diff --git a/src/__tests__/decide.js b/src/__tests__/decide.js
index 4f8493b23..ca1ab56f3 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/decide.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/decide.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Decide } from '../decide'
 import { PostHogPersistence } from '../posthog-persistence'
 import { RequestRouter } from '../utils/request-router'
 
-const expectDecodedSendRequest = (send_request, data) => {
+const expectDecodedSendRequest = (send_request, data, noCompression) => {
     const lastCall = send_request.mock.calls[send_request.mock.calls.length - 1]
 
     const decoded = lastCall[0].data
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const expectDecodedSendRequest = (send_request, data) => {
         data,
         method: 'POST',
         callback: expect.any(Function),
-        compression: 'base64',
+        compression: noCompression ? undefined : 'base64',
         timeout: undefined,
     })
 }
@@ -116,6 +116,33 @@ describe('Decide', () => {
             })
         })
 
+        it('should disable compression when config is set', () => {
+            given('config', () => ({
+                api_host: 'https://test.com',
+                token: 'testtoken',
+                persistence: 'memory',
+                disable_compression: true,
+            }))
+            given.posthog.register({
+                $stored_person_properties: {},
+                $stored_group_properties: {},
+            })
+            given.subject()
+
+            // noCompression is true
+            expectDecodedSendRequest(
+                given.posthog._send_request,
+                {
+                    token: 'testtoken',
+                    distinct_id: 'distinctid',
+                    groups: { organization: '5' },
+                    person_properties: {},
+                    group_properties: {},
+                },
+                true
+            )
+        })
+
         it('should send disable flags with decide request when config for advanced_disable_feature_flags_on_first_load is set', () => {
             given('config', () => ({
                 api_host: 'https://test.com',
diff --git a/src/__tests__/featureflags.js b/src/__tests__/featureflags.js
index df2ce778a..bba3575fa 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/featureflags.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/featureflags.js
@@ -209,10 +209,12 @@ describe('featureflags', () => {
             },
         }
 
-        expect(given.featureFlags.getFlags()).toEqual(['alpha-feature-2', 'multivariate-flag'])
+        // should return both true and false flags
+        expect(given.featureFlags.getFlags()).toEqual(['beta-feature', 'alpha-feature-2', 'multivariate-flag'])
         expect(given.featureFlags.getFlagVariants()).toEqual({
             'alpha-feature-2': 'as-a-variant',
             'multivariate-flag': 'variant-1',
+            'beta-feature': false,
         })
     })
 
@@ -540,6 +542,9 @@ describe('featureflags', () => {
                 second: true,
             })
 
+            // check right compression is sent
+            expect(given.instance._send_request.mock.calls[0][0].compression).toEqual('base64')
+
             // check the request sent person properties
             expect(given.instance._send_request.mock.calls[0][0].data).toEqual({
                 token: 'random fake token',
@@ -585,6 +590,18 @@ describe('featureflags', () => {
             // check reload request was not sent
             expect(given.instance._send_request).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
         })
+
+        it('on providing config disable_compression', () => {
+            given.instance.config = {
+                ...given.instance.config,
+                disable_compression: true,
+            }
+
+            given.featureFlags.reloadFeatureFlags()
+            jest.runAllTimers()
+
+            expect(given.instance._send_request.mock.calls[0][0].compression).toEqual(undefined)
+        })
     })
 
     describe('override person and group properties', () => {
diff --git a/src/decide.ts b/src/decide.ts
index 75469b320..c85ee3453 100644
--- a/src/decide.ts
+++ b/src/decide.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class Decide {
             method: 'POST',
             url: this.instance.requestRouter.endpointFor('api', '/decide/?v=3'),
             data,
-            compression: Compression.Base64,
+            compression: this.instance.config.disable_compression ? undefined : Compression.Base64,
             timeout: this.instance.config.feature_flag_request_timeout_ms,
             callback: (response) => this.parseDecideResponse(response.json as DecideResponse | undefined),
         })
diff --git a/src/posthog-featureflags.ts b/src/posthog-featureflags.ts
index c123bb263..45272c161 100644
--- a/src/posthog-featureflags.ts
+++ b/src/posthog-featureflags.ts
@@ -110,11 +110,7 @@ export class PostHogFeatureFlags {
         const finalFlags = _extend({}, enabledFlags)
         const overriddenKeys = Object.keys(overriddenFlags)
         for (let i = 0; i < overriddenKeys.length; i++) {
-            if (overriddenFlags[overriddenKeys[i]] === false) {
-                delete finalFlags[overriddenKeys[i]]
-            } else {
-                finalFlags[overriddenKeys[i]] = overriddenFlags[overriddenKeys[i]]
-            }
+            finalFlags[overriddenKeys[i]] = overriddenFlags[overriddenKeys[i]]
         }
         if (!this._override_warning) {
             logger.warn(' Overriding feature flags!', {
@@ -194,7 +190,7 @@ export class PostHogFeatureFlags {
             method: 'POST',
             url: this.instance.requestRouter.endpointFor('api', '/decide/?v=3'),
             data: json_data,
-            compression: Compression.Base64,
+            compression: this.instance.config.disable_compression ? undefined : Compression.Base64,
             timeout: this.instance.config.feature_flag_request_timeout_ms,
             callback: (response) => {
                 this.setReloadingPaused(false)