diff --git a/src/recipient/recipient.go b/src/recipient/recipient.go
index 9a77ad9..bb40e27 100644
--- a/src/recipient/recipient.go
+++ b/src/recipient/recipient.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func receive(c *websocket.Conn, codephrase string, noPrompt bool, useStdout bool
 				}
 
 				// do decompression
-				if fstats.IsCompressed {
+				if fstats.IsCompressed && !fstats.IsDir {
 					decrypted = compress.Decompress(decrypted)
 				}
 
diff --git a/src/sender/sender.go b/src/sender/sender.go
index 3f717bc..0791b5c 100644
--- a/src/sender/sender.go
+++ b/src/sender/sender.go
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ func send(c *websocket.Conn, fname string, codephrase string, useCompression boo
 				if bytesread > 0 {
 					// do compression
 					var compressedBytes []byte
-					if useCompression {
+					if useCompression && !fstats.IsDir {
 						compressedBytes = compress.Compress(buffer[:bytesread])
 					} else {
 						compressedBytes = buffer[:bytesread]