diff --git a/conf/application.conf b/conf/application.conf
index b328bd3e7972a1975c984ae9873135d8919381ad..ec96f047d1a96e0171f54f7a70088cd8c1dcf28c 100644
--- a/conf/application.conf
+++ b/conf/application.conf
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ rest.history.size = 50 // defaults to 50 if not specified
 #data.path: "/var/lib/cerebro/cerebro.db"
 data.path = "./cerebro.db"
 
+es = {
+  gzip = true
+}
+
 # Authentication
 auth = {
   # Example of LDAP authentication
diff --git a/conf/reference.conf b/conf/reference.conf
index f6965a672cf53deba1e8d36a5f953d6df6a64ab4..da6cf2edc154ac7ba1d9fbcce181b25164013aad 100644
--- a/conf/reference.conf
+++ b/conf/reference.conf
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 secret = "changeme"
 play.crypto.secret = ${secret}
 
+es {
+  gzip = false
+}
+play.ws.compressionEnabled = ${es.gzip}
+
 # The application languages
 play.i18n.langs = ["en"]