/modules/actions/serveFileBrowser.js
index d7916a9..cb41534 100644
--- a/modules/actions/serveFileBrowser.js
+++ b/modules/actions/serveFileBrowser.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import gunzip from 'gunzip-maybe';
 import tar from 'tar-stream';
 
 import asyncHandler from '../utils/asyncHandler.js';
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ async function findEntry(stream, filename) {
     let foundEntry = null;
 
     stream
-      .pipe(gunzip())
       .pipe(tar.extract())
       .on('error', reject)
       .on('entry', async (header, stream, next) => {
diff --git a/modules/actions/serveFileMetadata.js b/modules/actions/serveFileMetadata.js
index d72e5b3..030be30 100644
--- a/modules/actions/serveFileMetadata.js
+++ b/modules/actions/serveFileMetadata.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import gunzip from 'gunzip-maybe';
 import tar from 'tar-stream';
 
 import asyncHandler from '../utils/asyncHandler.js';
@@ -13,7 +12,6 @@ async function findEntry(stream, filename) {
     let foundEntry = null;
 
     stream
-      .pipe(gunzip())
       .pipe(tar.extract())
       .on('error', reject)
       .on('entry', async (header, stream, next) => {
diff --git a/modules/middleware/findEntry.js b/modules/middleware/findEntry.js
index 498e5af..0f0388d 100644
--- a/modules/middleware/findEntry.js
+++ b/modules/middleware/findEntry.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import path from 'path';
-import gunzip from 'gunzip-maybe';
 import tar from 'tar-stream';
 
 import asyncHandler from '../utils/asyncHandler.js';
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ function searchEntries(stream, filename) {
     }
 
     stream
-      .pipe(gunzip())
       .pipe(tar.extract())
       .on('error', reject)
       .on('entry', async (header, stream, next) => {
diff --git a/modules/utils/npm.js b/modules/utils/npm.js
index 616ca6a..ad3dd4e 100644
--- a/modules/utils/npm.js
+++ b/modules/utils/npm.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import url from 'url';
 import https from 'https';
+import gunzip from 'gunzip-maybe';
 import LRUCache from 'lru-cache';
 
 import debug from './debug.js';
@@ -179,7 +180,9 @@ export async function getPackage(packageName, version) {
   const res = await get(options);
 
   if (res.statusCode === 200) {
-    return res;
+    const stream = res.pipe(gunzip());
+    // stream.pause();
+    return stream;
   }
 
   const data = await bufferStream(res);