diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1470482..f5ecb6c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Every user-facing change should have an entry in this changelog. Please respect
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- [Improvement] use caddy `encode gzip` directive to optimize transfer size (by @ghassanmas)
+
 ## v14.1.0 (2022-10-10)
 
 - [Improvement] Upgrade Scorm XBlock to v14.0.0. (by @regisb)
diff --git a/tutor/templates/apps/caddy/Caddyfile b/tutor/templates/apps/caddy/Caddyfile
index cfb82fd..46a5559 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/apps/caddy/Caddyfile
+++ b/tutor/templates/apps/caddy/Caddyfile
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
         }
     }
 
+    # This will compress requests that matches the default criteria set by Caddy.
+    # see https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/directives/encode
+    # for information about the defaults; i.e. how/when this will be applied.
+    encode gzip
+
     reverse_proxy {args.0} {
         header_up X-Forwarded-Port {{ 443 if ENABLE_HTTPS else 80 }}
     }