diff --git a/executor/api/payload/utils.go b/executor/api/payload/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2624ee4319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/executor/api/payload/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package payload
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
+	"io/ioutil"
+)
+
+func DecompressBytes(data []byte, contentEncoding string) ([]byte, error) {
+	if contentEncoding != "gzip" {
+		return data, nil
+	}
+
+	bytesReader := bytes.NewReader(data)
+	gzipReader, err := gzip.NewReader(bytesReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	output, err := ioutil.ReadAll(gzipReader)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return output, nil
+}
+
+// Decompress payloads if Content-Encoding is set to gzip
+func DecompressSeldonPayload(msg SeldonPayload) ([]byte, error) {
+	data, err := msg.GetBytes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return DecompressBytes(data, msg.GetContentEncoding())
+}
diff --git a/executor/api/rest/kfserving.go b/executor/api/rest/kfserving.go
index 183aea75c4..1fe6a923da 100644
--- a/executor/api/rest/kfserving.go
+++ b/executor/api/rest/kfserving.go
@@ -2,13 +2,19 @@ package rest
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/seldonio/seldon-core/executor/api/payload"
 )
 
 func ChainKFserving(msg payload.SeldonPayload) (payload.SeldonPayload, error) {
+	data, err := payload.DecompressSeldonPayload(msg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	var f interface{}
-	err := json.Unmarshal(msg.GetPayload().([]byte), &f)
+	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &f)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -21,10 +27,9 @@ func ChainKFserving(msg payload.SeldonPayload) (payload.SeldonPayload, error) {
 		b, err := json.Marshal(m)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
-		} else {
-			p := payload.BytesPayload{Msg: b}
-			return &p, nil
 		}
+		p := payload.BytesPayload{Msg: b, ContentType: msg.GetContentType()}
+		return &p, nil
 	} else {
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("Failed to convert kfserving response so it could be chained to new input")
 	}
diff --git a/executor/logger/types.go b/executor/logger/types.go
index d623ccf7bc..92b3b1684c 100644
--- a/executor/logger/types.go
+++ b/executor/logger/types.go
@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@ const (
 )
 
 type LogRequest struct {
-	Url         *url.URL
-	Bytes       *[]byte
-	ContentType string
-	ReqType     LogRequestType
-	Id          string
-	SourceUri   *url.URL
-	ModelId     string
-	RequestId   string
+	Url             *url.URL
+	Bytes           *[]byte
+	ContentType     string
+	ContentEncoding string
+	ReqType         LogRequestType
+	Id              string
+	SourceUri       *url.URL
+	ModelId         string
+	RequestId       string
 }
diff --git a/executor/logger/worker.go b/executor/logger/worker.go
index 4d1b78a3f9..790ee9510d 100644
--- a/executor/logger/worker.go
+++ b/executor/logger/worker.go
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"time"
+
 	cloudevents "github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go"
 	"github.com/cloudevents/sdk-go/pkg/cloudevents/transport"
 	"github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/kafka"
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	"net/http"
-	"time"
+	"github.com/seldonio/seldon-core/executor/api/payload"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -123,6 +125,15 @@ func (w *Worker) sendKafkaEvent(logReq LogRequest) error {
 
 func (w *Worker) sendCloudEvent(logReq LogRequest) error {
 
+	// This temporary fix related to the fact that Triton server responses
+	// are now gzipped compressed. Until we introduce support for gzip
+	// compressed payloads in the logger / adserver and include content-encoding
+	// header in the CloudEvent messages this can serve as temporary solution.
+	data, err := payload.DecompressBytes(*logReq.Bytes, logReq.ContentEncoding)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("while creating http transport: %s", err)
+	}
+
 	t, err := cloudevents.NewHTTPTransport(
 		cloudevents.WithTarget(logReq.Url.String()),
 		cloudevents.WithEncoding(cloudevents.HTTPBinaryV1),
@@ -154,7 +165,7 @@ func (w *Worker) sendCloudEvent(logReq LogRequest) error {
 
 	event.SetSource(logReq.SourceUri.String())
 	event.SetDataContentType(logReq.ContentType)
-	if err := event.SetData(*logReq.Bytes); err != nil {
+	if err := event.SetData(data); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("while setting cloudevents data: %s", err)
 	}
 
