diff --git a/cmd/karma/views.go b/cmd/karma/views.go
index 5761f77d5..ba0f74ee3 100644
--- a/cmd/karma/views.go
+++ b/cmd/karma/views.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"compress/gzip"
 	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
@@ -20,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prymitive/karma/internal/transform"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/zstd"
 
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -38,15 +38,19 @@ func pong(c *gin.Context) {
 
 func compressResponse(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	var b bytes.Buffer
-	// this only fails if we pass unsupported level (3 is valid)
-	gz, _ := gzip.NewWriterLevel(&b, 3)
 
-	_, err := gz.Write(data)
+	w, err := zstd.NewWriter(&b)
 	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create a compressor: %s", err.Error())
+	}
+
+	_, err = w.Write(data)
+	if err != nil {
+		w.Close()
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to compress data: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
-	if err = gz.Close(); err != nil {
+	if err = w.Close(); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to close compression writer: %s", err.Error())
 	}
 
@@ -58,11 +62,13 @@ func compressResponse(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 
 func decompressCachedResponse(data []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	b := bytes.NewReader(data)
-	z, err := gzip.NewReader(b)
+
+	r, err := zstd.NewReader(b)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to created new compression reader: %s", err.Error())
 	}
-	p, err := ioutil.ReadAll(z)
+
+	p, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to decompress data: %s", err.Error())
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fccbb4069..b2f8f3566 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/go-querystring v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hansrodtang/randomcolor v0.0.0-20160512071917-d27108b3d7a5
 	github.com/jarcoal/httpmock v1.0.5
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.5
 	github.com/knadh/koanf v0.10.0
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.3.0
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.1-0.20180815053127-5633e0862627+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4f4474096..97d948a73 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -312,7 +312,10 @@ github.com/kisielk/errcheck v1.2.0/go.mod h1:/BMXB+zMLi60iA8Vv6Ksmxu/1UDYcXs4uQL
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0 h1:AV2c/EiW3KqPNT9ZKl07ehoAGi4C5/01Cfbblndcapg=
 github.com/kisielk/gotool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:XhKaO+MFFWcvkIS/tQcRk01m1F5IRFswLeQ+oQHNcck=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.4.0/go.mod h1:RyIbtBH6LamlWaDj8nUwkbUhJ87Yi3uG0guNDohfE1A=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.4.1 h1:8VMb5+0wMgdBykOV96DwNwKFQ+WTI4pzYURP99CcB9E=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.4.1/go.mod h1:RyIbtBH6LamlWaDj8nUwkbUhJ87Yi3uG0guNDohfE1A=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.5 h1:7q6vHIqubShURwQz8cQK6yIe/xC3IF0Vm7TGfqjewrc=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.10.5/go.mod h1:aoV0uJVorq1K+umq18yTdKaF57EivdYsUV+/s2qKfXs=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v0.0.0-20180405133222-e7e905edc00e/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/knadh/koanf v0.10.0 h1:yLhpmguhSOvtLNXHqqyVrvNc27PZMHoj7bdbUt3kzes=