diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest.node.ts
index f62409983f..32da2e4019 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest.node.ts
@@ -540,6 +540,7 @@ export class HttpRequest implements INodeType {
 				headers: {},
 				method: requestMethod,
 				uri: url,
+				gzip: true,
 				rejectUnauthorized: !this.getNodeParameter('allowUnauthorizedCerts', itemIndex, false) as boolean,
 			};
 
@@ -640,6 +641,14 @@ export class HttpRequest implements INodeType {
 				};
 			}
 
+			if (responseFormat === 'json') {
+				requestOptions.headers!['accept'] = 'application/json,text/*;q=0.99';
+			} else if (responseFormat === 'string') {
+				requestOptions.headers!['accept'] = 'application/json,text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml,text/*;q=0.9, */*;q=0.1';
+			} else {
+				requestOptions.headers!['accept'] = 'application/json,text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml,text/*;q=0.9, image/*;q=0.8, */*;q=0.7';
+			}
+
 			if (responseFormat === 'file') {
 				requestOptions.encoding = null;
 			} else if(options.bodyContentType === 'raw') {