diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 25fa1a3..fe0c0a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ Additionally fgprof supports the plain text format used by Brendan Gregg's [Flam
 ```
 git clone https://github.com/brendangregg/FlameGraph
 cd FlameGraph
-curl -s 'localhost:6060/debug/fgprof?seconds=3' > fgprof.fold
-./flamegraph.pl fgprof.fold > fgprof.svg
+curl -s 'localhost:6060/debug/fgprof?seconds=3&format=folded' > fgprof.folded
+./flamegraph.pl fgprof.folded > fgprof.svg
 ```
 
 ![](./assets/fgprof_gregg.png)
diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 106e731..93d9663 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -3,15 +3,13 @@ package fgprof
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
-	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
 // Handler returns an http handler that requires a "seconds" query argument
 // and produces a profile over this duration. The optional "format" parameter
-// controls if the output is written in Brendan Gregg's "folded" stack
-// format, or Google's "pprof" format. If no "format" is given, the handler
-// tries to guess the best format based on the http headers.
+// controls if the output is written in Google's "pprof" format (default) or
+// Brendan Gregg's "folded" stack format.
 func Handler() http.Handler {
 	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		var seconds int
@@ -22,7 +20,7 @@ func Handler() http.Handler {
 
 		format := Format(r.URL.Query().Get("format"))
 		if format == "" {
-			format = guessFormat(r)
+			format = FormatPprof
 		}
 
 		stop := Start(w, format)
@@ -30,15 +28,3 @@ func Handler() http.Handler {
 		time.Sleep(time.Duration(seconds) * time.Second)
 	})
 }
-
-// guessFormat returns FormatPprof if it looks like pprof sent r, otherwise
-// FormatFolded. It's not meant to be a perfect heuristic, but a nice
-// convenience for users that don't want to specify the format explicitly.
-func guessFormat(r *http.Request) Format {
-	for _, format := range r.Header["Accept-Encoding"] {
-		if strings.ToLower(format) == "gzip" {
-			return FormatPprof
-		}
-	}
-	return FormatFolded
-}