diff --git a/src/flask_debugtoolbar/__init__.py b/src/flask_debugtoolbar/__init__.py
index 15f4772..3b3a7b7 100644
--- a/src/flask_debugtoolbar/__init__.py
+++ b/src/flask_debugtoolbar/__init__.py
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ def process_response(self, response):
                 response.headers['content-type'].startswith('text/html')):
             return response
 
-        if 'gzip' in response.headers.get('Content-Encoding'):
+        content_encoding = response.headers.get('Content-Encoding')
+        if content_encoding and 'gzip' in content_encoding:
             response_html = gzip_decompress(response.data).decode()
         else:
             response_html = response.get_data(as_text=True)
@@ -258,7 +259,7 @@ def process_response(self, response):
 
         content = ''.join((before, toolbar_html, after))
         content = content.encode('utf-8')
-        if 'gzip' in response.headers.get('Content-Encoding'):
+        if content_encoding and 'gzip' in content_encoding:
             content = gzip_compress(content)
         response.response = [content]
         response.content_length = len(content)
diff --git a/test/basic_app.py b/test/basic_app.py
index e10671d..9c3618d 100644
--- a/test/basic_app.py
+++ b/test/basic_app.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 from flask_debugtoolbar import DebugToolbarExtension
 
 app = Flask('basic_app')
+app.config['DEBUG'] = True
 app.config['SECRET_KEY'] = 'abc123'
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_RECORD_QUERIES'] = True
 app.config['SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI'] = 'sqlite:///:memory:'