diff --git a/.VERSION b/.VERSION
index 2b91414a..4c3cc4c3 100644
--- a/.VERSION
+++ b/.VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-v0.18.3
+v0.18.4
diff --git a/deploy/terraform/aws/lambda/variables.tf b/deploy/terraform/aws/lambda/variables.tf
index e5e931a6..d33f7949 100644
--- a/deploy/terraform/aws/lambda/variables.tf
+++ b/deploy/terraform/aws/lambda/variables.tf
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ variable "buz_image_repo" {
 variable "buz_version" {
   description = "The version of Buz to run."
   type        = string
-  default     = "v0.18.3"
+  default     = "v0.18.4"
 }
 
 variable "buz_lambda_memory_limit" {
diff --git a/deploy/terraform/gcp/cloud_run/variables.tf b/deploy/terraform/gcp/cloud_run/variables.tf
index 7c54e226..7b5e6515 100644
--- a/deploy/terraform/gcp/cloud_run/variables.tf
+++ b/deploy/terraform/gcp/cloud_run/variables.tf
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ variable "buz_domain" {
 variable "buz_version" {
   description = "The version of Buz to run."
   type        = string
-  default     = "v0.18.3"
+  default     = "v0.18.4"
 }
 
 variable "buz_service_timeout_seconds" {
diff --git a/examples/quickstart/docker-compose.yml b/examples/quickstart/docker-compose.yml
index 50ad5ac0..76cbbda5 100644
--- a/examples/quickstart/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/examples/quickstart/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ x-dependency:
 services:
   buz:
     container_name: buz
-    image: ghcr.io/silverton-io/buz:v0.18.3
+    image: ghcr.io/silverton-io/buz:v0.18.4
     volumes:
       - type: bind
         source: ./buz/quickstart.conf.yml
diff --git a/pkg/protocol/webhook/envelopeBuilder.go b/pkg/protocol/webhook/envelopeBuilder.go
index 69f48edd..02f278e9 100644
--- a/pkg/protocol/webhook/envelopeBuilder.go
+++ b/pkg/protocol/webhook/envelopeBuilder.go
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 package webhook
 
 import (
+    "bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"io"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
@@ -23,6 +25,21 @@ func buildEnvelopesFromRequest(c *gin.Context, conf *config.Config, m *meta.Coll
 		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("🔴 could not read request body")
 		return envelopes
 	}
+	// If the request body is gzipped, decompress it
+    if c.GetHeader("Content-Encoding") == "gzip" {
+        log.Debug().Msg("🟢 Request body is gzip encoded - attempting to decompress.")
+    	reader, err := gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(reqBody))
+    	if err != nil {
+    		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("🔴 could not decompress gzipped request body")
+    		return envelopes
+    	}
+    	defer reader.Close()
+    	reqBody, err = io.ReadAll(reader)
+    	if err != nil {
+    		log.Error().Err(err).Msg("🔴 could not read decompressed gzipped request body")
+    		return envelopes
+    	}
+    }
 	for _, e := range gjson.ParseBytes(reqBody).Array() {
 		n := envelope.NewEnvelope(conf.App)
 		contexts := envelope.BuildContextsFromRequest(c)
diff --git a/pkg/protocol/webhook/input.go b/pkg/protocol/webhook/input.go
index 6b9023d0..33063ce2 100644
--- a/pkg/protocol/webhook/input.go
+++ b/pkg/protocol/webhook/input.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package webhook
 
 import (
 	"net/http"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ func (i *WebhookInput) Initialize(routerGroup *gin.RouterGroup, manifold *manifo
 
 func (i *WebhookInput) Handler(m manifold.Manifold, conf config.Config, metadata *meta.CollectorMeta) gin.HandlerFunc {
 	fn := func(c *gin.Context) {
-		if c.ContentType() == "application/json" || c.ContentType() == "text/html" {
+		if c.ContentType() == "application/json" || strings.HasPrefix(c.ContentType(), "text/") {
 			envelopes := i.EnvelopeBuilder(c, &conf, metadata)
 			err := m.Enqueue(envelopes)
 			if err != nil {