diff -ru typo3_src-4.2.5/typo3/init.php typo3_src-4.2.5_cpohle/typo3/init.php
--- typo3_src-4.2.5/typo3/init.php	2009-01-24 17:30:50.000000000 +0100
+++ typo3_src-4.2.5_cpohle/typo3/init.php	2009-01-26 15:55:54.000000000 +0100
@@ -340,6 +340,17 @@
 }
 
 
+// ****************
+// compression
+// ****************
+ob_clean();
+if (extension_loaded('zlib') && $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel'])	{
+	if (t3lib_div::testInt($TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel'])) {
+		@ini_set('zlib.output_compression_level', $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel']);
+	}
+	ob_start('ob_gzhandler');
+}
+
 
 // *******************************
 // BackEnd User authentication
@@ -377,15 +388,4 @@
 		exit;
 	}
 }
-
-// ****************
-// compression
-// ****************
-ob_clean();
-if (extension_loaded('zlib') && $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel'])	{
-	if (t3lib_div::testInt($TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel'])) {
-		@ini_set('zlib.output_compression_level', $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel']);
-	}
-	ob_start('ob_gzhandler');
-}
 ?>