diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 4bc630de4..29fbdc49d 100755
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ selectNodeVersion () {
 # ----------
 
 echo Handling node.js deployment.
+echo "\"$SCM_COMMIT_ID\"" > $DEPLOYMENT_SOURCE/scm-commit-id.json
 
 # 1. KuduSync
 if [[ "$IN_PLACE_DEPLOYMENT" -ne "1" ]]; then
diff --git a/env.js b/env.js
index c063c2274..2669dee95 100644
--- a/env.js
+++ b/env.js
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ function config ( ) {
   var software = require('./package.json');
   var git = require('git-rev');
 
-  if (readENV('SCM_GIT_EMAIL') == 'windowsazure' && readENV('ScmType') == 'GitHub') {
-    git.cwd('/home/site/repository');
-  }
-  if (readENV('SCM_COMMIT_ID')) {
-    env.head = readENV('SCM_COMMIT_ID');
+  if (readENV('APPSETTING_ScmType') == readENV('ScmType') && readENV('ScmType') == 'GitHub') {
+    env.head = require('./scm-commit-id.json');
+    console.log("SCM COMMIT ID", env.head);
   } else {
     git.short(function record_git_head (head) {
       console.log("GIT HEAD", head);
diff --git a/lib/websocket.js b/lib/websocket.js
index 161d239f8..159c85413 100644
--- a/lib/websocket.js
+++ b/lib/websocket.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var dir2Char = {
         //these only effect the socket.io.js file that is sent to the client, but better than nothing
         'browser client minification': true,
         'browser client etag': true,
-        'browser client gzip': true
+        'browser client gzip': false
     });
   }
   // get data from database and setup to update every minute