diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index c8c0e9122..acb57c68a 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const HomebrewModel = require('./homebrew.model.js').model;
 const router = require('express').Router();
+const zlib = require('zlib');
 
 // const getTopBrews = (cb)=>{
 // 	HomebrewModel.find().sort({ views: -1 }).limit(5).exec(function(err, brews) {
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ router.put('/api/update/:id', (req, res)=>{
 	HomebrewModel.get({ editId: req.params.id })
 		.then((brew)=>{
 			brew = _.merge(brew, req.body);
+			brew.textBin = zlib.deflateSync(req.body.text);		// Compress brew text to binary before saving
+			brew.text = '';										// Clear out the non-binary text field so its not saved twice
+			
 			brew.updatedAt = new Date();
 			if(req.account) brew.authors = _.uniq(_.concat(brew.authors, req.account.username));
 
diff --git a/server/homebrew.model.js b/server/homebrew.model.js
index 587ca37c1..b9cf00319 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.model.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.model.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 const mongoose = require('mongoose');
 const shortid = require('shortid');
 const _ = require('lodash');
+const zlib = require('zlib');
 
 const HomebrewSchema = mongoose.Schema({
 	shareId : { type: String, default: shortid.generate, index: { unique: true } },
 	editId  : { type: String, default: shortid.generate, index: { unique: true } },
 	title   : { type: String, default: '' },
 	text    : { type: String, default: '' },
+	textBin : { type: Buffer }, 
 
 	description : { type: String, default: '' },
 	tags        : { type: String, default: '' },
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ HomebrewSchema.statics.get = function(query){
 	return new Promise((resolve, reject)=>{
 		Homebrew.find(query, (err, brews)=>{
 			if(err || !brews.length) return reject('Can not find brew');
+			if(!_.isUndefined(brews[0].textBin)) {			// Uncompress zipped text field
+				unzipped = zlib.unzipSync(brews[0].textBin);
+				brews[0].text = unzipped.toString();
+			}
 			return resolve(brews[0]);
 		});
 	});