diff --git a/solardatatools/dataio.py b/solardatatools/dataio.py
index 8557e220..1652489e 100644
--- a/solardatatools/dataio.py
+++ b/solardatatools/dataio.py
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 from solardatatools.utilities import progress
 
 from time import time
-from io import StringIO
+from io import StringIO, BytesIO
+import base64
 import os
 import json
 import requests
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
 from typing import Callable, TypedDict, Any, Tuple, Dict
 from functools import wraps
 from datetime import datetime
+import gzip
 
 
 class SSHParams(TypedDict):
@@ -450,6 +452,23 @@ def load_redshift_data_remote(
         Pandas DataFrame containing the queried data
     """
 
+    def decompress_data_to_dataframe(encoded_data):
+        # Decode Base64 data to bytes
+        # decoded_data = base64.b64decode(encoded_data)
+
+        # print("Decoded data:", decoded_data)
+        # Decompress gzip data
+        decompressed_buffer = BytesIO(encoded_data)
+        with gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=decompressed_buffer, mode="rb") as gz:
+            decompressed_data = gz.read().decode("utf-8")
+
+        # Inspect the decompressed data (optional - for debugging)
+
+        # Attempt to read the decompressed data as CSV
+        df = pd.read_csv(StringIO(decompressed_data))
+
+        return df
+
     def timing(verbose: bool = True):
         def decorator(func: Callable):
             @wraps(func)
@@ -495,10 +514,8 @@ def query_redshift_w_api(page: int) -> pd.DataFrame:
 
         print(f"Content size: {len(response.content)}")
 
-        data = response.json()
-        json_data = json.loads(data)
-
-        df = pd.DataFrame(json_data)
+        df = decompress_data_to_dataframe(response.content)
+        # df = pd.DataFrame(json_data)
         return df
 
     # page = 0
@@ -527,8 +544,6 @@ def fetch_data(df_list: list[pd.DataFrame], index: int, page: int):
             if new_df.empty:
                 raise Exception("Empty dataframe returned from query")
             print(page, len(new_df))
-            # print(new_df.head(10))
-            # print(new_df.tail(10))
             df_list[index] = new_df
 
         except Exception as e: