diff --git a/lib/j2ssh/j2ssh.properties b/lib/j2ssh/j2ssh.properties
index 218c0a813dd709b50ff439a9681e443765b9333f..051acfe4913d3ef1f3421acf8bcf1880277b2e4f 100644
--- a/lib/j2ssh/j2ssh.properties
+++ b/lib/j2ssh/j2ssh.properties
@@ -58,3 +58,6 @@ remotedir.YP=/nfs/disk222/yeastpub
 # local directories to use as roots in the file manager
 localdir.PD=/nfs/pathdata
 localdir.YP=/nfs/disk222/yeastpub
+#
+# zip results
+zip=true