diff --git a/__tests__/index.js b/__tests__/index.js
index 33562da..9be130e 100644
--- a/__tests__/index.js
+++ b/__tests__/index.js
@@ -245,30 +245,16 @@ describe('Compress', () => {
       .expect(200, done)
   })
 
-  it('should not compress if no accept-encoding is sent', (done) => {
+  it('should not crash if no accept-encoding is sent', (done) => {
     const app = new Koa()
-    app.use(compress({
-      threshold: 0
-    }))
-    app.use((ctx) => {
-      ctx.type = 'text'
-      ctx.body = buffer
-    })
+
+    app.use(compress())
+    app.use(sendBuffer)
     server = app.listen()
 
     request(server)
       .get('/')
-      .unset('accept-encoding')
-      .end((err, res) => {
-        if (err) { return done(err) }
-
-        assert(!res.headers['content-encoding'])
-        assert(!res.headers['transfer-encoding'])
-        assert.equal(res.headers['content-length'], '1024')
-        assert.equal(res.headers.vary, 'Accept-Encoding')
-
-        done()
-      })
+      .expect(200, done)
   })
 
   it('should not crash if a type does not pass the filter', (done) => {
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index a1841bb..582a912 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ module.exports = (options = {}) => {
     const encodings = new Encodings({
       preferredEncodings
     })
-    encodings.parseAcceptEncoding(ctx.request.headers['accept-encoding'] || 'identity')
+    encodings.parseAcceptEncoding(ctx.request.headers['accept-encoding'] || undefined)
     const encoding = encodings.getPreferredContentEncoding()
 
     // identity === no compression