diff --git a/WORKLOG.md b/WORKLOG.md
index 42df418e..298e552d 100644
--- a/WORKLOG.md
+++ b/WORKLOG.md
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 * can't reset password without knowing password =\
 * ws gzip encoding
 
-* skip faceoff for practice
 * concede round
 
 * look into ruin event bug
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 8152eff9..5374775f 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ router = "0.6"
 mount = "0.4"
 cookie = "0.12"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.3"
-ws = { version = "0.8", features = ["ssl"] }
+ws = { version = "0.8", features = ["ssl", "permessage-deflate"] }
 
 lettre = "0.9"
 lettre_email = "0.9"
diff --git a/server/src/rpc.rs b/server/src/rpc.rs
index 0e5fa28d..948a07f4 100644
--- a/server/src/rpc.rs
+++ b/server/src/rpc.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use stripe::{Client as StripeClient, Subscription};
 
 use crossbeam_channel::{unbounded, Sender as CbSender};
 use ws::{Builder, CloseCode, Message, Handler, Request, Response, Settings, Sender as WsSender};
+use ws::deflate::DeflateHandler;
 
 use account::{Account};
 use account;
@@ -448,7 +449,8 @@ impl Handler for Connection {
 
 pub fn start(pool: PgPool, events_tx: CbSender<Event>, stripe: StripeClient) {
     let mut rng = thread_rng();
-    Builder::new()
+
+    let ws = Builder::new()
         .with_settings(Settings {
             max_connections: 10_000,
             ..Settings::default()
@@ -478,14 +480,16 @@ pub fn start(pool: PgPool, events_tx: CbSender<Event>, stripe: StripeClient) {
                 }
             });
 
-            Connection {
-                id: rng.gen::<usize>(),
-                account: None,
-                ws: tx,
-                pool: pool.clone(),
-                stripe: stripe.clone(),
-                events: events_tx.clone(),
-            }
+            DeflateHandler::new(
+                Connection {
+                    id: rng.gen::<usize>(),
+                    account: None,
+                    ws: tx,
+                    pool: pool.clone(),
+                    stripe: stripe.clone(),
+                    events: events_tx.clone(),
+                }
+            )
         })
         .unwrap()
         .listen("127.0.0.1:40055")