diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index d79438e..4ab1b31 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/alecthomas/template v0.0.0-20190718012654-fb15b899a751
 	github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go v3.2.0+incompatible
 	github.com/gin-contrib/cors v1.3.1
+	github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.3
 	github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.6.3
 	github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.20.3 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/validator/v10 v10.4.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e16bba1..5f94c8f 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ github.com/gin-contrib/cors v1.3.1 h1:doAsuITavI4IOcd0Y19U4B+O0dNWihRyX//nn4sEmg
 github.com/gin-contrib/cors v1.3.1/go.mod h1:jjEJ4268OPZUcU7k9Pm653S7lXUGcqMADzFA61xsmDk=
 github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.1 h1:ezvKOL6jH+jlzdHNE4h9h8q8uMpDQjyl0NN0Jd7jozc=
 github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.1/go.mod h1:fGBJBCdt6qCZuCAOwWuFhBB4OOq9EFqlo5dEaFhhu5w=
+github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.3 h1:etUaeesHhEORpZMp18zoOhepboiWnFtXrBZxszWUn4k=
+github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.3/go.mod h1:YxxswVZIqOvcHEQpsSn+QF5guQtO1dCfy0shBPy4jFc=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.0.0-20170109093832-22d885f9ecc7/go.mod h1:VJ0WA2NBN22VlZ2dKZQPAPnyWw5XTlK1KymzLKsr59s=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.0.0-20190301062529-5545eab6dad3/go.mod h1:VJ0WA2NBN22VlZ2dKZQPAPnyWw5XTlK1KymzLKsr59s=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 h1:Y/yl/+YNO8GZSjAhjMsSuLt29uWRFHdHYUb5lYOV9qE=
diff --git a/internal/app/routers/router.go b/internal/app/routers/router.go
index f92c021..71a161e 100644
--- a/internal/app/routers/router.go
+++ b/internal/app/routers/router.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package routers
 
 import (
 	"github.com/gin-contrib/cors"
+	"github.com/gin-contrib/gzip"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	docs "github.com/jwma/jump-jump/docs"
 	"github.com/jwma/jump-jump/internal/app/handlers"
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ func SetupRouter() *gin.Engine {
 	}
 
 	r.Use(handlers.AllowedHostsMiddleware())
+	r.Use(gzip.Gzip(gzip.DefaultCompression, gzip.WithExcludedPaths([]string{"/v1/"})))
 
 	// serve dashboard static resources
 	r.LoadHTMLFiles("./web/admin/index.html")