diff --git a/frontend-react/src/components/elements/Input.tsx b/frontend-react/src/components/elements/Input.tsx
index 7f5aed700..cf82f0501 100644
--- a/frontend-react/src/components/elements/Input.tsx
+++ b/frontend-react/src/components/elements/Input.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-import React, { useContext } from "react"
 import {
+  Box,
   Input as ChakraInput,
   InputGroup,
   InputLeftAddon,
-  Box,
   InputLeftElement,
-  Icon,
 } from "@chakra-ui/core"
+import React, { useContext } from "react"
+import { IconType } from "react-icons/lib/cjs"
 import MyThemeContext from "../../themeContext"
 import Label from "./Label"
-import { IconType } from "react-icons/lib/cjs"
 
 interface InputProps {
   value?: string
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index a425a37ef..f816903a6 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ require("dotenv").config()
 const { ApolloServer } = require("apollo-server-express")
 const mongoose = require("mongoose")
 const express = require("express")
+const compression = require("compression")
 const bodyParser = require("body-parser")
 const session = require("express-session")
 const MongoStore = require("connect-mongo")(session)
@@ -198,6 +199,8 @@ app.get("/logout", function (req, res) {
   res.redirect("/")
 })
 
+app.use(compression())
+
 app.get("*", (req, res) => {
   res.sendFile(path.resolve(__dirname, "build", "index.html"))
 })
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d93db507b..574482938 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -867,6 +867,40 @@
         "delayed-stream": "~1.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "compressible": {
+      "version": "2.0.18",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/compressible/-/compressible-2.0.18.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-AF3r7P5dWxL8MxyITRMlORQNaOA2IkAFaTr4k7BUumjPtRpGDTZpl0Pb1XCO6JeDCBdp126Cgs9sMxqSjgYyRg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "mime-db": ">= 1.43.0 < 2"
+      }
+    },
+    "compression": {
+      "version": "1.7.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/compression/-/compression-1.7.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-jaSIDzP9pZVS4ZfQ+TzvtiWhdpFhE2RDHz8QJkpX9SIpLq88VueF5jJw6t+6CUQcAoA6t+x89MLrWAqpfDE8iQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "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"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "bytes": {
+          "version": "3.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bytes/-/bytes-3.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-0ygVQE1olpn4Wk6k+odV3ROpYEg="
+        },
+        "safe-buffer": {
+          "version": "5.1.2",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.2.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-Gd2UZBJDkXlY7GbJxfsE8/nvKkUEU1G38c1siN6QP6a9PT9MmHB8GnpscSmMJSoF8LOIrt8ud/wPtojys4G6+g=="
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "concat-map": {
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 32363c3ca..881a98373 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "apollo-server-express": "^2.13.1",
     "axios": "^0.19.2",
     "btoa": "^1.2.1",
+    "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "connect-mongo": "^3.2.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",