diff --git a/client/cl_parse.c b/client/cl_parse.c
index 7c0978c..c3a9004 100644
--- a/client/cl_parse.c
+++ b/client/cl_parse.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ qboolean	CL_CheckOrDownloadFile (char *filename)
 
 //	FS_CreatePath (name);
 
-	fp = Qopen (name, "r+b");
+	fp = Qopen (name, "r+bz");
 	if (fp) { // it exists
 		int len;
 		Qseek(fp, 0, SEEK_END);
diff --git a/client/menu.c b/client/menu.c
index 1ffa2c3..370c3da 100644
--- a/client/menu.c
+++ b/client/menu.c
@@ -2037,7 +2037,7 @@ void Create_Savestrings (void)
 	for (i=0 ; i<MAX_SAVEGAMES ; i++)
 	{
 		Com_sprintf (name, sizeof(name), "%s/save/save%i/server.ssv", FS_Gamedir(), i);
-		f = Qopen (name, "rb");
+		f = Qopen (name, "rbz");
 		if (!f)
 		{
 			strcpy (m_savestrings[i], "<EMPTY>");
@@ -2520,7 +2520,7 @@ void StartServer_MenuInit( void )
 	** load the list of map names
 	*/
 	Com_sprintf( mapsname, sizeof( mapsname ), "%s/maps.lst", FS_Gamedir() );
-	if ( ( fp = Qopen( mapsname, "rb" ) ) == 0 )
+	if ( ( fp = Qopen( mapsname, "rbz" ) ) == 0 )
 	{
 		if ( ( length = FS_LoadFile( "maps.lst", ( void ** ) &buffer ) ) == -1 )
 			Com_Error( ERR_DROP, "couldn't find maps.lst\n" );
diff --git a/ctf/g_save.c b/ctf/g_save.c
index 31656ad..a19f47f 100644
--- a/ctf/g_save.c
+++ b/ctf/g_save.c
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ void ReadGame (char *filename)
 
 	gi.FreeTags (TAG_GAME);
 
-	f = Qopen (filename, "rb");
+	f = Qopen (filename, "rbz");
 	if (!f)
 		gi.error ("Couldn't open %s", filename);
 
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ void ReadLevel (char *filename)
 	void	*base;
 	edict_t	*ent;
 
-	f = Qopen (filename, "rb");
+	f = Qopen (filename, "rbz");
 	if (!f)
 		gi.error ("Couldn't open %s", filename);
 
diff --git a/game/g_save.c b/game/g_save.c
index 4764e7b..1236186 100644
--- a/game/g_save.c
+++ b/game/g_save.c
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ void ReadGame (char *filename)
 
 	gi.FreeTags (TAG_GAME);
 
-	f = Qopen (filename, "rb");
+	f = Qopen (filename, "rbz");
 	if (!f)
 		gi.error ("Couldn't open %s", filename);
 
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ void ReadLevel (char *filename)
 	void	*base;
 	edict_t	*ent;
 
-	f = Qopen (filename, "rb");
+	f = Qopen (filename, "rbz");
 	if (!f)
 		gi.error ("Couldn't open %s", filename);
 
diff --git a/qcommon/files.c b/qcommon/files.c
index 18b3e5e..47c9da5 100644
--- a/qcommon/files.c
+++ b/qcommon/files.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ int FS_FOpenFile (char *filename, QFile **file)
 		if (!strncmp (filename, link->from, link->fromlength))
 		{
 			Com_sprintf (netpath, sizeof(netpath), "%s%s",link->to, filename+link->fromlength);
-			*file = Qopen (netpath, "rb");
+			*file = Qopen (netpath, "rbz");
 			if (*file)
 			{		
 				Com_DPrintf ("link file: %s\n",netpath);
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int FS_FOpenFile (char *filename, QFile **file)
 			
 			Com_sprintf (netpath, sizeof(netpath), "%s/%s",search->filename, filename);
 			
-			*file = Qopen (netpath, "rb");
+			*file = Qopen (netpath, "rbz");
 			if (!*file)
 				continue;
 			
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ int FS_FOpenFile (char *filename, QFile **file)
 	{
 		Com_sprintf (netpath, sizeof(netpath), "%s/%s",FS_Gamedir(), filename);
 		
-		*file = Qopen (netpath, "rb");
+		*file = Qopen (netpath, "rbz");
 		if (!*file)
 			return -1;
 		
diff --git a/server/sv_ccmds.c b/server/sv_ccmds.c
index 9f1fe29..8aabca0 100644
--- a/server/sv_ccmds.c
+++ b/server/sv_ccmds.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ void SV_ReadLevelFile (void)
 	Com_DPrintf("SV_ReadLevelFile()\n");
 
 	Com_sprintf (name, sizeof(name), "%s/save/current/%s.sv2", FS_Gamedir(), sv.name);
-	f = Qopen(name, "rb");
+	f = Qopen(name, "rbz");
 	if (!f)
 	{
 		Com_Printf ("Failed to open %s\n", name);
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ void SV_ReadServerFile (void)
 	Com_DPrintf("SV_ReadServerFile()\n");
 
 	Com_sprintf (name, sizeof(name), "%s/save/current/server.ssv", FS_Gamedir());
-	f = Qopen (name, "rb");
+	f = Qopen (name, "rbz");
 	if (!f)
 	{
 		Com_Printf ("Couldn't read %s\n", name);