diff --git a/executor/predictor/predictor_process.go b/executor/predictor/predictor_process.go
index a7d30c58f7..1e63a5b02c 100644
--- a/executor/predictor/predictor_process.go
+++ b/executor/predictor/predictor_process.go
@@ -333,17 +333,17 @@ func (p *PredictorProcess) logPayload(nodeName string, logger *v1.Logger, reqTyp
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	go func() {
 		err := payloadLogger.QueueLogRequest(payloadLogger.LogRequest{
-			Url:         logUrl,
-			Bytes:       &data,
-			ContentType: msg.GetContentType(),
-			ReqType:     reqType,
-			Id:          guuid.New().String(),
-			SourceUri:   p.ServerUrl,
-			ModelId:     nodeName,
-			RequestId:   puid,
+			Url:             logUrl,
+			Bytes:           &data,
+			ContentType:     msg.GetContentType(),
+			ContentEncoding: msg.GetContentEncoding(),
+			ReqType:         reqType,
+			Id:              guuid.New().String(),
+			SourceUri:       p.ServerUrl,
+			ModelId:         nodeName,
+			RequestId:       puid,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			p.Log.Error(err, "failed to log request")
diff --git a/executor/samples/local/kfserving/Makefile b/executor/samples/local/kfserving/Makefile
index 8a80f577c0..ba77c5f48f 100644
--- a/executor/samples/local/kfserving/Makefile
+++ b/executor/samples/local/kfserving/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 BASE=../../..
+TRITON_VERSION ?= 21.08-py3
 
 triton-inference-server:
 	git clone https://github.com/NVIDIA/triton-inference-server
@@ -6,14 +7,19 @@ triton-inference-server:
 triton-inference-server/docs/examples/model_repository/simple: triton-inference-server
 	cd triton-inference-server/docs/examples && ./fetch_models.sh
 
+
+## dummy logger
+run_dummy_logsink:
+	docker run -it -p 2222:80 --rm -t mendhak/http-https-echo
+
 ## REST
 
 run_executor:
-	${BASE}/executor --sdep triton --namespace default --predictor simple --file ./model.yaml --http_port 8000 --grpc_port 5000 --protocol kfserving
+	${BASE}/executor --sdep triton --namespace default --predictor simple --file ./model.yaml --http_port 8000 --grpc_port 5000 --protocol kfserving --log_level DEBUG
 
 
 run_triton_simple:
-	docker run --rm --shm-size=1g --ulimit memlock=-1 --ulimit stack=67108864 -p9000:9000 -p8001:8001 -p8002:8002 -p5001:5001 -v ${PWD}/triton-inference-server/docs/examples/model_repository:/models nvcr.io/nvidia/tritonserver:21.08-py3 /opt/tritonserver/bin/tritonserver --model-repository=/models --http-port=9000 --grpc-port=5001
+	docker run --rm --shm-size=1g --ulimit memlock=-1 --ulimit stack=67108864 -p9000:9000 -p8001:8001 -p8002:8002 -p5001:5001 -v ${PWD}/triton-inference-server/docs/examples/model_repository:/models nvcr.io/nvidia/tritonserver:${TRITON_VERSION} /opt/tritonserver/bin/tritonserver --model-repository=/models --http-port=9000 --grpc-port=5001 --log-verbose=1
 
 curl_rest_triton:
 	curl -v -d '{"inputs":[{"name":"INPUT0","data":[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16],"datatype":"INT32","shape":[1,16]},{"name":"INPUT1","data":[1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16],"datatype":"INT32","shape":[1,16]}]}'    -X POST http://0.0.0.0:9000/v2/models/simple/infer    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
diff --git a/executor/samples/local/kfserving/model.yaml b/executor/samples/local/kfserving/model.yaml
index 15c8f3e9cc..2fef7e52fe 100644
--- a/executor/samples/local/kfserving/model.yaml
+++ b/executor/samples/local/kfserving/model.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ spec:
       implementation: TRITON_SERVER
       modelUri: gs://seldon-models/trtis/simple-model
       name: simple
-      type: MODEL      
+      type: MODEL
+      logger:
+        mode: all
+        url: http://localhost:2222
     name: simple
     replicas: 1