diff --git a/src/storage/object/get.js b/src/storage/object/get.js
index 04923694..9deefca5 100644
--- a/src/storage/object/get.js
+++ b/src/storage/object/get.js
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ export default async function getObject(env, { bucket, org, key }, head = false)
   if (!head) {
     try {
       const resp = await client.send(new GetObjectCommand(input));
+
+      /* c8 ignore start */
+      if (resp.ContentEncoding === 'gzip') {
+        // log to track which documents are gzip encoded and run scripts to fix them
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.warn('Content is gzip encoded - request might fail');
+        throw new Error('Corrupted content');
+      }
+      /* c8 ignore end */
+
       return {
         body: resp.Body,
         status: resp.$metadata.httpStatusCode,