diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1c87cb0..63c2c3e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "async": "^2.5.0",
     "axios": "^0.17.0",
     "express": "^4.13.4",
+    "express-static-gzip": "^0.3.2",
     "front-matter": "^2.2.0",
     "jsonfile": "^4.0.0",
     "markdown-it": "^8.4.0",
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-register": "^6.7.2",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.26.0",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^1.1.11",
     "css-loader": "^0.28.11",
     "css-modules-require-hook": "^4.0.6",
     "file-loader": "^1.1.11",
diff --git a/src/server.js b/src/server.js
index a2558d3..7e537d8 100644
--- a/src/server.js
+++ b/src/server.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require('babel-register');
+var path = require('path');
 
 var app = new (require('express'))();
 var port = process.env.PORT || 3000;
@@ -38,12 +39,14 @@ if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
   app.use(hotDevMiddleware(compiler))
 }
 
-app.use(require('express').static('public'));
 require('./utils/scanner')();
 
 var api = require('./utils/api');
 app.use("/api", api);
 
+var expressStaticGzip = require("express-static-gzip");
+app.use("/static", expressStaticGzip(path.join(process.cwd(), '/public/static')));
+
 var serverRender = require('./utils/serverRender');
 app.get("*", serverRender);
 
diff --git a/webpack.prod.config.js b/webpack.prod.config.js
index f391023..cca0c58 100644
--- a/webpack.prod.config.js
+++ b/webpack.prod.config.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const webpack = require('webpack')
 const UglifyJsPlugin = require("uglifyjs-webpack-plugin")
 const MiniCssExtractPlugin = require("mini-css-extract-plugin")
 const OptimizeCSSAssetsPlugin = require("optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin")
+const CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin")
 
 const config = {
   mode: 'production',
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ const config = {
     ]
   },
   plugins: [
-    new MiniCssExtractPlugin({})
+    new MiniCssExtractPlugin({}),
+    new CompressionPlugin({})
   ]
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index db459d5..332e2c6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1253,7 +1253,7 @@ bytes@3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bytes/-/bytes-3.0.0.tgz#d32815404d689699f85a4ea4fa8755dd13a96048"
 
-cacache@^10.0.4:
+cacache@^10.0.1, cacache@^10.0.4:
   version "10.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cacache/-/cacache-10.0.4.tgz#6452367999eff9d4188aefd9a14e9d7c6a263460"
   dependencies:
@@ -1613,6 +1613,16 @@ component-emitter@^1.2.1:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/component-emitter/-/component-emitter-1.2.1.tgz#137918d6d78283f7df7a6b7c5a63e140e69425e6"
 
+compression-webpack-plugin@^1.1.11:
+  version "1.1.11"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compression-webpack-plugin/-/compression-webpack-plugin-1.1.11.tgz#8384c7a6ead1d2e2efb190bdfcdcf35878ed8266"
+  dependencies:
+    cacache "^10.0.1"
+    find-cache-dir "^1.0.0"
+    neo-async "^2.5.0"
+    serialize-javascript "^1.4.0"
+    webpack-sources "^1.0.1"
+
 concat-map@0.0.1:
   version "0.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz#d8a96bd77fd68df7793a73036a3ba0d5405d477b"
@@ -2283,6 +2293,12 @@ expand-tilde@^2.0.0, expand-tilde@^2.0.2:
   dependencies:
     homedir-polyfill "^1.0.1"
 
+express-static-gzip@^0.3.2:
+  version "0.3.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express-static-gzip/-/express-static-gzip-0.3.2.tgz#89ede84547a5717de3146315f62dc996c071a88d"
+  dependencies:
+    serve-static "^1.12.3"
+
 express@^4.13.4:
   version "4.16.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/express/-/express-4.16.3.tgz#6af8a502350db3246ecc4becf6b5a34d22f7ed53"
@@ -5753,7 +5769,7 @@ serialize-javascript@^1.4.0:
   version "1.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/serialize-javascript/-/serialize-javascript-1.5.0.tgz#1aa336162c88a890ddad5384baebc93a655161fe"
 
-serve-static@1.13.2:
+serve-static@1.13.2, serve-static@^1.12.3:
   version "1.13.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/serve-static/-/serve-static-1.13.2.tgz#095e8472fd5b46237db50ce486a43f4b86c6cec1"
   dependencies: