diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ed7e30..3410f1b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,11 +89,15 @@ target_link_options(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE
 
 target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE 
     APPLICATION_NAME="${TARGET_NAME}"
-    SQLITE_THREADSAFE=1
-    ASIO_STANDALONE
+    SQLITE_THREADSAFE=1     # build sqlite with thread safty 
+    ASIO_STANDALONE         # use asio without boost 
+    CROW_ENABLE_COMPRESSION # enable compression part of crow
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} pthread)
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} 
+    pthread 
+    z # zlib, used by crow for compression
+)
 
 # Optional: Print build type at configuration time
 message(STATUS "Configuring build type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 125a05e..b66d3a4 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Lukas Forsberg lukas96.forsberg@gmail.com
 
 pkgname=shadowrun-server
-pkgver=0.1.2
+pkgver=0.1.3
 pkgrel=1
 arch=('x86_64')
 depends=() 
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ source=(
 )
 install=shadowrun-server.install
 md5sums=('SKIP')  # SKIP if local files
+depends=('zlib')  # used for compression by crow 
 build() {
   cmake -S "${srcdir}" \
         -B build \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9fbd196..6a415d0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ npm run build
 1. tar the source files to make it cleaner 
 
 ```
-tar czf shadowrun-server-0.1.2.tar.gz source/ modules/ assets/ frontend/build/ shadowrun-server.service CMakeLists.txt shadowrun-server.install
+tar czf shadowrun-server-0.1.3.tar.gz source/ modules/ assets/ frontend/build/ shadowrun-server.service CMakeLists.txt shadowrun-server.install
 ```
 
 2. create the package
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ makepkg -f
 
 3. place the package in archrepo on server 
 ```
-scp shadowrun-server-0.1.2-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst lukas@192.168.1.101:/home/lukas/Drive/archrepo/x86_64/
+scp shadowrun-server-0.1.3-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst lukas@192.168.1.101:/home/lukas/Drive/archrepo/x86_64/
 ```
 
 4.
diff --git a/source/main.cpp b/source/main.cpp
index 8b0d968..e1b69c4 100644
--- a/source/main.cpp
+++ b/source/main.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "login.hpp"
 #include "ShadowrunApi.hpp"
 #include "databasepool.h"
+#include "crow/compression.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -74,5 +75,9 @@ int main() {
     });
 
     app.loglevel(crow::LogLevel::INFO);
-    app.bindaddr("0.0.0.0").port(settings.http_port).multithreaded().run();
+    app.bindaddr("0.0.0.0")
+        .port(settings.http_port)
+        .use_compression(crow::compression::algorithm::GZIP)
+        .multithreaded()
+        .run();
 }