diff --git a/.air.toml b/.air.toml
index dc36096..6e01f7b 100644
--- a/.air.toml
+++ b/.air.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tmp_dir = "tmp"
   bin = "webapp"
   cmd = "make build"
   delay = 1000
-  exclude_dir = ["assets", "tmp", "vendor", "testdata"]
+  exclude_dir = ["assets", "public", "tmp", "vendor", "testdata"]
   exclude_file = []
   exclude_regex = ["_test.go"]
   exclude_unchanged = false
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a4d0c27..06ff061 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
   "log"
   "os"
+  "time"
   "os/signal"
   "syscall"
   "github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2"
@@ -32,7 +33,10 @@ func main() {
   api.Setup(app)
   data.Setup("sqlite3", "db.sqlite3")
 
-  app.Static("/", "./public")
+  app.Static("/", "./public", fiber.Static{
+    Compress:      true,
+    CacheDuration: 1 * time.Nanosecond,
+  })
 
   // this sets up graceful shutdown
   go func() {