diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 871c4a3..b9c5bf4 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 var createError = require('http-errors');
-var compression = require('compression');
 var express = require('express');
 var path = require('path');
 var logger = require('morgan');
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ var corsOptions = {
   methods: ['GET', 'PUT', 'POST', 'DELETE', 'COPY']
 }
 app.use(cors(corsOptions));
-app.use(compression);
 
 // Setting up passport