diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index 3f4dd30674..f4cd30b2e5 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ pub struct Inscription {
   // ---- Ordzaar ----
   pub inscription_sequence: u32,
   pub delegate: Option<InscriptionId>,
+  pub content_encoding: Option<String>,
   // ---- Ordzaar ----
 }
 
diff --git a/src/inscriptions/inscription.rs b/src/inscriptions/inscription.rs
index 057f34f76e..9d34913160 100644
--- a/src/inscriptions/inscription.rs
+++ b/src/inscriptions/inscription.rs
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ impl Inscription {
     str::from_utf8(self.content_type.as_ref()?).ok()
   }
 
+  // ---- Ordzaar ----
+  pub(crate) fn content_encoding_str(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+    str::from_utf8(self.content_encoding.as_ref()?).ok()
+  }
+  // ---- Ordzaar ----
+
   pub(crate) fn content_encoding(&self) -> Option<HeaderValue> {
     HeaderValue::from_str(str::from_utf8(self.content_encoding.as_ref()?).unwrap_or_default()).ok()
   }
diff --git a/src/subcommand/server.rs b/src/subcommand/server.rs
index 16c5919e03..e269845dc4 100644
--- a/src/subcommand/server.rs
+++ b/src/subcommand/server.rs
@@ -1548,7 +1548,8 @@ impl Server {
 
           // ---- Ordzaar ----
           inscription_sequence: info.entry.sequence_number,
-          delegate: info.inscription.delegate()
+          delegate: info.inscription.delegate(),
+          content_encoding: info.inscription.content_encoding_str().map(|s| s.to_string()),
           // ---- Ordzaar ----
         })
         .into_response()
diff --git a/tests/json_api.rs b/tests/json_api.rs
index a3c508ddda..183c75fc2a 100644
--- a/tests/json_api.rs
+++ b/tests/json_api.rs
@@ -172,7 +172,8 @@ fn get_inscription() {
 
       // ---- Ordzaar ----
       inscription_sequence: 0,
-      delegate: None
+      delegate: None,
+      content_encoding: None,
       // ---- Ordzaar ----
     }
   )