diff --git a/cli/util.zig b/cli/util.zig
index 9ff49d9..002f0b7 100644
--- a/cli/util.zig
+++ b/cli/util.zig
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ fn isPath(dir: std.fs.Dir, sub_path: []const u8, path_type: enum { file, dir })
 }
 
 // Strip leading and trailing whitespace from a u8 slice.
-pub fn strip(input: []const u8) []const u8 {
+pub inline fn strip(input: []const u8) []const u8 {
     return std.mem.trim(u8, input, &std.ascii.whitespace);
 }
 
diff --git a/demo/src/main.zig b/demo/src/main.zig
index d22356f..013d928 100644
--- a/demo/src/main.zig
+++ b/demo/src/main.zig
@@ -11,12 +11,9 @@ pub const jetzig_options = struct {
     /// Middleware chain. Add any custom middleware here, or use middleware provided in
     /// `jetzig.middleware` (e.g. `jetzig.middleware.HtmxMiddleware`).
     pub const middleware: []const type = &.{
-        // htmx middleware skips layouts when `HX-Target` header is present and issues
-        // `HX-Redirect` instead of a regular HTTP redirect when `request.redirect` is called.
-        jetzig.middleware.HtmxMiddleware,
-        // Demo middleware included with new projects. Remove once you are familiar with Jetzig's
-        // middleware system.
-        @import("app/middleware/DemoMiddleware.zig"),
+        // jetzig.middleware.HtmxMiddleware,
+        // jetzig.middleware.CompressionMiddleware,
+        // @import("app/middleware/DemoMiddleware.zig"),
     };
 
     // Maximum bytes to allow in request body.
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/Headers.zig b/src/jetzig/http/Headers.zig
index 8db8c56..89d3671 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/Headers.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/Headers.zig
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ pub fn getFirstValue(self: *const Headers, name: []const u8) ?[]const u8 {
     return self.get(name);
 }
 
+pub fn count(self: Headers) usize {
+    return self.httpz_headers.len;
+}
+
 /// Add `name` and `value` to headers.
 pub fn append(self: *Headers, name: []const u8, value: []const u8) !void {
     if (self.httpz_headers.len >= self.httpz_headers.keys.len) return error.JetzigTooManyHeaders;
@@ -75,6 +79,46 @@ pub fn append(self: *Headers, name: []const u8, value: []const u8) !void {
     self.httpz_headers.add(header.name, header.value);
 }
 
+const Iterator = struct {
+    position: usize = 0,
+    headers: Headers,
+    filter_name: ?[]const u8 = null,
+
+    pub fn next(self: *Iterator) ?Header {
+        const header_count = self.headers.count();
+        if (self.position >= header_count) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        const start = self.position;
+
+        var buf: [jetzig.config.get(u16, "max_bytes_header_name")]u8 = undefined;
+        const filter_name = if (self.filter_name) |name| std.ascii.lowerString(&buf, name) else null;
+
+        for (start..header_count) |index| {
+            const key = self.headers.httpz_headers.keys[start + index];
+            const value = self.headers.httpz_headers.values[start + index];
+            self.position += 1;
+            if (filter_name) |name| {
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, name, key)) {
+                    return .{ .name = key, .value = value };
+                }
+            } else {
+                return .{ .name = key, .value = value };
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+};
+
+pub fn getAllIterator(self: Headers, name: []const u8) Iterator {
+    return .{ .headers = self, .filter_name = name };
+}
+
+pub fn iterator(self: Headers) Iterator {
+    return .{ .headers = self };
+}
+
 test "append (deprecated)" {
     const allocator = std.testing.allocator;
     var httpz_headers = try httpz.key_value.KeyValue.init(allocator, 10);
diff --git a/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig b/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
index faf33b8..6415358 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/http/Server.zig
@@ -398,10 +398,7 @@ fn isBadHttpError(err: anyerror) bool {
 fn renderInternalServerError(self: *Server, request: *jetzig.http.Request, err: anyerror) !RenderedView {
     request.response_data.reset();
 
-    try self.logger.ERROR("Encountered Error: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
-
-    const stack = @errorReturnTrace();
-    if (stack) |capture| try self.logStackTrace(capture, .{ .jetzig = request });
+    try self.logger.logError(err);
 
     const status = .internal_server_error;
     return try self.renderError(request, status);
@@ -444,12 +441,7 @@ fn renderErrorView(
 
             _ = route.render(route.*, request) catch |err| {
                 if (isUnhandledError(err)) return err;
-                try self.logger.ERROR(
-                    "Unexepected error occurred while rendering error page: {s}",
-                    .{@errorName(err)},
-                );
-                const stack = @errorReturnTrace();
-                if (stack) |capture| try self.logStackTrace(capture, .{ .jetzig = request });
+                try self.logger.logError(err);
                 return try renderDefaultError(request, status_code);
             };
 
diff --git a/src/jetzig/loggers.zig b/src/jetzig/loggers.zig
index 6ce6135..e98f3c8 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/loggers.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/loggers.zig
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@ pub const Logger = union(enum) {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn logError(self: *const Logger, err: anyerror) !void {
+        switch (self.*) {
+            inline else => |*logger| try logger.logError(err),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn log(
         self: *const Logger,
         comptime level: LogLevel,
diff --git a/src/jetzig/loggers/DevelopmentLogger.zig b/src/jetzig/loggers/DevelopmentLogger.zig
index 19e6e7b..44d65dd 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/loggers/DevelopmentLogger.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/loggers/DevelopmentLogger.zig
@@ -104,6 +104,19 @@ pub fn logRequest(self: DevelopmentLogger, request: *const jetzig.http.Request)
     }, .stdout);
 }
 
