diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8d76897..6f4417f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "build_and_publish": "yarn test && yarn build && cd dist && yarn publish"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/compression": "^1.7.0",
     "@types/config": "^0.0.36",
     "@types/connect-flash": "^0.0.35",
     "@types/connect-redis": "^0.0.13",
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@
     "@types/redis": "^2.8.18",
     "@types/ws": "^7.2.4",
     "argon2": "^0.26.2",
+    "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "config": "^3.3.1",
     "connect-flash": "^0.1.1",
     "connect-redis": "^4.0.4",
diff --git a/src/components/ExpressAppComponent.ts b/src/components/ExpressAppComponent.ts
index 6e32adf..56b8946 100644
--- a/src/components/ExpressAppComponent.ts
+++ b/src/components/ExpressAppComponent.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Logger from "../Logger";
 import {Server} from "http";
 import {IncomingForm} from "formidable";
 import {FileError, ValidationBag} from "../db/Validator";
+import compression from "compression";
 
 export default class ExpressAppComponent extends ApplicationComponent<void> {
     private readonly port: number;
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ export default class ExpressAppComponent extends ApplicationComponent<void> {
             extended: true,
         }));
 
+        // gzip
+        router.use(compression());
+
         router.use((req, res, next) => {
             req.models = {};
             req.modelCollections = {};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d10eba0..cff0ad8 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -531,6 +531,13 @@
   resolved "https://registry.toot.party/@types%2fcolor-name/-/color-name-1.1.1.tgz#1c1261bbeaa10a8055bbc5d8ab84b7b2afc846a0"
   integrity sha512-rr+OQyAjxze7GgWrSaJwydHStIhHq2lvY3BOC2Mj7KnzI7XK0Uw1TOOdI9lDoajEbSWLiYgoo4f1R51erQfhPQ==
 
+"@types/compression@^1.7.0":
+  version "1.7.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.toot.party/@types%2fcompression/-/compression-1.7.0.tgz#8dc2a56604873cf0dd4e746d9ae4d31ae77b2390"
+  integrity sha512-3LzWUM+3k3XdWOUk/RO+uSjv7YWOatYq2QADJntK1pjkk4DfVP0KrIEPDnXRJxAAGKe0VpIPRmlINLDuCedZWw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/express" "*"
+
 "@types/config@^0.0.36":
   version "0.0.36"
   resolved "https://registry.toot.party/@types%2fconfig/-/config-0.0.36.tgz#bf53ca640f3a1a6a2072a9f33e02a44def07a40b"
@@ -787,7 +794,7 @@ abbrev@1:
   resolved "https://registry.toot.party/abbrev/-/abbrev-1.1.1.tgz#f8f2c887ad10bf67f634f005b6987fed3179aac8"
   integrity sha512-nne9/IiQ/hzIhY6pdDnbBtz7DjPTKrY00P/zvPSm5pOFkl6xuGrGnXn/VtTNNfNtAfZ9/1RtehkszU9qcTii0Q==
 
-accepts@~1.3.4, accepts@~1.3.7:
+accepts@~1.3.4, accepts@~1.3.5, accepts@~1.3.7:
   version "1.3.7"
   resolved "https://registry.toot.party/accepts/-/accepts-1.3.7.tgz#531bc726517a3b2b41f850021c6cc15eaab507cd"
   integrity sha512-Il80Qs2WjYlJIBNzNkK6KYqlVMTbZLXgHx2oT0pU/fjRHyEp+PEfEPY0R3WCwAGVOtauxh1hOxNgIf5bv7dQpA==
@@ -1251,6 +1258,11 @@ buffer-from@1.x, buffer-from@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.toot.party/buffer-from/-/buffer-from-1.1.1.tgz#32713bc028f75c02fdb710d7c7bcec1f2c6070ef"
   integrity sha512-MQcXEUbCKtEo7bhqEs6560Hyd4XaovZlO/k9V3hjVUF/zwW7KBVdSK4gIt/bzwS9MbR5qob+F5jusZsb0YQK2A==
 
+bytes@3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.toot.party/bytes/-/bytes-3.0.0.tgz#d32815404d689699f85a4ea4fa8755dd13a96048"
+  integrity sha1-0ygVQE1olpn4Wk6k+odV3ROpYEg=
+
 bytes@3.1.0:
   version "3.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.toot.party/bytes/-/bytes-3.1.0.tgz#f6cf7933a360e0588fa9fde85651cdc7f805d1f6"
@@ -1504,6 +1516,26 @@ component-inherit@0.0.3:
   resolved "https://registry.toot.party/component-inherit/-/component-inherit-0.0.3.tgz#645fc4adf58b72b649d5cae65135619db26ff143"
   integrity sha1-ZF/ErfWLcrZJ1crmUTVhnbJv8UM=
 
+compressible@~2.0.16:
+  version "2.0.18"
+  resolved "https://registry.toot.party/compressible/-/compressible-2.0.18.tgz#af53cca6b070d4c3c0750fbd77286a6d7cc46fba"
+  integrity sha512-AF3r7P5dWxL8MxyITRMlORQNaOA2IkAFaTr4k7BUumjPtRpGDTZpl0Pb1XCO6JeDCBdp126Cgs9sMxqSjgYyRg==
+  dependencies:
+    mime-db ">= 1.43.0 < 2"
+
+compression@^1.7.4:
+  version "1.7.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.toot.party/compression/-/compression-1.7.4.tgz#95523eff170ca57c29a0ca41e6fe131f41e5bb8f"
+  integrity sha512-jaSIDzP9pZVS4ZfQ+TzvtiWhdpFhE2RDHz8QJkpX9SIpLq88VueF5jJw6t+6CUQcAoA6t+x89MLrWAqpfDE8iQ==
+  dependencies:
+    accepts "~1.3.5"
+    bytes "3.0.0"
+    compressible "~2.0.16"
+    debug "2.6.9"
+    on-headers "~1.0.2"
+    safe-buffer "5.1.2"
+    vary "~1.1.2"
+
 concat-map@0.0.1:
   version "0.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.toot.party/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz#d8a96bd77fd68df7793a73036a3ba0d5405d477b"
@@ -3701,7 +3733,7 @@ micromatch@^3.1.4:
     snapdragon "^0.8.1"
     to-regex "^3.0.2"
 
-mime-db@1.44.0:
+mime-db@1.44.0, "mime-db@>= 1.43.0 < 2":
   version "1.44.0"
   resolved "https://registry.toot.party/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.44.0.tgz#fa11c5eb0aca1334b4233cb4d52f10c5a6272f92"
   integrity sha512-/NOTfLrsPBVeH7YtFPgsVWveuL+4SjjYxaQ1xtM1KMFj7HdxlBlxeyNLzhyJVx7r4rZGJAZ/6lkKCitSc/Nmpg==