diff --git a/nginx/default.conf b/nginx/default.conf
index f24115c..8d39fd6 100644
--- a/nginx/default.conf
+++ b/nginx/default.conf
@@ -2,8 +2,37 @@ server {
     listen       80;
     server_name  localhost;
     absolute_redirect off;
+    # copies data between one FD and other from within the kernel
+    # faster than read() + write()
+    sendfile on;
+
+    # send headers in one piece, it is better than sending them one by one
+    tcp_nopush on;
+
+    # don't buffer data sent, good for small data bursts in real time
+    tcp_nodelay on;
+
+    gzip on;
+    gzip_types
+        # text/html is always compressed by HttpGzipModule
+        text/css
+        text/javascript
+        text/xml
+        text/plain
+        text/x-component
+        application/javascript
+        application/x-javascript
+        application/json
+        application/xml
+        application/rss+xml
+        application/atom+xml
+        font/truetype
+        font/opentype
+        application/vnd.ms-fontobject
+        image/svg+xml;
 
     location / {
+        gzip_static on;
         root   /usr/share/nginx/html;
         index  index.html index.htm;
     }