diff --git a/sphaira/source/download.cpp b/sphaira/source/download.cpp
index e3a96b2..61c15c1 100644
--- a/sphaira/source/download.cpp
+++ b/sphaira/source/download.cpp
@@ -473,7 +473,8 @@ auto DownloadInternal(CURL* curl, const Api& e) -> ApiResult {
             return {};
         }
 
-        if (e.GetFlags() & Flag_Cache) {
+        // only add etag if the dst file still exists.
+        if ((e.GetFlags() & Flag_Cache) && fs::FileExists(&fs.m_fs, e.GetPath())) {
             g_cache.get(e.GetPath(), header_in);
         }
     }
@@ -492,6 +493,8 @@ auto DownloadInternal(CURL* curl, const Api& e) -> ApiResult {
     CURL_EASY_SETOPT_LOG(curl, CURLOPT_BUFFERSIZE, 1024*512);
     CURL_EASY_SETOPT_LOG(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERFUNCTION, header_callback);
     CURL_EASY_SETOPT_LOG(curl, CURLOPT_HEADERDATA, &header_out);
+    // enable all forms of compression supported by libcurl.
+    CURL_EASY_SETOPT_LOG(curl, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, "");
 
     if (has_post) {
         CURL_EASY_SETOPT_LOG(curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, e.GetFields().c_str());
@@ -560,6 +563,15 @@ auto DownloadInternal(CURL* curl, const Api& e) -> ApiResult {
                     g_cache.set(e.GetPath(), header_out);
                 }
 
+                // enable to log received headers.
+                #if 0
+                log_write("\n\nLOGGING HEADER\n");
+                    for (auto [a, b] : header_out.m_map) {
+                        log_write("\t%s: %s\n", a.c_str(), b.c_str());
+                    }
+                log_write("\n\n");
+                #endif
+
                 fs.DeleteFile(e.GetPath());
                 fs.CreateDirectoryRecursivelyWithPath(e.GetPath());
                 if (R_FAILED(fs.RenameFile(tmp_buf, e.GetPath()))) {