diff --git a/iwm_browser/main.py b/iwm_browser/main.py
index 00878ba..8208ed2 100644
--- a/iwm_browser/main.py
+++ b/iwm_browser/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from typing import Union
 from fastapi.staticfiles import StaticFiles
+from fastapi.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import HTMLResponse, PlainTextResponse
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Form, Response
 import jinja2
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ from . import __version__
 basedir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
 
 app = FastAPI(openapi_url=None)
+app.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware)
 app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory=basedir + "/static"), name="static")
 
 template_env = jinja2.Environment(