diff --git a/public/.htaccess b/public/.htaccess
index 8eb2dd0d..47a002ec 100644
--- a/public/.htaccess
+++ b/public/.htaccess
@@ -14,3 +14,69 @@
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
     RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
 </IfModule>
+
+
+<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/vnd.ms-fontobject
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-opentype
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-otf
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-truetype
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-font-ttf
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/opentype
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/otf
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE font/ttf
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/svg+xml
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE image/x-icon
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/javascript
+  AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
+</IfModule>
+
+<IfModule mod_gzip.c>
+  mod_gzip_on Yes
+  mod_gzip_dechunk Yes
+  mod_gzip_item_include file .(html?|txt|css|js|php|pl)$
+  mod_gzip_item_include handler ^cgi-script$
+  mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.*
+  mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript.*
+  mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.*
+  mod_gzip_item_exclude rspheader ^Content-Encoding:.*gzip.*
+</IfModule>
+#
+# Leverage Browser Caching
+<IfModule mod_expires.c>
+  ExpiresActive On
+  ExpiresByType image/jpg "access 1 year"
+  ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access 1 year"
+  ExpiresByType image/gif "access 1 year"
+  ExpiresByType image/png "access 1 year"
+  ExpiresByType text/css "access 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType text/html "access 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType application/pdf "access 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access 1 month"
+  ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access 1 year"
+  ExpiresDefault "access 1 month"
+</IfModule>
+
+<IfModule mod_headers.c>
+  <filesmatch "\.(ico|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|css|swf)$">
+  Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2678400, public"
+  </filesmatch>
+  <filesmatch "\.(html|htm)$">
+  Header set Cache-Control "max-age=7200, private, must-revalidate"
+  </filesmatch>
+  <filesmatch "\.(pdf)$">
+  Header set Cache-Control "max-age=86400, public"
+  </filesmatch>
+  <filesmatch "\.(js)$">
+  Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2678400, private"
+  </filesmatch>
+</IfModule>
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