diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 37462cd54..aada2ab1f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/cometbft/cometbft v0.38.12
 	github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v3 v3.2103.5
 	github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum v1.14.8
+	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.1.0
 	github.com/jackc/pglogrepl v0.0.0-20240307033717-828fbfe908e9
 	github.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.6.0
 	github.com/jpillora/backoff v1.0.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 6129d97dc..9af86cccf 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@ github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20190607065134-2772fd86a8ff h1:tY80oXqG
 github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20190607065134-2772fd86a8ff/go.mod h1:x7DCsMOv1taUwEWCzT4cmDeAkigA5/QCwUodaVOe8Ww=
 github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.27.0 h1:Pv98CIbtB3LkMWmXi4Joa5OOcwbmnX88sF5qbK3r3Ps=
 github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.27.0/go.mod h1:lc76E2QywIyW8WuBnwl8Lc4bkmQH4+w1gwTf25trprY=
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.1.0 h1:acVI1TYaD+hhedDJ3r54HyA6sExp3HfXq7QWEEY/xMw=
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.1.0/go.mod h1:DslCQbL2OYiznFReuXYUmQ2hGd1aDpCnlMNITLSKoi8=
 github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2 h1:J6MZopCL4uSllY1OfXM374weqZFFItUbrImctkmUxIA=
 github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2/go.mod h1:sIVyrIiJhuEF+Pj9Ebtd6P/rEYROXFi3BopGUQ5a5Og=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.12.0 h1:e4o3o3IsBfAKQh5Qbbiqyfu97Ku7jrO/JbohvztANh4=
diff --git a/internal/services/jsonrpc/server.go b/internal/services/jsonrpc/server.go
index c203c8947..56d4a8c39 100644
--- a/internal/services/jsonrpc/server.go
+++ b/internal/services/jsonrpc/server.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5/middleware"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 
 	"github.com/kwilteam/kwil-db/core/log"
@@ -286,6 +287,9 @@ func NewServer(addr string, log log.Logger, opts ...Opt) (*Server, error) {
 	if cfg.enableCORS {
 		h = corsHandler(h)
 	}
+
+	compMW := middleware.Compress(5)
+	h = compMW(h)
 	h = reqCounter(h, metrics[reqCounterName])
 	h = realIPHandler(h, cfg.proxyCount) // for effective rate limiting
 	h = recoverer(h, log)                // first, wrap with defer and call next ^
@@ -305,6 +309,7 @@ func NewServer(addr string, log log.Logger, opts ...Opt) (*Server, error) {
 		w.Header().Set("content-type", "application/json; charset=utf-8")
 		http.ServeContent(w, r, "openrpc.json", time.Time{}, bytes.NewReader(s.spec))
 	})
+	specHandler = compMW(specHandler)
 	if cfg.enableCORS {
 		specHandler = corsHandler(specHandler)
 	}
@@ -317,6 +322,7 @@ func NewServer(addr string, log log.Logger, opts ...Opt) (*Server, error) {
 	if cfg.enableCORS {
 		healthHandler = corsHandler(healthHandler)
 	}
+	healthHandler = compMW(healthHandler)
 	healthHandler = recoverer(healthHandler, log)
 	mux.Handle(pathHealthV1, healthHandler)
 
@@ -326,6 +332,7 @@ func NewServer(addr string, log log.Logger, opts ...Opt) (*Server, error) {
 	if cfg.enableCORS {
 		userHealthHandler = corsHandler(userHealthHandler)
 	}
+	userHealthHandler = compMW(userHealthHandler)
 	userHealthHandler = recoverer(userHealthHandler, log)
 	mux.Handle(pathSvcHealthV1, userHealthHandler)
 
diff --git a/test/go.mod b/test/go.mod
index eec602689..85819e181 100644
--- a/test/go.mod
+++ b/test/go.mod
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fvbommel/sortorder v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.27.0 // indirect
+	github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-kit/kit v0.12.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-kit/log v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt v0.6.0 // indirect
diff --git a/test/go.sum b/test/go.sum
index 4070b0b11..2dccaf397 100644
--- a/test/go.sum
+++ b/test/go.sum
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20190607065134-2772fd86a8ff h1:tY80oXqG
 github.com/gballet/go-libpcsclite v0.0.0-20190607065134-2772fd86a8ff/go.mod h1:x7DCsMOv1taUwEWCzT4cmDeAkigA5/QCwUodaVOe8Ww=
 github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.27.0 h1:Pv98CIbtB3LkMWmXi4Joa5OOcwbmnX88sF5qbK3r3Ps=
 github.com/getsentry/sentry-go v0.27.0/go.mod h1:lc76E2QywIyW8WuBnwl8Lc4bkmQH4+w1gwTf25trprY=
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.1.0 h1:acVI1TYaD+hhedDJ3r54HyA6sExp3HfXq7QWEEY/xMw=
+github.com/go-chi/chi/v5 v5.1.0/go.mod h1:DslCQbL2OYiznFReuXYUmQ2hGd1aDpCnlMNITLSKoi8=
 github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2 h1:J6MZopCL4uSllY1OfXM374weqZFFItUbrImctkmUxIA=
 github.com/go-errors/errors v1.4.2/go.mod h1:sIVyrIiJhuEF+Pj9Ebtd6P/rEYROXFi3BopGUQ5a5Og=
 github.com/go-kit/kit v0.8.0/go.mod h1:xBxKIO96dXMWWy0MnWVtmwkA9/13aqxPnvrjFYMA2as=