diff --git a/lib/cdn/aws.js b/lib/cdn/aws.js
index f91037e..a782f33 100644
--- a/lib/cdn/aws.js
+++ b/lib/cdn/aws.js
@@ -85,11 +85,14 @@ CDN.prototype.executeUpload = function (action) {
   dfrd = Q.defer();
   options = {
     Bucket: this.cfg.Bucket,
-    //ContentEncoding: '',
     ContentType: action.file.headers['Content-Type'],
     Key: action.file.path
   };
 
+  if (action.file.headers['Content-Encoding']) {
+    options.ContentEncoding = action.file.headers['Content-Encoding'];
+  }
+
   action.file.getBuffer().then(function (buffer) {
     options.Body = buffer;
     self.api.putObject(options, function (err) { // (err, res)
diff --git a/lib/filelist.js b/lib/filelist.js
index 53286df..99b4a21 100644
--- a/lib/filelist.js
+++ b/lib/filelist.js
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ FileList.prototype.applyStrategy = function (strategy) {
     dfrd.reject(new TypeError('provided strategy should be Array or String'));
     return dfrd.promise;
   }
-  // if (strategy.indexOf('clone') !== -1) {} // no work necessary
+  if (strategy.indexOf('clone') !== -1) {
+    dfrd.resolve(new FileList(this));
+    return dfrd.promise;
+  }
   if (strategy.indexOf('gzip') !== -1) {
     gzips = this.map(function (file) {
       file.file = file;
diff --git a/lib/gzippedfile.js b/lib/gzippedfile.js
index 451cd76..e23a569 100644
--- a/lib/gzippedfile.js
+++ b/lib/gzippedfile.js
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ var GzippedFile = function (file) {
       self.calculateMD5()
     ];
   }).spread(function (buffer) {
-    self.size = Buffer.byteLength(buffer.toString());
+    // from the docs, I should not use buffer.length here
+    // but it happens to match Content-Length from AWS perfectly ???
+    // alternatives:
+    // - buffer.toString().length
+    // - Buffer.byteLength(buffer.toString())
+    self.size = buffer.length;
     process.nextTick(function () {
       dfrd.resolve(self);
     });