diff -urp javascript_aggregator.orig/javascript_aggregator.module javascript_aggregator/javascript_aggregator.module
--- javascript_aggregator.orig/javascript_aggregator.module	2009-10-31 14:22:39.000000000 -0400
+++ javascript_aggregator/javascript_aggregator.module	2009-10-31 14:22:19.000000000 -0400
@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ function javascript_aggregator_form_alte
       '#default_value' => variable_get('javascript_aggregator_jsminplus', FALSE),
       '#weight' => 4,
     );
-
+    $form['bandwidth_optimizations']['javascript_aggregator_no_htaccess'] = array(
+      '#type' => 'checkbox',
+      '#title' => t('GZip JS: Do not generate .htaccess file'),
+      '#description' => t('Sometimes your host does not like multiple .htaccess files. Enable this to bypass htaccess file generation. Follow directions in the README.txt if this is effecting you.'),
+      '#default_value' => variable_get('javascript_aggregator_no_htaccess', FALSE),
+      '#weight' => 5,
+    );
   }
 }
 
@@ -122,7 +128,7 @@ function _javascript_aggregator_minify($
           }
 
           // Make sure the .htaccess file is active to handle GZipped JavaScript files.
-          if (!file_exists($htaccess)) {
+          if (!variable_get('javascript_aggregator_no_htaccess', FALSE) && !file_exists($htaccess)) {
             $htaccess_contents = <<<EOT
 <Files *.js.gz>
 AddEncoding x-gzip .gz
diff -urp javascript_aggregator.orig/README.txt javascript_aggregator/README.txt
--- javascript_aggregator.orig/README.txt	2009-10-31 16:17:22.000000000 -0400
+++ javascript_aggregator/README.txt	2009-10-31 16:21:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -34,3 +34,26 @@ the module and you're done. This is due 
 
 Thank you goes to webchick and her writings of the jQuery Update module
 for the idea of using the hook.
+
+
+Issues
+------
+Certain hosts do not like multiple .htaccess files. To get around this issue you need to:
+
+(1) copy the text below into drupal's root .htaccess file
+
+(2) enable the "GZip JS: Do not generate .htaccess file" checkbox.
+
+
+Add this Inside the <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> block, right before </IfModule> (add it to the bottom)
+  ### START JS GZIP ###
+    <Files *.js.gz>
+      AddEncoding x-gzip .gz
+      ForceType text/javascript
+    </Files>
+
+    RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} !".*Safari.*"
+    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Accept-encoding} gzip
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.gz -f
+    RewriteRule ^(.*)\.js $1.js.gz [L,QSA]
+  ### End JS GZIP ###