diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 503eaae..a881670 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
 ciborium = "0.2.2"
+flate2 = "1.1.9"
 serde = "1.0.228"
 thiserror = "2.0.18"
 ## Make it easier to generate errors
diff --git a/src/connections.rs b/src/connections.rs
index f4aa184..fb3b956 100644
--- a/src/connections.rs
+++ b/src/connections.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::{
     time::{Duration, Instant},
 };
 
+use flate2::{Compression, write::GzEncoder};
 use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -482,7 +483,8 @@ impl UdpWrapper {
         if let Some(socket) = &self.socket {
             let mut buf = Vec::new();
             let cursor = Cursor::new(&mut buf);
-            ciborium::into_writer(&package, cursor)
+            let encoder = GzEncoder::new(cursor, Compression::fast());
+            ciborium::into_writer(&package, encoder)
                 .map_err(|err| SendError::SerializationError(err))?;
             if buf.len() > DATAGRAM_SIZE {
                 return Err(SendError::DatagramTooLarge(buf.len()));
diff --git a/src/listener.rs b/src/listener.rs
index de0784b..0907c12 100644
--- a/src/listener.rs
+++ b/src/listener.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::{
     sync::{Arc, mpsc::Sender},
 };
 
+use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 use serde::{Serialize, de::DeserializeOwned};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -35,9 +36,10 @@ impl<'a, T: Clone + Serialize + DeserializeOwned> Listener<T> {
         match self.socket.recv_from(&mut buffer) {
             Ok((num_bytes, from_addr)) => {
                 let mut ciborium_buf: Datagram = [0; _];
-                let bytes = Cursor::new(&mut buffer[..num_bytes]);
+                let cursor = Cursor::new(&mut buffer[..num_bytes]);
+                let decoder = GzDecoder::new(cursor);
                 let res =
-                    ciborium::from_reader_with_buffer::<Package<T>, _>(bytes, &mut ciborium_buf);
+                    ciborium::from_reader_with_buffer::<Package<T>, _>(decoder, &mut ciborium_buf);
                 match res {
                     Ok(pkg) => self
                         .sender