diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 571b97d8..b12a493e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ---
-
 ## [2.5.0] - Unreleased
 
 *This release is scheduled to be released on 2018-10-01.*
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 - Support for showing end of events through config parameters showEnd and dateEndFormat
 
 ### Fixed
+- Fixed gzip encoded calendar loading issue #1400.
 - Mixup between german and spanish translation for newsfeed.
 - Fixed close dates to be absolute, if no configured in the config.js - module Calendar
 - Fixed the UpdateNotification module message about new commits in the repository, so they can be correctly localized in singular and plural form.
diff --git a/modules/default/calendar/calendarfetcher.js b/modules/default/calendar/calendarfetcher.js
index e8db5a95..4492462b 100644
--- a/modules/default/calendar/calendarfetcher.js
+++ b/modules/default/calendar/calendarfetcher.js
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ var CalendarFetcher = function(url, reloadInterval, excludedEvents, maximumEntri
 		var opts = {
 			headers: {
 				"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Node.js "+ nodeVersion + ") MagicMirror/"  + global.version +  " (https://github.com/MichMich/MagicMirror/)"
-			}
+			},
+			gzip: true
 		};
 
 		if (auth) {