diff --git a/gcube-token-docker/nginx.conf b/gcube-token-docker/nginx.conf
index 92aec3c..6a148e4 100644
--- a/gcube-token-docker/nginx.conf
+++ b/gcube-token-docker/nginx.conf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ http {
 
     keepalive_timeout  65;
 
-    #gzip  on;
+    gzip  on;
 
     include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
 }
diff --git a/gcube-token-docker/pep.js.j2 b/gcube-token-docker/pep.js.j2
index d772992..b9e5306 100644
--- a/gcube-token-docker/pep.js.j2
+++ b/gcube-token-docker/pep.js.j2
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ function enforce(r) {
       debug(context, "[REL] response status: " + reply.status)
       closeAccountingRecord(context.record, (reply.status === 200 || reply.status === 201 || reply.status === 204))
       context.request.subrequest("/_accounting", { detached : true, body : JSON.stringify(context.record) })
-      r.return(reply.status, reply.responseText)
+      r.return(reply.status, reply.responseBuffer)
     }).catch(e => { log(context, "Error .... " + njs.dump(e)); context.request.return(e.message === "Unauthorized" ? 403 : 500)} )
   
     return