diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index 40b70a0e3..826a2217c 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "axios": "^0.27.2",
     "bcryptjs": "^2.4.3",
     "bullmq": "^5.1.1",
+    "compression": "^1.7.4",
     "cookie": "^0.5.0",
     "cookie-parser": "^1.4.5",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@
     "@types/chai": "^4.2.18",
     "@types/chai-as-promised": "^7.1.5",
     "@types/chai-string": "^1.4.2",
+    "@types/compression": "^1.7.5",
     "@types/cookie": "^0.4.0",
     "@types/cookie-parser": "^1.4.7",
     "@types/csv-stringify": "^3.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/api/src/server.ts b/packages/api/src/server.ts
index 28a7ba73f..069f1f9cf 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/server.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import * as lw from '@google-cloud/logging-winston'
 import * as Sentry from '@sentry/node'
 import { json, urlencoded } from 'body-parser'
+import compression from 'compression'
 import cookieParser from 'cookie-parser'
 import express, { Express } from 'express'
 import * as httpContext from 'express-http-context2'
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ import { integrationRouter } from './routers/integration_router'
 import { localDebugRouter } from './routers/local_debug_router'
 import { notificationRouter } from './routers/notification_router'
 import { pageRouter } from './routers/page_router'
+import { shortcutsRouter } from './routers/shortcuts_router'
 import { contentServiceRouter } from './routers/svc/content'
 import { emailsServiceRouter } from './routers/svc/emails'
 import { emailAttachmentRouter } from './routers/svc/email_attachment'
@@ -40,14 +42,12 @@ import { userServiceRouter } from './routers/svc/user'
 import { webhooksServiceRouter } from './routers/svc/webhooks'
 import { taskRouter } from './routers/task_router'
 import { textToSpeechRouter } from './routers/text_to_speech'
-import { userRouter } from './routers/user_router'
 import { sentryConfig } from './sentry'
 import { analytics } from './utils/analytics'
 import { corsConfig } from './utils/corsConfig'
 import { getClientFromUserAgent } from './utils/helpers'
 import { buildLogger, buildLoggerTransport, logger } from './utils/logger'
 import { apiHourLimiter, apiLimiter, authLimiter } from './utils/rate_limit'
-import { shortcutsRouter } from './routers/shortcuts_router'
 
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 4000
 
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export const createApp = (): Express => {
   app.use(cookieParser())
   app.use(json({ limit: '100mb' }))
   app.use(urlencoded({ limit: '100mb', extended: true }))
+  app.use(compression())
 
   // set to true if behind a reverse proxy/load balancer
   app.set('trust proxy', env.server.trustProxy)
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9e721740f..06fab41f2 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7924,6 +7924,13 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/color-name/-/color-name-1.1.1.tgz#1c1261bbeaa10a8055bbc5d8ab84b7b2afc846a0"
   integrity sha512-rr+OQyAjxze7GgWrSaJwydHStIhHq2lvY3BOC2Mj7KnzI7XK0Uw1TOOdI9lDoajEbSWLiYgoo4f1R51erQfhPQ==
 
+"@types/compression@^1.7.5":
+  version "1.7.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/compression/-/compression-1.7.5.tgz#0f80efef6eb031be57b12221c4ba6bc3577808f7"
+  integrity sha512-AAQvK5pxMpaT+nDvhHrsBhLSYG5yQdtkaJE1WYieSNY2mVFKAgmU4ks65rkZD5oqnGCFLyQpUr1CqI4DmUMyDg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/express" "*"
+
 "@types/connect-history-api-fallback@^1.3.5":
   version "1.3.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/connect-history-api-fallback/-/connect-history-api-fallback-1.3.5.tgz#d1f7a8a09d0ed5a57aee5ae9c18ab9b803205dae"