diff --git a/backend/app/Main.hs b/backend/app/Main.hs
index 6e261b3..0a63074 100644
--- a/backend/app/Main.hs
+++ b/backend/app/Main.hs
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 -- import Lib
 import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
 import Network.Wai.Handler.Warp (Port)
+import Network.Wai.Middleware.RequestLogger (logStdoutDev)
 import Text.Blaze ((!))
 import Text.Blaze.Html.Renderer.Text (renderHtml)
 
 import Network.HTTP.Types
+import Network.Wai.Middleware.Gzip
 import Web.Scotty as S
 
 import qualified Control.Exception as E
@@ -56,6 +58,9 @@ main = do
 
   let anyRoute = regex "^.*$"
   scotty port $ do
+    
+    middleware $ gzip $ def { gzipFiles = GzipCompress }
+    middleware logStdoutDev
   
     -- GET requests
     get "/" $ do
diff --git a/backend/hs-server.cabal b/backend/hs-server.cabal
index 32458cb..8628023 100644
--- a/backend/hs-server.cabal
+++ b/backend/hs-server.cabal
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ library
     , http-types >=0.12.4 && <0.13
     , scotty ==0.22.*
     , text >=2.1.1 && <2.2
+    , wai-extra >=3.1.16 && <3.2
     , warp >=3.4.7 && <3.5
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ executable hs-server-exe
     , http-types >=0.12.4 && <0.13
     , scotty ==0.22.*
     , text >=2.1.1 && <2.2
+    , wai-extra >=3.1.16 && <3.2
     , warp >=3.4.7 && <3.5
   default-language: Haskell2010
 
@@ -76,5 +78,6 @@ test-suite hs-server-test
     , http-types >=0.12.4 && <0.13
     , scotty ==0.22.*
     , text >=2.1.1 && <2.2
+    , wai-extra >=3.1.16 && <3.2
     , warp >=3.4.7 && <3.5
   default-language: Haskell2010
diff --git a/backend/package.yaml b/backend/package.yaml
index 14d004e..35aa01f 100644
--- a/backend/package.yaml
+++ b/backend/package.yaml
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ extra-source-files:
 description:         Please see README.md
 
 dependencies:
-- base          >= 4.19.2 && < 4.20
-- blaze-html    >= 0.9.2  && < 0.10
-- blaze-markup  >= 0.8.3  && < 0.9
-- directory     >= 1.3.8  && < 1.4
-- http-types    >= 0.12.4 && < 0.13
-- scotty        >= 0.22   && < 0.23
-- text          >= 2.1.1  && < 2.2
-- warp          >= 3.4.7  && < 3.5
+- base         >= 4.19.2 && < 4.20
+- blaze-html   >= 0.9.2  && < 0.10
+- blaze-markup >= 0.8.3  && < 0.9
+- directory    >= 1.3.8  && < 1.4
+- http-types   >= 0.12.4 && < 0.13
+- scotty       >= 0.22   && < 0.23
+- text         >= 2.1.1  && < 2.2
+- wai-extra    >= 3.1.16 && < 3.2
+- warp         >= 3.4.7  && < 3.5
 
 ghc-options:
 - -Wall
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ ghc-options:
 - -Wredundant-constraints
 
 library:
-  source-dirs: src
+  source-dirs:           src
 
 executables:
   hs-server-exe: