diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index acb24ae..b8b16c7 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -435,41 +435,6 @@
   return [baseLayers, overlayLayers];
 }
 
-async function fetchAndDecompressGz(url) {
-  try {
-    // Fetch the .gz file
-    const response = await fetch(url);
-    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP error! Status: ${response.status}`);
-    
-    // Read the response as an ArrayBuffer
-    const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
-    
-    // Create a ReadableStream from the ArrayBuffer
-    const readableStream = new Response(buffer).body;
-    
-    // Decompress the data using CompressionStream
-    const decompressionStream = new DecompressionStream('gzip');
-    const decompressedStream = readableStream.pipeThrough(decompressionStream);
-    
-    // Decode the decompressed data to text
-    const reader = decompressedStream.getReader();
-    const textDecoder = new TextDecoder();
-    let result = '';
-    let done, value;
-    
-    while ({ done, value } = await reader.read(), !done) {
-        result += textDecoder.decode(value, { stream: true });
-    }
-    result += textDecoder.decode(); // finish the decoding
-
-    let data = JSON.parse(result);
-    loadMarkers(data);
-
-  } catch (error) {
-      console.error('Error:', error);
-  }
-}
-
 function updateCount() {
   let update = ()=> {
     let el = document.querySelector('.search-count');
@@ -786,8 +751,6 @@
       map.removeLayer(markersLayer);
     }
 
-    //fetchAndDecompressGz('markers.gz'); // github pages already compress jsons
-
     fetch('markers.json').then(r=>r.json()).then(data=>loadMarkers(data))
 
     map.on('baselayerchange', function(e) {