diff --git a/tools/cmake/storages.cmake b/tools/cmake/storages.cmake
index 0b0b6310..e0fcaf60 100644
--- a/tools/cmake/storages.cmake
+++ b/tools/cmake/storages.cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function(tbd_file_system_file_list)
                 "${web_app_dir}/*.ico"
         )
         foreach(file_path IN LISTS web_app_files)
-            list(APPEND file_mapping "www/${file_path}" "www/${file_path}")
+            list(APPEND file_mapping "www/${file_path}" "www/${file_path}" yes)
         endforeach()
     endif()
 
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ function(tbd_file_system_file_list)
                 "${plugin_dir}/*.jsn"
         )
         foreach(file_path IN LISTS plugin_files)
-            list(APPEND file_mapping "data/${file_path}" "data/${file_path}")
-            list(APPEND file_mapping "data/${file_path}" "dbup/${file_path}")
+            list(APPEND file_mapping "data/${file_path}" "data/${file_path}" no)
+            list(APPEND file_mapping "data/${file_path}" "dbup/${file_path}" no)
         endforeach()
     endif()
 
@@ -43,10 +43,21 @@ function(tbd_file_system_create_image)
     tbd_file_system_file_list(${ARGN} VAR file_mapping)
 
     while(file_mapping)
-        list(POP_FRONT file_mapping src dest)
+        list(POP_FRONT file_mapping src dest compressed)
         set(src "${TBD_FILE_SYSTEM_RESOURCES}/${src}")
         set(dest "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/spiffs_image/${dest}")
-        configure_file("${src}" "${dest}" COPYONLY)
+
+        cmake_path(GET dest PARENT_PATH directory)
+        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${directory}")
+
+        if(compressed)
+            execute_process(COMMAND bash -c "gzip -9 -c '${src}' > '${dest}'.gz" ERROR_VARIABLE err)
+            if(err GREATER 0)
+                tbd_loge("failed to compress file ${src}")
+            endif()
+        else()
+            configure_file("${src}" "${dest}" COPYONLY)
+        endif()
     endwhile()
     littlefs_create_partition_image(storage ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/spiffs_image FLASH_IN_PROJECT)
 endfunction()
diff --git a/tools/resources/src/tbe.sh b/tools/resources/src/tbe.sh
index de671da1..24adafac 100755
--- a/tools/resources/src/tbe.sh
+++ b/tools/resources/src/tbe.sh
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ run_emulator() {
           -drive file="${bin_dir}/qemu_efuse.bin,if=none,format=raw,id=efuse" \
           -global driver=nvram.esp32s3.efuse,property=drive,value=efuse \
           -global driver=timer.esp32c3.timg,property=wdt_disable,value=true \
-          -nic user,model=open_eth \
+          -nic user,model=open_eth,id=lo0,hostfwd=tcp:127.0.0.1:2024-:80 \
           -nographic \
           -serial mon:stdio \
           ${qemu_extra_args[@]} \