--- a/src/server/server.py	Thu Sep 18 11:47:49 2014 +0200
+++ b/src/server/server.py	Fri Sep 19 15:39:12 2014 +0200
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from twisted.internet import reactor, defer
 from twisted.web import server
 from twisted.web.static import File
-from twisted.web.resource import Resource, NoResource
+from twisted.web.resource import Resource, NoResource, EncodingResourceWrapper
 from twisted.web.util import Redirect, redirectTo
 from twisted.python.components import registerAdapter
 from twisted.python.failure import Failure
@@ -1056,18 +1056,24 @@
                 self.bridge.register(signal_name, self.signal_handler.getGenericCb(signal_name), "plugin")
             self.media_dir = self.bridge.getConfig('', 'media_dir')
             self.local_dir = self.bridge.getConfig('', 'local_dir')
-            root.putChild('', Redirect('libervia.html'))
-            root.putChild('json_signal_api', self.signal_handler)
-            root.putChild('json_api', MethodHandler(self))
-            root.putChild('register_api', _register)
-            root.putChild('upload_radiocol', _upload_radiocol)
-            root.putChild('upload_avatar', _upload_avatar)
-            root.putChild('blog', MicroBlog(self))
-            root.putChild('css', ProtectedFile(self.server_css_dir))
-            root.putChild(os.path.dirname(C.MEDIA_DIR), ProtectedFile(self.media_dir))
-            root.putChild(os.path.dirname(C.AVATARS_DIR), ProtectedFile(os.path.join(self.local_dir, C.AVATARS_DIR)))
-            root.putChild('radiocol', ProtectedFile(_upload_radiocol.getTmpDir(), defaultType="audio/ogg"))  # We cheat for PoC because we know we are on the same host, so we use directly upload dir
-            self.site = server.Site(root)
+
+            def putChild(path, resource):
+                """Add a child to the root resource"""
+                root.putChild(path, EncodingResourceWrapper(resource, [server.GzipEncoderFactory()]))
+
+            putChild('', Redirect('libervia.html'))
+            putChild('json_signal_api', self.signal_handler)
+            putChild('json_api', MethodHandler(self))
+            putChild('register_api', _register)
+            putChild('upload_radiocol', _upload_radiocol)
+            putChild('upload_avatar', _upload_avatar)
+            putChild('blog', MicroBlog(self))
+            putChild('css', ProtectedFile(self.server_css_dir))
+            putChild(os.path.dirname(C.MEDIA_DIR), ProtectedFile(self.media_dir))
+            putChild(os.path.dirname(C.AVATARS_DIR), ProtectedFile(os.path.join(self.local_dir, C.AVATARS_DIR)))
+            putChild('radiocol', ProtectedFile(_upload_radiocol.getTmpDir(), defaultType="audio/ogg"))  # We cheat for PoC because we know we are on the same host, so we use directly upload dir
+            wrapped = EncodingResourceWrapper(root, [server.GzipEncoderFactory()])
+            self.site = server.Site(wrapped)
             self.site.sessionFactory = LiberviaSession
 
         self.bridge.getReady(lambda: self.initialised.callback(None),