diff --git a/master.js b/master.js
index 96408b97..ed86924a 100644
--- a/master.js
+++ b/master.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ fs.writeFileSync("secret-api-token.txt", jwt.sign({ id: "api" }, config.masterAu
 }));
 
 const express = require("express");
+const compression = require('compression');
 const ejs = require("ejs");
 // Required for express post requests
 const bodyParser = require("body-parser");
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ var app = express();
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
 app.use(fileUpload());
+app.use(compression());
 
 // dynamic HTML generations with EJS
 app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'static'));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 76666614..e277b755 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "body-parser": "^1.18.2",
     "codecov": "^2.3.1",
+    "compression": "^1.7.2",
     "deepmerge": "^1.5.2",
     "ejs": "^2.5.7",
     "express": "^4.16.2",