diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 63358c4..60916cc 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ require (
 	firebase.google.com/go/v4 v4.14.1
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/kelseyhightower/envconfig v1.4.0
-	github.com/observerly/iris v0.34.0
+	github.com/observerly/iris v0.35.0
 	github.com/rs/zerolog v1.33.0
 	golang.org/x/image v0.20.0
 	golang.org/x/net v0.29.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d46b013..b611494 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@ github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb v1.7.2 h1:CHkFJiObW7ItKTJfHo1QX7QBBD1iV+mn1eOyRP
 github.com/microsoft/go-mssqldb v1.7.2/go.mod h1:kOvZKUdrhhFQmxLZqbwUV0rHkNkZpthMITIb2Ko1IoA=
 github.com/modocache/gover v0.0.0-20171022184752-b58185e213c5/go.mod h1:caMODM3PzxT8aQXRPkAt8xlV/e7d7w8GM5g0fa5F0D8=
 github.com/montanaflynn/stats v0.7.0/go.mod h1:etXPPgVO6n31NxCd9KQUMvCM+ve0ruNzt6R8Bnaayow=
-github.com/observerly/iris v0.34.0 h1:k5KhTAg22YyenppTVYgJS/OC5HC3bjzQcMCg+2m39Po=
-github.com/observerly/iris v0.34.0/go.mod h1:YKEXtV4s79ytEMsjfgHl5oQAyPIpRcDUr5mZwfSItPc=
+github.com/observerly/iris v0.35.0 h1:SBzIeD4vGk955GfhQGkCdSGX+S1H4Wn00UD045nzg9k=
+github.com/observerly/iris v0.35.0/go.mod h1:umxMm/MDEsIivLF71qnhi3PCMt6NwSlusCb2u8Xx8DQ=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20210911075715-681adbf594b8/go.mod h1:HKlIX3XHQyzLZPlr7++PzdhaXEj94dEiJgZDTsxEqUI=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c h1:+mdjkGKdHQG3305AYmdv1U2eRNDiU2ErMBj1gwrq8eQ=
 github.com/pkg/browser v0.0.0-20240102092130-5ac0b6a4141c/go.mod h1:7rwL4CYBLnjLxUqIJNnCWiEdr3bn6IUYi15bNlnbCCU=
diff --git a/service/storage/tiff.go b/service/storage/tiff.go
index 1b13457..6a6eec7 100644
--- a/service/storage/tiff.go
+++ b/service/storage/tiff.go
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import (
 
 	cloud "cloud.google.com/go/storage"
 	"connectrpc.com/connect"
+	"github.com/observerly/iris/pkg/astrotiff"
+	metadata "github.com/observerly/iris/pkg/ifd"
 	"github.com/observerly/iris/pkg/image"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	"golang.org/x/image/tiff"
@@ -75,11 +77,44 @@ func (s *server) getFITSAsTIFF(ctx context.Context, req *connect.Request[pb.GetF
 		return nil, connect.NewError(connect.CodeInternal, fmt.Errorf("failed to get image as 16-bit grayscale from FITS: %w", err))
 	}
 
-	// Create a new buffer to store the object data:
+	// Create a new buffer to store the header data:
+	headerb := new(bytes.Buffer)
+
+	// Write the FITS header to the buffer:
+	headerb, err = fit.Header.WriteToBuffer(headerb)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		s.Logger.Error().Err(err).Msg("Failed to write header to buffer")
+		return nil, connect.NewError(connect.CodeInternal, fmt.Errorf("failed to write header to buffer: %w", err))
+	}
+
+	// Convert the FITS header to a series of uint32 values:
+	var description []uint32
+	for _, b := range fit.Header.AddLineFeedCharacteToHeaderRow(headerb.Bytes(), "\n") {
+		description = append(description, uint32(b))
+	}
+
+	// Create an Image File Directory (IFD) for the TIFF:
+	ifd := []metadata.IFDEntry{
+		{
+			Tag:      metadata.TagTypeImageDescription,
+			DataType: metadata.DataTypeASCII,
+			Data:     description,
+		},
+		{
+			Tag:      metadata.TagTypeOrientation,
+			DataType: metadata.DataTypeShort,
+			Data:     []uint32{1},
+		},
+	}
+
+	// Create a new buffer to store the image data:
 	tiffb := new(bytes.Buffer)
 
-	// Encode the image as a TIFF:
-	err = tiff.Encode(tiffb, img, nil)
+	// Encode the image as a TIFF with Deflate compression and horizontal predictor:
+	err = astrotiff.Encode(tiffb, img, &tiff.Options{
+		Compression: tiff.Deflate,
+	}, ifd)
 
 	if err != nil {
 		s.Logger.Error().Err(err).Msg("Failed to encode image as TIFF")