diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 3b993abe..4d0376b2 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     "@sentry/node": "4.6.4",
     "@svgr/webpack": "^2.4.0",
     "@types/classnames": "^2.2.6",
+    "@types/compression": "^0.0.36",
     "@types/cors": "^2.8.4",
     "@types/dotenv": "^4.0.3",
     "@types/express": "^4.16.0",
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
     "body-parser": "^1.18.3",
     "chalk": "^2.4.1",
     "classnames": "^2.2.6",
+    "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "connected-react-router": "5.0.1",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.3",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^4.6.0",
diff --git a/frontend/server/index.tsx b/frontend/server/index.tsx
index 4ffa1bb1..d2e77397 100644
--- a/frontend/server/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/server/index.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import express from 'express';
+import * as compression from 'compression';
 import * as cors from 'cors';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ Sentry.init({
 
 const app = express();
 
+// GZIP
+app.use(compression());
+
 // ssl
 if (!isDev && !process.env.DISABLE_SSL) {
   log.info('PRODUCTION mode, enforcing HTTPS redirect');
diff --git a/frontend/yarn.lock b/frontend/yarn.lock
index c2737825..d1eca963 100644
--- a/frontend/yarn.lock
+++ b/frontend/yarn.lock
@@ -1790,6 +1790,13 @@
   version "2.2.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/classnames/-/classnames-2.2.6.tgz#dbe8a666156d556ed018e15a4c65f08937c3f628"
 
+"@types/compression@^0.0.36":
+  version "0.0.36"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/compression/-/compression-0.0.36.tgz#7646602ffbfc43ea48a8bf0b2f1d5e5f9d75c0d0"
+  integrity sha512-B66iZCIcD2eB2F8e8YDIVtCUKgfiseOR5YOIbmMN2tM57Wu55j1xSdxdSw78aVzsPmbZ6G+hINc+1xe1tt4NBg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/express" "*"
+
 "@types/connect@*":
   version "3.4.32"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/connect/-/connect-3.4.32.tgz#aa0e9616b9435ccad02bc52b5b454ffc2c70ba28"
@@ -3751,6 +3758,13 @@ compressible@~2.0.14:
   dependencies:
     mime-db ">= 1.34.0 < 2"
 
+compressible@~2.0.16:
+  version "2.0.17"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compressible/-/compressible-2.0.17.tgz#6e8c108a16ad58384a977f3a482ca20bff2f38c1"
+  integrity sha512-BGHeLCK1GV7j1bSmQQAi26X+GgWcTjLr/0tzSvMCl3LH1w1IJ4PFSPoV5316b30cneTziC+B1a+3OjoSUcQYmw==
+  dependencies:
+    mime-db ">= 1.40.0 < 2"
+
 compression@^1.5.2:
   version "1.7.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compression/-/compression-1.7.3.tgz#27e0e176aaf260f7f2c2813c3e440adb9f1993db"
@@ -3763,6 +3777,19 @@ compression@^1.5.2:
     safe-buffer "5.1.2"
     vary "~1.1.2"
 
+compression@^1.7.4:
+  version "1.7.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compression/-/compression-1.7.4.tgz#95523eff170ca57c29a0ca41e6fe131f41e5bb8f"
+  integrity sha512-jaSIDzP9pZVS4ZfQ+TzvtiWhdpFhE2RDHz8QJkpX9SIpLq88VueF5jJw6t+6CUQcAoA6t+x89MLrWAqpfDE8iQ==
+  dependencies:
+    accepts "~1.3.5"
+    bytes "3.0.0"
+    compressible "~2.0.16"
+    debug "2.6.9"
+    on-headers "~1.0.2"
+    safe-buffer "5.1.2"
+    vary "~1.1.2"
+
 concat-map@0.0.1:
   version "0.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz#d8a96bd77fd68df7793a73036a3ba0d5405d477b"
@@ -7649,6 +7676,11 @@ miller-rabin@^4.0.0:
   version "1.36.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.36.0.tgz#5020478db3c7fe93aad7bbcc4dcf869c43363397"
 
+"mime-db@>= 1.40.0 < 2":
+  version "1.40.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.40.0.tgz#a65057e998db090f732a68f6c276d387d4126c32"
+  integrity sha512-jYdeOMPy9vnxEqFRRo6ZvTZ8d9oPb+k18PKoYNYUe2stVEBPPwsln/qWzdbmaIvnhZ9v2P+CuecK+fpUfsV2mA==
+
 mime-db@~1.30.0:
   version "1.30.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.30.0.tgz#74c643da2dd9d6a45399963465b26d5ca7d71f01"
@@ -8242,6 +8274,11 @@ on-headers@~1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/on-headers/-/on-headers-1.0.1.tgz#928f5d0f470d49342651ea6794b0857c100693f7"
 
+on-headers@~1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/on-headers/-/on-headers-1.0.2.tgz#772b0ae6aaa525c399e489adfad90c403eb3c28f"
+  integrity sha512-pZAE+FJLoyITytdqK0U5s+FIpjN0JP3OzFi/u8Rx+EV5/W+JTWGXG8xFzevE7AjBfDqHv/8vL8qQsIhHnqRkrA==
+
 once@^1.3.0, once@^1.3.1, once@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/once/-/once-1.4.0.tgz#583b1aa775961d4b113ac17d9c50baef9dd76bd1"