diff --git a/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm b/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm
index 0d4fba2..a9f3fb1 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Nodes.pm
@@ -959,9 +959,8 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
 	push @$cmd, '-e', $param->{until} if $param->{until};
 	push @$cmd, '-f', PVE::Tools::shellquote($param->{startcursor}) if $param->{startcursor};
 	push @$cmd, '-t', PVE::Tools::shellquote($param->{endcursor}) if $param->{endcursor};
-	push @$cmd, ' | gzip ';
 
-	open(my $fh, "-|", join(' ', @$cmd))
+	open(my $fh, "-|:encoding(utf-8)", join(' ', @$cmd))
 	    or die "could not start mini-journalreader";
 
 	return {
@@ -969,7 +968,6 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method({
 		fh => $fh,
 		stream => 1,
 		'content-type' => 'application/json',
-		'content-encoding' => 'gzip',
 	    },
 	},
     }});