diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0f65e0a..521ab66 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -68,6 +68,15 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b3855a8a784b474f333699ef2bbca9db2c4a1f6d9088a90a2d25b1eb53111eaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "diff"
 version = "0.1.13"
@@ -80,6 +89,16 @@ version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a26ae43d7bcc3b814de94796a5e736d4029efb0ee900c12e2d54c993ad1a1e07"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.0.30"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5f54427cfd1c7829e2a139fcefea601bf088ebca651d2bf53ebc600eac295dae"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.27.3"
@@ -98,6 +117,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
+ "flate2",
  "itertools",
  "nom",
  "pretty_assertions",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 321f7f7..85bf04c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ thiserror = "1.0.38"                                # error handling
 tokio = { version = "1.23.0", features = ["full"] } # async networking
 nom = "7.1.3"                                       # parser combinators
 itertools = "0.11.0"                                # General iterator helpers
+flate2 = "1.0.30"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 pretty_assertions = "1.3.0"                         # nicer looking assertions
-
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 8e89c93..c1fe5ce 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // #![feature(if_let_guard)]
 
-use std::{ collections::HashMap, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc };
+use std::{ collections::HashMap, io::Write, path::PathBuf, sync::Arc };
 use anyhow::{bail, Result};
 
 use itertools::Itertools;
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use tokio::{
     net::{ TcpListener, TcpStream },
 };
 
+use flate2::{ write::GzEncoder, Compression };
+
 mod utils;
 use utils::*;
 
@@ -72,9 +74,6 @@ async fn process (mut stream: TcpStream, args: A) -> Result<()> {
     let headers = Headers::parse(&mut data).await;
     let encoding = Encoding::parse(headers.get("Accept-Encoding"));
 
-    println!("{:?}", headers);
-    println!("{:?}", encoding);
-
     use Method as M;
     let response = match (method, target.as_str()) {
         (M::GET, "/") => Response::Empty,
@@ -104,8 +103,6 @@ async fn process (mut stream: TcpStream, args: A) -> Result<()> {
         _ => Response::_404,
     };
 
-    println!("{:?}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&response.clone().build()));
-
     let _ = stream.write_all(&response.build()).await;
     let _ = stream.flush().await;
 
@@ -143,7 +140,7 @@ impl Headers {
 }
 
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
 enum Encoding {
     Gzip,
     Invalid,
@@ -215,17 +212,31 @@ enum Response {
 impl Response {
     fn build (self) -> Vec<u8> {
 
-        let headers = self.headers().join("\r\n");
+        let mut headers = self.headers();
         let code = self.code();
 
-        let mut v: Vec<u8> = f!("HTTP/1.1 {code}\r\n{headers}\r\n\r\n").into();
+        let mut v: Vec<u8> = vec![];
+        let mut write_response_header = |headers: Vec<String>| v.extend_from_slice(format!("HTTP/1.1 {code}\r\n{}\r\n\r\n", headers.join("\r\n")).as_bytes());
 
         match self {
             Self::OctetStream(bytes) => {
+                write_response_header(headers);
                 v.extend_from_slice(&bytes);
             },
-            Self::TextPlain(text, _) => {
-                v.extend_from_slice(text.as_bytes());
+            Self::TextPlain(text, encodings) => {
+                if encodings.contains(&Encoding::Gzip) {
+                    let mut enc = GzEncoder::new(vec![], Compression::default());
+                    enc.write_all(text.as_bytes()).unwrap();
+                    let b = enc.finish().unwrap();
+                    headers.push(format!("Content-Length: {}", b.len()));
+                    write_response_header(headers);
+                    v.extend_from_slice(&b);
+                } else {
+
+                    write_response_header(headers);
+                    v.extend_from_slice(text.as_bytes());
+                }
+
             },
             _ => ()
         }
@@ -248,10 +259,11 @@ impl Response {
             Self::TextPlain(text, enc) => {
                 let mut v = vec![
                     f!("Content-Type: text/plain"),
-                    format!("Content-Length: {}", text.len()),
                 ];
+                if !enc.contains(&Encoding::Gzip) { v.push(format!("Content-Length: {}", text.len())) }
                 let enc = enc.into_iter().map(Encoding::header).filter(|e| !e.is_empty()).join(", ");
                 if !enc.is_empty() { v.push(f!("Content-Encoding: {enc}")) }
+
                 v
             },
             Self::OctetStream(bytes) => vec![