diff --git a/rowers/dataprep.py b/rowers/dataprep.py
index 01a649a7..bdc2ef4d 100644
--- a/rowers/dataprep.py
+++ b/rowers/dataprep.py
@@ -1779,11 +1779,15 @@ def getsmallrowdata_db(columns, ids=[], doclean=True,workstrokesonly=True):
     data = []
     columns = [c for c in columns if c != 'None']
 
-    for f in csvfilenames:
-        df = dd.read_parquet(f,columns=columns,engine='pyarrow')
-        data.append(df)
+    if len(ids)>1:
+        for f in csvfilenames:
+            df = dd.read_parquet(f,columns=columns,engine='pyarrow')
+            data.append(df)
 
-    df = dd.concat(data,axis=0)
+    
+        df = dd.concat(data,axis=0)
+    else:
+        df = dd.read_parquet(csvfilenames[0],columns=columns,engine='pyarrow')
 
     data = df.compute()
     data = data.loc[:,~data.columns.duplicated()]
@@ -2443,7 +2447,7 @@ def dataprep(rowdatadf, id=0, bands=True, barchart=True, otwpower=True,
         data['workoutid'] = id
         filename = 'media/strokedata_{id}.parquet'.format(id=id)
 #        df = dd.from_pandas(data,npartitions=1)
-        data.to_parquet(filename,engine='pyarrow')
+        data.to_parquet(filename,engine='pyarrow',compression='gzip')
 
     return data