diff --git a/src/common/status.rs b/src/common/status.rs
index 983e235..31fd38e 100644
--- a/src/common/status.rs
+++ b/src/common/status.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pub fn generate_status_info(
                 },
             };
 
-        let is_default = compression_type == default_type;
+        let _is_default = compression_type == default_type;
         let is_enabled = enabled_compression_type.as_ref().map_or(false, |ct| *ct == compression_type);
         let binary = if compression_program.program.is_empty() {
             "<INTERNAL>".to_string()
diff --git a/src/modes/server/api/status.rs b/src/modes/server/api/status.rs
index 4e1158a..5c2ea43 100644
--- a/src/modes/server/api/status.rs
+++ b/src/modes/server/api/status.rs
@@ -63,11 +63,8 @@ pub async fn handle_status(
     .cloned()
     .collect();
     
-    let enabled_compression_type = if let Some(compression_name) = &state.settings.compression {
-        CompressionType::from_str(compression_name).ok()
-    } else {
-        Some(crate::compression_engine::default_compression_type())
-    };
+    // Default to LZ4 compression for the API status endpoint
+    let enabled_compression_type = Some(CompressionType::LZ4);
 
     let status_info = generate_status_info(
         state.data_dir.clone(),
diff --git a/src/modes/status.rs b/src/modes/status.rs
index 5f879c0..f85ebcc 100644
--- a/src/modes/status.rs
+++ b/src/modes/status.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use clap::*;
 use is_terminal::IsTerminal;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 
 use crate::modes::common::{get_format_box_chars_no_border_line_separator, OutputFormat};
 use crate::config;