diff --git a/_service b/_service
index c8c205a..73d809b 100644
--- a/_service
+++ b/_service
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 <services>
   <service name="download_url"><param name="path">/gnu/gettext/</param><param name="host">ftp.gnu.org</param></service>
-<service name="recompress"/><service name="verify_file"/><service name="set_version"/></services>
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+<service name="recompress"><param name="file"/><param name="compression">bz2</param></service><service name="verify_file"/><service name="set_version"/></services>
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