diff --git a/deployment/k3s/templates/networking/ingress.yaml b/deployment/k3s/templates/networking/ingress.yaml
index 2d3cd4e5c..ec4169a8d 100644
--- a/deployment/k3s/templates/networking/ingress.yaml
+++ b/deployment/k3s/templates/networking/ingress.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ spec:
           port: 8080
       middlewares:
         - name: stripprefix
+        - name: compress
         - name: cache-2-months
     - kind: Rule
       match: Host(`{{ $.Values.url }}`) && PathPrefix(`/cdn/`)
diff --git a/deployment/k3s/templates/networking/middleware/compress-middleware.yaml b/deployment/k3s/templates/networking/middleware/compress-middleware.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29a14e9af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/k3s/templates/networking/middleware/compress-middleware.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+apiVersion: traefik.io/v1alpha1
+kind: Middleware
+metadata:
+  name: compress
+spec:
+  compress: {}
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b55b27f14..9f31a523a 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -76,8 +76,10 @@ services:
             - "traefik.http.routers.navigatum-tileserver.entrypoints=webs"
             - "traefik.http.routers.navigatum-tileserver.tls.certresolver=leacme"
             - "traefik.http.routers.navigatum-tileserver.rule=Host(`nav.tum.de`) && PathPrefix(`/maps/`)"
-            - "traefik.http.routers.navigatum-tileserver.middlewares=navigatum-stripprefix@docker"
+            - "traefik.http.routers.navigatum-tileserver.middlewares=navigatum-stripprefix@docker, navigatum-compress@docker, navigatum-compress@docker, navigatum-cache-2m@docker"
             - "traefik.http.middlewares.navigatum-stripprefix.stripprefix.prefixes=/maps"
+            - "traefik.http.middlewares.navigatum-compress.compress=true"
+            - "traefik.http.middlewares.navigatum-cache-2m.headers.customrequestheaders.Cache-Control=public, max-age=5184000"
             - "traefik.http.services.navigatum-tileserver.loadbalancer.server.port=8080"
         networks:
             - traefik_traefik