diff --git a/client/admin/admin.jsx b/client/admin/admin.jsx
index 9708b458a..966cb8b63 100644
--- a/client/admin/admin.jsx
+++ b/client/admin/admin.jsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ const createClass = require('create-react-class');
 
 const BrewCleanup = require('./brewCleanup/brewCleanup.jsx');
 const BrewLookup = require('./brewLookup/brewLookup.jsx');
-const BrewCompress = require ('./brewCompress/brewCompress.jsx');
 const Stats = require('./stats/stats.jsx');
 
 const Admin = createClass({
@@ -27,8 +26,6 @@ const Admin = createClass({
 				<BrewLookup />
 				<hr />
 				<BrewCleanup />
-				<hr />
-				<BrewCompress />
 			</div>
 		</div>;
 	}
diff --git a/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.jsx b/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.jsx
deleted file mode 100644
index a43fd52c2..000000000
--- a/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.jsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-const React       = require('react');
-const createClass = require('create-react-class');
-const cx          = require('classnames');
-
-const request = require('superagent');
-
-
-const BrewCompress = createClass({
-	displayName : 'BrewCompress',
-	getDefaultProps(){
-		return {};
-	},
-	getInitialState() {
-		return {
-			count : 0,
-
-			pending : false,
-			primed  : false,
-			err     : null,
-			ids     : null
-		};
-	},
-	prime(){
-		this.setState({ pending: true });
-
-		request.get('/admin/finduncompressed')
-			.then((res)=>this.setState({ count: res.body.count, primed: true, ids: res.body.ids }))
-			.catch((err)=>this.setState({ error: err }))
-			.finally(()=>this.setState({ pending: false }));
-	},
-	cleanup(){
-		this.setState({ pending: true });
-		this.state.ids.forEach((id)=>{
-			request.put(`/admin/compress/${id}`)
-				.catch((err)=>this.setState({ error: err }))
-				.finally(()=>this.setState({ pending: false, primed: false }));
-		});
-	},
-	renderPrimed(){
-		if(!this.state.primed) return;
-
-		if(!this.state.count){
-			return <div className='removeBox'>No Matching Brews found.</div>;
-		}
-		return <div className='removeBox'>
-			<button onClick={this.cleanup} className='remove'>
-				{this.state.pending
-					? <i className='fa fa-spin fa-spinner' />
-					: <span><i className='fa fa-compress' /> compress </span>
-				}
-			</button>
-			<span>Found {this.state.count} Brews that could be compressed. </span>
-		</div>;
-	},
-	render(){
-		return <div className='BrewCompress'>
-			<h2> Brew Compression </h2>
-			<p>Compresses the text in brews to binary</p>
-
-			<button onClick={this.prime} className='query'>
-				{this.state.pending
-					? <i className='fa fa-spin fa-spinner' />
-					: 'Query Brews'
-				}
-			</button>
-			{this.renderPrimed()}
-
-			{this.state.error
-				&& <div className='error'>{this.state.error.toString()}</div>
-			}
-		</div>;
-	}
-});
-
-module.exports = BrewCompress;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.less b/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.less
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a2bf42ea..000000000
--- a/client/admin/brewCompress/brewCompress.less
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-.BrewCompress{
-	.removeBox{
-		margin-top: 20px;
-		button{
-			background-color: @red;
-			margin-right: 10px;
-		}
-	}
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/admin.api.js b/server/admin.api.js
index 99d42f5ec..a6486a618 100644
--- a/server/admin.api.js
+++ b/server/admin.api.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ const router = require('express').Router();
 const Moment = require('moment');
 const render = require('vitreum/steps/render');
 const templateFn = require('../client/template.js');
-const zlib = require('zlib');
 
 process.env.ADMIN_USER = process.env.ADMIN_USER || 'admin';
 process.env.ADMIN_PASS = process.env.ADMIN_PASS || 'password3';
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ const mw = {
 };
 
 
-/* Search for brews that are older than 3 days and that are shorter than a tweet */
+/* Removes all empty brews that are older than 3 days and that are shorter than a tweet */
 const junkBrewQuery = HomebrewModel.find({
 	'$where'  : 'this.text.length < 140',
 	createdAt : {
@@ -35,11 +34,6 @@ const junkBrewQuery = HomebrewModel.find({
 	}
 }).limit(100).maxTime(60000);
 
-/* Search for brews that aren't compressed (missing the compressed text field) */
-const uncompressedBrewQuery = HomebrewModel.find({
-	'textBin' : null
-}).limit(50).distinct('_id');
-
 router.get('/admin/cleanup', mw.adminOnly, (req, res)=>{
 	junkBrewQuery.exec((err, objs)=>{
 		if(err) return res.status(500).send(err);
@@ -64,32 +58,6 @@ router.get('/admin/lookup/:id', mw.adminOnly, (req, res, next)=>{
 	});
 });
 
-/* Find 50 brews that aren't compressed yet */
-router.get('/admin/finduncompressed', mw.adminOnly, (req, res)=>{
-	uncompressedBrewQuery.exec((err, objs)=>{
-		if(err) return res.status(500).send(err);
-		return res.json({ count: objs.length, ids: objs });
-	});
-});
-
-/* Compresses the "text" field of a brew to binary */
-router.put('/admin/compress/:id', (req, res)=>{
-	HomebrewModel.get({ _id: req.params.id })
-		.then((brew)=>{
-			brew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(brew.text);	// Compress brew text to binary before saving
-			brew.text = undefined;							// Delete the non-binary text field since it's not needed anymore
-
-			brew.save((err, obj)=>{
-				if(err) throw err;
-				return res.status(200).send(obj);
-			});
-		})
-		.catch((err)=>{
-			console.log(err);
-			return res.status(500).send('Error while saving');
-		});
-});
-
 router.get('/admin/stats', mw.adminOnly, (req, res)=>{
 	HomebrewModel.count({}, (err, count)=>{
 		return res.json({
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.js b/server/homebrew.api.js
index 9966865b1..1a028f7f6 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.js
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ router.post('/api', (req, res)=>{
 	}
 
 	newHomebrew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(newHomebrew.text);	// Compress brew text to binary before saving
-	newHomebrew.text = undefined;									// Delete the non-binary text field since it's not needed anymore
+	newHomebrew.text = '';											// Clear out the non-binary text field so its not saved twice
 
 	newHomebrew.save((err, obj)=>{
 		if(err){
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ router.put('/api/update/:id', (req, res)=>{
 	HomebrewModel.get({ editId: req.params.id })
 		.then((brew)=>{
 			brew = _.merge(brew, req.body);
-			brew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(req.body.text);	// Compress brew text to binary before saving
-			brew.text = undefined;										// Clear out the non-binary text field so its not saved twice
+			brew.textBin = zlib.deflateRawSync(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 25c7a38e1..e8d857982 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.model.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.model.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ 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(!_.isNil(brews[0].textBin)) {			// Uncompress zipped text field
+			if(!_.isUndefined(brews[0].textBin)) {			// Uncompress zipped text field
 				unzipped = zlib.inflateRawSync(brews[0].textBin);
 				brews[0].text = unzipped.toString();
 			}