diff --git a/funkwlplay.py b/funkwlplay.py
index 4dd44d9..1570165 100755
--- a/funkwlplay.py
+++ b/funkwlplay.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def create_playlist_file(track_list):
 def filter_tracks(tracks):
     def remove_unreach_tracks(track):
         try:
-            r = requests.head(track['listen_url'], timeout=2)
+            r = requests.head(track['listen_url'], timeout=2, headers={'Content-Encoding': 'gzip'})
             r.raise_for_status()
             return 1
         except:
@@ -74,8 +74,9 @@ def filter_tracks(tracks):
 
 def search_tracks_on_instance(instance, tag='', query='', recursion=args.recursion):
     r = requests.get(f'https://{instance}/api/v1/tracks', params={'tag': tag, 'q': query,
-                                                                       'local': True, 'playable': True,
-                                                                       'ordering': 'random'}, timeout=10)
+                                                                  'local': True, 'playable': True,
+                                                                  'ordering': 'random', 'scope': 'all'}, 
+                        timeout=10, headers={'Content-Encoding': 'gzip'})
     r.raise_for_status()
     tracks = r.json()