diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1c4efb6..4816731 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
-
 dist/
 gon.hcl
+
+/Build
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/cmd/ctrld/dns_proxy.go b/cmd/ctrld/dns_proxy.go
index 5143659..ee95cb4 100644
--- a/cmd/ctrld/dns_proxy.go
+++ b/cmd/ctrld/dns_proxy.go
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ func (p *prog) proxy(ctx context.Context, upstreams []string, failoverRcodes []i
 			ctrld.Log(ctx, mainLog.Debug(), "failover rcode matched, process to next upstream")
 			continue
 		}
+
+		// set compression, as it is not set by default when unpacking
+		answer.Compress = true
+
 		if p.cache != nil {
 			ttl := ttlFromMsg(answer)
 			now := time.Now()