diff --git a/src/radbin/radbin.c b/src/radbin/radbin.c
index 9788b5f7..fd3220dc 100644
--- a/src/radbin/radbin.c
+++ b/src/radbin/radbin.c
@@ -1152,6 +1152,13 @@ rb_thread_entry_point(void *p)
           {
             RDI_Parsed rdi = {0};
             RDI_ParseStatus rdi_status = rdi_parse(f->data.str, f->data.size, &rdi);
+            U64 decompressed_size = rdi_decompressed_size_from_parsed(&rdi);
+            if(decompressed_size > rdi.raw_data_size)
+            {
+              U8 *decompressed_data = push_array_no_zero(arena, U8, decompressed_size);
+              rdi_decompress_parsed(decompressed_data, decompressed_size, &rdi);
+              rdi_status = rdi_parse(decompressed_data, decompressed_size, &rdi);
+            }
             switch(rdi_status)
             {
               default:{}break;
diff --git a/src/rdi_make/rdi_make_local.c b/src/rdi_make/rdi_make_local.c
index 70ccc333..d6678622 100644
--- a/src/rdi_make/rdi_make_local.c
+++ b/src/rdi_make/rdi_make_local.c
@@ -2982,12 +2982,7 @@ rdim_compress(Arena *arena, RDIM_SerializedSectionBundle *in)
     RDIM_SerializedSection *src = &in->sections[k];
     RDIM_SerializedSection *dst = &out.sections[k];
     MemoryCopyStruct(dst, src);
-    
-    // rjf: determine if this section should be compressed
-    B32 should_compress = 1;
-    
-    // rjf: compress if needed
-    if(should_compress)
+    if(src->encoded_size != 0)
     {
       MemoryZero(ctx.m_hashTable, sizeof(U16)*(1<<ctx.m_tableSizeBits));
       dst->data = push_array_no_zero(arena, U8, src->encoded_size);