+pub fn logError(self: *const DevelopmentLogger, err: anyerror) !void {
+    if (@errorReturnTrace()) |stack| {
+        try self.log(.ERROR, "\nStack Trace:\n{}", .{stack});
+        var buf = std.ArrayList(u8).init(self.allocator);
+        defer buf.deinit();
+        const writer = buf.writer();
+        try stack.format("", .{}, writer);
+        try self.logger.ERROR("{s}\n", .{buf.items});
+    }
+
+    try self.log(.ERROR, "Encountered Error: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
+}
+
 inline fn colorizedLogLevel(comptime level: LogLevel) []const u8 {
     return switch (level) {
         .TRACE => jetzig.colors.white(@tagName(level)),
diff --git a/src/jetzig/loggers/JsonLogger.zig b/src/jetzig/loggers/JsonLogger.zig
index 5beb3e3..eb960d3 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/loggers/JsonLogger.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/loggers/JsonLogger.zig
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ pub fn logRequest(self: *const JsonLogger, request: *const jetzig.http.Request)
     try self.log_queue.print("{s}\n", .{stream.getWritten()}, .stdout);
 }
 
+pub fn logError(self: *const JsonLogger, err: anyerror) !void {
+    try self.log(.ERROR, "Encountered error: {s}", .{@errorName(err)});
+}
+
 fn getFile(self: JsonLogger, level: LogLevel) std.fs.File {
     return switch (level) {
         .TRACE, .DEBUG, .INFO => self.stdout,
diff --git a/src/jetzig/middleware.zig b/src/jetzig/middleware.zig
index 89b27a6..9c01558 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/middleware.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/middleware.zig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const jetzig = @import("../jetzig.zig");
 
 pub const HtmxMiddleware = @import("middleware/HtmxMiddleware.zig");
+pub const CompressionMiddleware = @import("middleware/CompressionMiddleware.zig");
 
 const RouteOptions = struct {
     content: ?[]const u8 = null,
diff --git a/src/jetzig/middleware/CompressionMiddleware.zig b/src/jetzig/middleware/CompressionMiddleware.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..038f812
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jetzig/middleware/CompressionMiddleware.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+const std = @import("std");
+const jetzig = @import("../../jetzig.zig");
+
+fn isCompressable(content_type: []const u8) bool {
+    const type_list = .{
+        "text/html",
+        "application/xhtml+xml",
+        "application/xml",
+        "text/css",
+        "text/javascript",
+        "application/json",
+        "application/pdf",
+        "image/svg+xml",
+    };
+
+    inline for (type_list) |content| {
+        if (std.mem.eql(u8, content_type, content)) return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
+const Encoding = enum { gzip, deflate };
+/// Parse accepted encoding, encode responses if possible, set appropriate headers, and
+/// modify the response accordingly to decrease response size
+pub fn beforeResponse(request: *jetzig.http.Request, response: *jetzig.http.Response) !void {
+    if (!isCompressable(response.content_type)) return;
+    const encoding = detectEncoding(request) orelse return;
+
+    const compressed = switch (encoding) {
+        .gzip => jetzig.util.gzip(request.allocator, response.content, .{}) catch |err|
+            return request.server.logger.logError(err),
+        .deflate => jetzig.util.deflate(request.allocator, response.content, .{}) catch |err|
+            return request.server.logger.logError(err),
+    };
+
+    response.headers.append("Content-Encoding", @tagName(encoding)) catch |err|
+        return request.server.logger.logError(err);
+
+    // Make caching work
+    response.headers.append("Vary", "Accept-Encoding") catch |err|
+        return request.server.logger.logError(err);
+
+    response.content = compressed;
+}
+
+fn detectEncoding(request: *const jetzig.http.Request) ?Encoding {
+    var headers_it = request.headers.getAllIterator("Accept-Encoding");
+    while (headers_it.next()) |header| {
+        var it = std.mem.tokenizeScalar(u8, header.value, ',');
+        while (it.next()) |param| {
+            inline for (@typeInfo(Encoding).Enum.fields) |field| {
+                if (std.mem.eql(u8, field.name, jetzig.util.strip(param))) {
+                    return std.enums.nameCast(Encoding, field.name);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return null;
+}
diff --git a/src/jetzig/util.zig b/src/jetzig/util.zig
index 23a0180..6b05d9f 100644
--- a/src/jetzig/util.zig
+++ b/src/jetzig/util.zig
@@ -33,6 +33,27 @@ pub fn base64Decode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, string: []const u8) ![]u8 {
     return ptr;
 }
 
+pub fn gzip(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, content: []const u8, options: struct {}) ![]const u8 {
+    _ = options; // Allow setting compression options later if needed.
+    var compressed = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+    var content_reader = std.io.fixedBufferStream(content);
+    try std.compress.gzip.compress(content_reader.reader(), compressed.writer(), .{ .level = .fast });
+    return try compressed.toOwnedSlice();
+}
+
+pub fn deflate(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, content: []const u8, options: struct {}) ![]const u8 {
+    _ = options; // Allow setting compression options later if needed.
+    var compressed = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+    var content_reader = std.io.fixedBufferStream(content);
+    try std.compress.flate.compress(content_reader.reader(), compressed.writer(), .{ .level = .fast });
+    return try compressed.toOwnedSlice();
+}
+
+// Strip leading and trailing whitespace from a u8 slice.
+pub inline fn strip(input: []const u8) []const u8 {
+    return std.mem.trim(u8, input, &std.ascii.whitespace);
+}
+
 /// Generate a secure random string of `len` characters (for cryptographic purposes).
 pub fn generateSecret(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, comptime len: u10) ![]const u8 {
     const chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";