diff --git a/cdci_data_analysis/flask_app/dispatcher_query.py b/cdci_data_analysis/flask_app/dispatcher_query.py
index fac51539..41906c36 100644
--- a/cdci_data_analysis/flask_app/dispatcher_query.py
+++ b/cdci_data_analysis/flask_app/dispatcher_query.py
@@ -1168,6 +1168,9 @@ def download_file(self, from_request_files_dir=False):
             if file_name is None:
                 file_name = file_list[0] if len(file_list) == 1 else 'download.tar.gz'
             return_archive = self.args.get('return_archive', 'True') == 'True'
+            mimetype = 'application/x-gzip-compressed' if return_archive and len(file_list) == 1 else None
+            # otherwise, for one file, the mimetype of the uncompressed file is determined, and gz only affects Content-Encoding
+            # but Content-Encoding header isn't set if as_attachment=True
 
             tmp_dir, target_file = self.prepare_download(
                 file_list, file_name,
@@ -1175,10 +1178,10 @@ def download_file(self, from_request_files_dir=False):
                 from_request_files_dir=from_request_files_dir)
             try:
                 return send_from_directory(directory=tmp_dir, path=target_file, attachment_filename=target_file,
-                                        as_attachment=True)
+                                        as_attachment=True, mimetype=mimetype)
             except Exception as e:
                 return send_from_directory(directory=tmp_dir, filename=target_file, attachment_filename=target_file,
-                                           as_attachment=True)
+                                           as_attachment=True, mimetype=mimetype)
         except RequestNotAuthorized as e:
             extract_job_monitor = True
             if not hasattr(self, 'scratch_dir') or self.scratch_dir is None:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a28f3183..5d5c279a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "celery",
     "redis",
     "pyjwt",
-    "marshmallow",
+    "marshmallow<3.24",
     "black>=22.10.0",
     "bs4",
     "GitPython",