From 27442e01c23e7837ef4782786a13dc60b2a4edb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Parton <john.parton.iv@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:11:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #1526 - Open gzip'd files in text mode

---
 storages/compress.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/storages/compress.py b/storages/compress.py
index 0c24255fe..0dff9a694 100644
--- a/storages/compress.py
+++ b/storages/compress.py
@@ -46,4 +46,9 @@ def _compress_content(self, content):
 
 class CompressedFileMixin:
     def _decompress_file(self, mode, file, mtime=0.0):
-        return GzipFile(mode=mode, fileobj=file, mtime=mtime)
+        f = GzipFile(mode=mode, fileobj=file, mtime=mtime)
+
+        if "b" not in mode:
+            f = io.TextIOWrapper(f, encoding="utf-8")
+
+        return f