diff --git a/src/app.js b/src/app.js
index 0b984448c..4673013f8 100644
--- a/src/app.js
+++ b/src/app.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const favicon = require('serve-favicon');
 const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
 const helmet = require('helmet');
 const session = require('express-session');
+const compression = require('compression')
 const FileStore = require('session-file-store')(session);
 const sessionSecret = require('./services/session_secret');
 const dataDir = require('./services/data_dir');
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ const app = express();
 app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views'));
 app.set('view engine', 'ejs');
 
+// add compression
+app.use(compression())
+
 app.use(helmet({
     hidePoweredBy: false, // errors out in electron
     contentSecurityPolicy: false,