diff --git a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
index c81f440be..b2c21a157 100644
--- a/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
+++ b/client/homebrew/pages/editPage/editPage.jsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const _ = require('lodash');
 const createClass = require('create-react-class');
 import {makePatches, applyPatches, stringifyPatches, parsePatches} from '@sanity/diff-match-patch';
 import { md5 } from 'hash-wasm';
+import { gzipSync, strToU8 } from 'fflate';
 
 import request from '../../utils/request-middleware.js';
 const { Meta } = require('vitreum/headtags');
@@ -270,11 +271,15 @@ const EditPage = createClass({
 		//brew.text           = undefined; - Temporary parallel path
 		brew.textBin        = undefined;
 
+		const compressedBrew = gzipSync(strToU8(JSON.stringify(brew)));
+
 		const transfer = this.state.saveGoogle == _.isNil(this.state.brew.googleId);
 		const params = `${transfer ? `?${this.state.saveGoogle ? 'saveToGoogle' : 'removeFromGoogle'}=true` : ''}`;
 		const res = await request
 			.put(`/api/update/${brew.editId}${params}`)
-			.send(brew)
+			.set('Content-Encoding', 'gzip')
+			.set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+			.send(compressedBrew)
 			.catch((err)=>{
 				console.log('Error Updating Local Brew');
 				this.setState({ error: err });
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 8fa722ac7..c6305a529 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
         "express": "^5.1.0",
         "express-async-handler": "^1.2.0",
         "express-static-gzip": "3.0.0",
+        "fflate": "^0.8.2",
         "fs-extra": "11.3.0",
         "hash-wasm": "^4.12.0",
         "idb-keyval": "^6.2.2",
@@ -6650,6 +6651,11 @@
         "node": "^12.20 || >= 14.13"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/fflate": {
+      "version": "0.8.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fflate/-/fflate-0.8.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-cPJU47OaAoCbg0pBvzsgpTPhmhqI5eJjh/JIu8tPj5q+T7iLvW/JAYUqmE7KOB4R1ZyEhzBaIQpQpardBF5z8A=="
+    },
     "node_modules/file-entry-cache": {
       "version": "8.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-entry-cache/-/file-entry-cache-8.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 71e892058..cb6ff04a4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
     "express": "^5.1.0",
     "express-async-handler": "^1.2.0",
     "express-static-gzip": "3.0.0",
+    "fflate": "^0.8.2",
     "fs-extra": "11.3.0",
     "hash-wasm": "^4.12.0",
     "idb-keyval": "^6.2.2",
diff --git a/scripts/project.json b/scripts/project.json
index 340de077c..7385b674a 100644
--- a/scripts/project.json
+++ b/scripts/project.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 		"codemirror/addon/hint/show-hint.js",
 		"moment",
 		"superagent",
-		"@sanity/diff-match-patch"
+		"@sanity/diff-match-patch",
+		"fflate"
 	]
 }
diff --git a/server/homebrew.api.spec.js b/server/homebrew.api.spec.js
index cb953f7e5..e6528bb9c 100644
--- a/server/homebrew.api.spec.js
+++ b/server/homebrew.api.spec.js
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ brew`);
 	describe('updateBrew', ()=>{
 		it('should return error on version mismatch', async ()=>{
 			const brewFromClient = { version: 1 };
-			const brewFromServer = { version: 1000 };
+			const brewFromServer = { version: 1000, text: '' };
 
 			const req = {
 				brew : brewFromServer,