diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0309562..6c3faac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ For example, if you are using Next.js, you can:
    ```sh
    npm install --save @fal-ai/serverless-proxy
    ```
-2. Add the proxy as an API endpoint of your app, see an example here in [pages/api/\_fal/proxy.ts](https://github.com/fal-ai/serverless-js/blob/main/apps/demo-nextjs-app/pages/api/_fal/proxy.ts)
+2. Add the proxy as an API endpoint of your app, see an example here in [pages/api/\fal/proxy.ts](https://github.com/fal-ai/serverless-js/blob/main/apps/demo-nextjs-app/pages/api/fal/proxy.ts)
    ```ts
    export { handler as default } from '@fal-ai/serverless-proxy/nextjs';
    ```
diff --git a/apps/demo-nextjs-page-router/pages/api/_fal/proxy.ts b/apps/demo-nextjs-page-router/pages/api/fal/proxy.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from apps/demo-nextjs-page-router/pages/api/_fal/proxy.ts
rename to apps/demo-nextjs-page-router/pages/api/fal/proxy.ts
diff --git a/apps/demo-nextjs-page-router/pages/index.tsx b/apps/demo-nextjs-page-router/pages/index.tsx
index 7fb7994..0f121ab 100644
--- a/apps/demo-nextjs-page-router/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/apps/demo-nextjs-page-router/pages/index.tsx
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 // @snippet:start(client.config)
 fal.config({
   requestMiddleware: fal.withProxy({
-    targetUrl: '/api/_fal/proxy', // the built-int nextjs proxy
-    // targetUrl: 'http://localhost:3333/api/_fal/proxy', // or your own external proxy
+    targetUrl: '/api/fal/proxy', // the built-int nextjs proxy
+    // targetUrl: 'http://localhost:3333/api/fal/proxy', // or your own external proxy
   }),
 });
 // @snippet:end
diff --git a/libs/proxy/README.md b/libs/proxy/README.md
index c626c3c..b4d7fcb 100644
--- a/libs/proxy/README.md
+++ b/libs/proxy/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ npm install --save @fal-ai/serverless-proxy
 
 For Next.js applications using the page router:
 
-1. Create an API route in your Next.js app, as a convention we suggest using `pages/api/_fal/proxy.js` (or `.ts` if you're using TypeScript):
+1. Create an API route in your Next.js app, as a convention we suggest using `pages/api/fal/proxy.js` (or `.ts` if you're using TypeScript):
 2. Re-export the proxy handler from the library as the default export:
    ```ts
    export { handler as default } from '@fal-ai/serverless-proxy/nextjs';
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ For Express applications:
    import * as falProxy from '@fal-ai/serverless-proxy/express';
 
    app.all(
-     falProxy.route, // '/api/_fal/proxy' or you can use your own
+     falProxy.route, // '/api/fal/proxy' or you can use your own
      cors(), // if external clients will use the proxy
      falProxy.handler
    );
diff --git a/libs/proxy/package.json b/libs/proxy/package.json
index f2ea282..a03afdc 100644
--- a/libs/proxy/package.json
+++ b/libs/proxy/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@fal-ai/serverless-proxy",
-  "version": "0.5.0",
+  "version": "0.6.0",
   "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/libs/proxy/src/express.ts b/libs/proxy/src/express.ts
index cb75777..5afb765 100644
--- a/libs/proxy/src/express.ts
+++ b/libs/proxy/src/express.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ export const handler: RequestHandler = async (request, response, next) => {
   await handleRequest({
     id: 'express',
     method: request.method,
-    respondWith: (status, data) =>
-      typeof data === 'string'
-        ? response.status(status).json({ detail: data })
-        : response.status(status).json(data),
+    respondWith: (status, data) => response.status(status).json(data),
     getHeaders: () => request.headers,
     getHeader: (name) => request.headers[name],
     sendHeader: (name, value) => response.setHeader(name, value),
diff --git a/libs/proxy/src/index.ts b/libs/proxy/src/index.ts
index d5d17d0..2902876 100644
--- a/libs/proxy/src/index.ts
+++ b/libs/proxy/src/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 export const TARGET_URL_HEADER = 'x-fal-target-url';
 
-export const DEFAULT_PROXY_ROUTE = '/api/_fal/proxy';
+export const DEFAULT_PROXY_ROUTE = '/api/fal/proxy';
 
 const FAL_KEY = process.env.FAL_KEY || process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_FAL_KEY;
 const FAL_KEY_ID = process.env.FAL_KEY_ID || process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_FAL_KEY_ID;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function getFalKey(): string | undefined {
   return undefined;
 }
 
-const EXCLUDED_HEADERS = ['content-length'];
+const EXCLUDED_HEADERS = ['content-length', 'content-encoding'];
 
 /**
  * A request handler that proxies the request to the fal-serverless
diff --git a/libs/proxy/src/nextjs.ts b/libs/proxy/src/nextjs.ts
index 2bb3d00..74680ae 100644
--- a/libs/proxy/src/nextjs.ts
+++ b/libs/proxy/src/nextjs.ts
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ export const handler: NextApiHandler = async (request, response) => {
   return handleRequest({
     id: 'nextjs-page-router',
     method: request.method || 'POST',
-    respondWith: (status, data) =>
-      typeof data === 'string'
-        ? response.status(status).json({ detail: data })
-        : response.status(status).json(data),
+    respondWith: (status, data) => response.status(status).json(data),
     getHeaders: () => request.headers,
     getHeader: (name) => request.headers[name],
     sendHeader: (name, value) => response.setHeader(name, value),
@@ -53,7 +50,7 @@ async function routeHandler(request: NextRequest) {
     id: 'nextjs-app-router',
     method: request.method,
     respondWith: (status, data) =>
-      NextResponse.json(typeof data === 'string' ? { detail: data } : data, {
+      NextResponse.json(data, {
         status,
         headers: responseHeaders,
       }),