diff --git a/bot.go b/bot.go
index 75444e4..60d8f22 100644
--- a/bot.go
+++ b/bot.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"compress/gzip"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -495,6 +496,17 @@ func monitorModelLoad(modelID string) {
 
 // extractDetailedErrorFromBytes extracts detailed error information from response body bytes
 func extractDetailedErrorFromBytes(body []byte, statusCode int) string {
+	// Try to decompress gzip if the response is compressed
+	if len(body) >= 2 && body[0] == 0x1f && body[1] == 0x8b {
+		reader, err := gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(body))
+		if err == nil {
+			decompressed, err := io.ReadAll(reader)
+			reader.Close()
+			if err == nil {
+				body = decompressed
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	// Try to parse as JSON to extract detailed error information
 	var errorResponse map[string]any
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(body, &errorResponse); err == nil {
diff --git a/session.go b/session.go
index 5784333..42d5001 100644
--- a/session.go
+++ b/session.go
@@ -170,6 +170,17 @@ func copyToClipboard(text string) error {
 }
 
 func notifyUser(topic, message string) error {
-	cmd := exec.Command("notify-send", topic, message)
+	// Sanitize message to remove control characters that notify-send doesn't handle
+	sanitized := strings.Map(func(r rune) rune {
+		if r < 32 && r != '\t' {
+			return -1
+		}
+		return r
+	}, message)
+	// Truncate if too long
+	if len(sanitized) > 200 {
+		sanitized = sanitized[:197] + "..."
+	}
+	cmd := exec.Command("notify-send", topic, sanitized)
 	return cmd.Run()
 }