diff --git a/controller/thymis_controller/main.py b/controller/thymis_controller/main.py
index 0b942b40..e536b40d 100644
--- a/controller/thymis_controller/main.py
+++ b/controller/thymis_controller/main.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 from alembic.script import ScriptDirectory
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from fastapi.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
 from sqlalchemy import engine_from_config
 from thymis_controller.config import global_settings
 from thymis_controller.database.base import Base
@@ -191,6 +192,8 @@ async def lifespan(app: FastAPI):
     allow_headers=["*"],
 )
 
+app.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware, minimum_size=1000, compresslevel=5)
+
 app.include_router(auth.router, prefix="/auth")
 app.include_router(api.router, prefix="/api")
 app.include_router(agent.router, prefix="/agent")