diff --git a/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/compression/CompressedOutputStream.java b/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/compression/CompressedOutputStream.java
index 6f80934a..f323036f 100644
--- a/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/compression/CompressedOutputStream.java
+++ b/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/compression/CompressedOutputStream.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ private void decideCompression(int length) throws IOException {
 
       if (compressionAllowed && length >= minSizeForCompression) {
         Optional<Compressor> compressor;
-        compressor = findMatchingCompressor(ctx.header(Constants.ACCEPT_ENCODING));
+        compressor = findMatchingCompressor(ctx.headerValues(Constants.ACCEPT_ENCODING));
         if (compressor.isPresent()) {
           this.compressedStream = compressor.get().compress(originStream);
           ctx.header(Constants.CONTENT_ENCODING, compressor.get().encoding());
@@ -69,9 +70,15 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
     originStream.close();
   }
 
-  private Optional<Compressor> findMatchingCompressor(String acceptedEncoding) {
+  private Optional<Compressor> findMatchingCompressor(List<String> acceptedEncoding) {
     if (acceptedEncoding != null) {
-      return Arrays.stream(acceptedEncoding.split(","))
+      // it seems jetty may handle multi-value headers differently
+      var stream =
+          acceptedEncoding.size() > 1
+              ? acceptedEncoding.stream()
+              : Arrays.stream(acceptedEncoding.getFirst().split(","));
+
+      return stream
           .map(e -> e.trim().split(";")[0])
           .map(e -> "*".equals(e) ? "gzip" : e.toLowerCase())
           .map(compression::forType)
diff --git a/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/core/JdkContext.java b/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/core/JdkContext.java
index 70fd667a..cf02ceb0 100644
--- a/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/core/JdkContext.java
+++ b/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/core/JdkContext.java
@@ -221,8 +221,7 @@ public Map<String, List<String>> formParamMap() {
   }
 
   private String header(Headers headers, String name) {
-    final List<String> values = headers.get(name);
-    return values == null || values.isEmpty() ? null : values.getFirst();
+    return headers.getFirst(name);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -230,6 +229,11 @@ public String header(String key) {
     return header(exchange.getRequestHeaders(), key);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public List<String> headerValues(String key) {
+    return exchange.getRequestHeaders().get(key);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Context header(String key, List<String> value) {
     exchange.getResponseHeaders().put(key, value);
@@ -261,10 +265,20 @@ public Context headerMap(Map<String, List<String>> map) {
   }
 
   @Override
-  public Headers headers() {
+  public Headers requestHeaders() {
     return exchange.getRequestHeaders();
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public Headers responseHeaders() {
+    return exchange.getResponseHeaders();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<String> responseHeaderValues(String key) {
+    return exchange.getResponseHeaders().get(key);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String host() {
     return header(Constants.HOST);
diff --git a/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/http/Context.java b/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/http/Context.java
index 45b8aa5f..0b01619d 100644
--- a/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/http/Context.java
+++ b/avaje-jex/src/main/java/io/avaje/jex/http/Context.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ default <T> T bodyAsClass(Class<T> beanType) {
    * @param beanType The bean type
    */
   <T> T bodyAsType(Type beanType);
-  
+
   /**
    * Return the request body as bean using {@link #bodyAsInputStream()}.
    *
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ default <T> T bodyAsClass(Class<T> beanType) {
   default <T> T bodyStreamAsClass(Class<T> beanType) {
     return bodyAsType(beanType);
   }
-  
+
   /**
    * Return the request body as bean of the given type using {@link #bodyAsInputStream()}.
    *
@@ -192,12 +192,19 @@ default String fullUrl() {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Return the request header.
+   * Return the request header value by name.
    *
-   * @param key The header key
+   * @param key The first value of the header
    */
   String header(String key);
 
+  /**
+   * Return the request headers.
+   *
+   * @param key all values of the header key
+   */
+  List<String> headerValues(String key);
+
   /**
    * Set the response header.
    *
@@ -235,7 +242,14 @@ default String fullUrl() {
    *
    * @return the request headers
    */
-  Headers headers();
+  Headers requestHeaders();
+
+  /**
+   * Return underlying response headers.
+   *
+   * @return the response headers
+   */
+  Headers responseHeaders();
 
   /** Add the response headers using the provided map. */
   default Context headers(Map<String, String> headers) {
@@ -439,6 +453,14 @@ default Context render(String name) {
    */
   String responseHeader(String key);
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the value of the specified response header.
+   *
+   * @param key The name of the header.
+   * @return The value of the header, or null if not found.
+   */
+  List<String> responseHeaderValues(String key);
+
   /** Return true if the response has been sent. */
   boolean responseSent();
 
diff --git a/avaje-jex/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/compression/CompressionTest.java b/avaje-jex/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/compression/CompressionTest.java
index 1f241201..2ee5612a 100644
--- a/avaje-jex/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/compression/CompressionTest.java
+++ b/avaje-jex/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/compression/CompressionTest.java
@@ -33,10 +33,7 @@ static TestPair init() {
                             "/sus",
                             ctx ->
                                 ctx.write(
-                                    CompressionTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/public/sus.txt")))
-                        .get(
-                            "/forced",
-                            ctx -> ctx.header(Constants.CONTENT_ENCODING, "gzip").text("hi")));
+                                    CompressionTest.class.getResourceAsStream("/public/sus.txt"))));
 
     return TestPair.create(app);
   }
@@ -72,12 +69,4 @@ void testNoCompression() {
     assertThat(res.statusCode()).isEqualTo(200);
     assertThat(res.headers().firstValue(Constants.CONTENT_ENCODING)).isEmpty();
   }
-
-  @Test
-  void testForcedCompression() {
-    HttpResponse<String> res =
-        pair.request().header(Constants.ACCEPT_ENCODING, "gzip").path("forced").GET().asString();
-    assertThat(res.statusCode()).isEqualTo(200);
-    assertThat(res.headers().firstValue(Constants.CONTENT_ENCODING)).contains("gzip");
-  }
 }
diff --git a/avaje-jex/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/core/TestPair.java b/avaje-jex/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/core/TestPair.java
index f9429ed2..2bab7988 100644
--- a/avaje-jex/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/core/TestPair.java
+++ b/avaje-jex/src/test/java/io/avaje/jex/core/TestPair.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package io.avaje.jex.core;
 
 import java.net.http.HttpClient.Version;
+import java.time.Duration;
 
 import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClient;
 import io.avaje.http.client.HttpClientRequest;
@@ -43,7 +44,12 @@ public static TestPair create(Jex app) {
     var jexServer = app.port(0).start();
     var port = jexServer.port();
     var url = "http://localhost:" + port;
-    var client = HttpClient.builder().version(Version.HTTP_1_1).baseUrl(url).build();
+    var client =
+        HttpClient.builder()
+            .version(Version.HTTP_1_1)
+            .requestTimeout(Duration.ofDays(1))
+            .baseUrl(url)
+            .build();
 
     return new TestPair(port, jexServer, client);
   }