diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index df4d9680..0d2f4f4a 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.5
 	github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/locales v0.14.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-playground/universal-translator v0.18.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 50468f14..be299fe5 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@ github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ3
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.5 h1:mhnVU32YnnBh2LPH2iqRqsA/eR7SAqRaD388jL2s/j0=
+github.com/gin-contrib/gzip v0.0.5/go.mod h1:OPIK6HR0Um2vNmBUTlayD7qle4yVVRZT0PyhdUigrKk=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0 h1:Y/yl/+YNO8GZSjAhjMsSuLt29uWRFHdHYUb5lYOV9qE=
 github.com/gin-contrib/sse v0.1.0/go.mod h1:RHrZQHXnP2xjPF+u1gW/2HnVO7nvIa9PG3Gm+fLHvGI=
+github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.7.4/go.mod h1:jD2toBW3GZUr5UMcdrwQA10I7RuaFOl/SGeDjXkfUtY=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.7.7 h1:3DoBmSbJbZAWqXJC3SLjAPfutPJJRN1U5pALB7EeTTs=
 github.com/gin-gonic/gin v1.7.7/go.mod h1:axIBovoeJpVj8S3BwE0uPMTeReE4+AfFtqpqaZ1qq1U=
 github.com/go-playground/assert/v2 v2.0.1 h1:MsBgLAaY856+nPRTKrp3/OZK38U/wa0CcBYNjji3q3A=
diff --git a/src/webserver.go b/src/webserver.go
index d49cd64c..55e8754e 100644
--- a/src/webserver.go
+++ b/src/webserver.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/mantyr/go-charset/data"
 
 	"github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery"
+	"github.com/gin-contrib/gzip"
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/go-resty/resty/v2"
 )
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ func runWebServer() {
 
 	router := gin.Default()
 
+	// gin middleware to enable GZIP support
+	router.Use(gzip.Gzip(gzip.DefaultCompression))
+
 	// disable proxy feature of gin
 	_ = router.SetTrustedProxies(nil)