diff --git a/LCS/PyCommon/flask.py b/LCS/PyCommon/flask.py
index e1e964f092749990559164fbce0f5326b4a4f39f..c661816a7f976bd1632e4071506d85df0b32d1be 100644
--- a/LCS/PyCommon/flask.py
+++ b/LCS/PyCommon/flask.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 # $Id$
 
-from flask import after_this_request, request
+import flask
 from cStringIO import StringIO as IO
 import gzip
 import functools
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ import functools
 def gzipped(f):
     @functools.wraps(f)
     def view_func(*args, **kwargs):
-        @after_this_request
+        @flask.after_this_request
         def zipper(response):
-            accept_encoding = request.headers.get('Accept-Encoding', '')
+            accept_encoding = flask.request.headers.get('Accept-Encoding', '')
 
             if 'gzip' not in accept_encoding.lower():
                 return response