diff --git a/kramv/KramViewerBase.cpp b/kramv/KramViewerBase.cpp
index 02b23eb..320f091 100644
--- a/kramv/KramViewerBase.cpp
+++ b/kramv/KramViewerBase.cpp
@@ -2095,6 +2095,34 @@ void Data::setLoadedText(string& text)
     }
 }
 
+void Data::setFailedText(const string& filename, string& text)
+{
+    text = "Failed ";
+
+    // This doesn't advance with failure
+    //string filename = _showSettings->lastFilename;
+    
+    text += toFilenameShort(filename.c_str());
+
+    // archives and file systems have folders, split that off
+    string folderName;
+    const char* slashPos = strrchr(filename.c_str(), '/');
+    if (slashPos != nullptr) {
+        folderName = filename.substr(0, slashPos - filename.c_str());
+    }
+
+    if (!folderName.empty()) {
+        text += " in folder ";
+        text += folderName;
+    }
+
+    if (!_archiveName.empty()) {
+        text += " from archive ";
+        text += _archiveName;
+    }
+
+}
+
 void Data::initActions()
 {
     // Don't reorder without also matching actionPtrs below
diff --git a/kramv/KramViewerBase.h b/kramv/KramViewerBase.h
index a9ba273..03e96f6 100644
--- a/kramv/KramViewerBase.h
+++ b/kramv/KramViewerBase.h
@@ -485,7 +485,8 @@ struct Data {
     const Action* actionFromKey(uint32_t keyCodes) const;
 
     void setLoadedText(string& text);
-
+    void setFailedText(const string& filename, string& text);
+    
     void initActions();
     vector<Action>& actions() { return _actions; }
     void initDisabledButtons();
diff --git a/kramv/KramViewerMain.mm b/kramv/KramViewerMain.mm
index 9e1467f..c35ee45 100644
--- a/kramv/KramViewerMain.mm
+++ b/kramv/KramViewerMain.mm
@@ -1579,8 +1579,8 @@ -(BOOL)loadFile
         setErrorLogCapture(false);
         
         string finalErrorText;
-        append_sprintf(finalErrorText, "Could not load from file:\n %s\n",
-                       filename);
+        // this does have previous filename set
+        _data.setFailedText(file.name.c_str(), finalErrorText);
         finalErrorText += errorText;
         
         [self setHudText:finalErrorText.c_str()];
diff --git a/libkram/kram/KTXImage.cpp b/libkram/kram/KTXImage.cpp
index 047dbde..321272e 100644
--- a/libkram/kram/KTXImage.cpp
+++ b/libkram/kram/KTXImage.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "zstd.h"
 
 #ifndef USE_LIBCOMPRESSION
-#define USE_LIBCOMPRESSION (KRAM_MAC || KRAM_IOS)
+#define USE_LIBCOMPRESSION 0 // (KRAM_MAC || KRAM_IOS)
 #endif
 
 #if USE_LIBCOMPRESSION
diff --git a/libkram/kram/KramZipHelper.cpp b/libkram/kram/KramZipHelper.cpp
index f02d51f..f8038d5 100644
--- a/libkram/kram/KramZipHelper.cpp
+++ b/libkram/kram/KramZipHelper.cpp
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
 // test for perf of this compared to one in miniz also see 
 // comments about faster algs.
 // libcompress can only encode lvl 5, but here it's only decompress.
+// This is failing on various ktx2 files in the mac archive
 #ifndef USE_LIBCOMPRESSION
-#define USE_LIBCOMPRESSION (KRAM_MAC || KRAM_IOS)
+#define USE_LIBCOMPRESSION 0 // (KRAM_MAC || KRAM_IOS)
 #endif
 
 #if USE_LIBCOMPRESSION