diff --git a/examples/myproject/functions/echo.ts b/examples/myproject/functions/echo.ts
index f74da9bc..ba72a0a3 100644
--- a/examples/myproject/functions/echo.ts
+++ b/examples/myproject/functions/echo.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,15 @@ export default (req: Request, res: Response) => {
     res.setHeader('Content-Encoding', 'gzip')
     res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json')
 
-    const compressedResponse = zlib.gzipSync(JSON.stringify(response)).toString('base64')
-
-    res.send(compressedResponse)
+    if (req.headers['accept-encoding'].includes('gzip')) {
+        if (req.headers['host'] === 'local.functions.local.nhost.run') {
+            const compressedResponse = zlib.gzipSync(JSON.stringify(response))
+            res.send(compressedResponse)
+        } else {
+            const compressedResponse = zlib.gzipSync(JSON.stringify(response)).toString('base64')
+            res.send(compressedResponse)
+        }
+    } else {
+        res.send(response)
+    }
 }