diff --git a/internal/nodes/api_node.go b/internal/nodes/api_node.go
index fb310af6..ed803592 100644
--- a/internal/nodes/api_node.go
+++ b/internal/nodes/api_node.go
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+
+	// grpc decompression
+	_ "google.golang.org/grpc/encoding/gzip"
 )
 
 var sharedAPIConfig *configs.APIConfig = nil