diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 195e3f3ca..f61e15b69 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ var sass = require('gulp-sass')
 var autoprefixer = require('gulp-autoprefixer')
 var gulpStylelint = require('gulp-stylelint')
 var stylefmt = require('gulp-stylefmt')
+var uglify = require('gulp-uglify')
+var babel = require('gulp-babel')
 
 
 var disableDebugTools = gutil.env.disableDebugTools
@@ -375,6 +377,11 @@ function bundleTask(opts) {
       // sourcemaps
       // loads map from browserify file
       .pipe(gulpif(debug, sourcemaps.init({ loadMaps: true })))
+      // Minification
+      .pipe(babel({
+        presets: ['env']
+      }))
+      .pipe(uglify())
       // writes .map file
       .pipe(gulpif(debug, sourcemaps.write('./')))
       // write completed bundles
diff --git a/mascara/server/index.js b/mascara/server/index.js
index 83f84f6d1..6fb1287cc 100644
--- a/mascara/server/index.js
+++ b/mascara/server/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ const path = require('path')
 const express = require('express')
 const createBundle = require('./util').createBundle
 const serveBundle = require('./util').serveBundle
+const compression = require('compression')
 
 module.exports = createMetamascaraServer
 
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ function createMetamascaraServer () {
 
   // serve bundles
   const server = express()
+  server.use(compression())
+
   // ui window
   serveBundle(server, '/ui.js', uiBundle)
   server.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname, '/../ui/'), { setHeaders: (res) => res.set('X-Frame-Options', 'DENY') }))
diff --git a/mascara/server/util.js b/mascara/server/util.js
index af2daddb9..f9692afb6 100644
--- a/mascara/server/util.js
+++ b/mascara/server/util.js
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ function createBundle (entryPoint) {
     cache: {},
     packageCache: {},
     plugin: [watchify],
-  }).transform('babelify')
+  })
+    .transform('babelify')
+    .transform('uglifyify', { global: true })
 
   bundler.on('update', bundle)
   bundle()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4469263cc..9bbdacea2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@
     "eth-json-rpc-middleware": "^1.2.7",
     "fs-promise": "^2.0.3",
     "gulp": "github:gulpjs/gulp#4.0",
+    "gulp-babel": "^7.0.0",
     "gulp-if": "^2.0.1",
     "gulp-json-editor": "^2.2.1",
     "gulp-livereload": "^3.8.1",
@@ -206,6 +207,7 @@
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "^2.6.0",
     "gulp-stylefmt": "^1.1.0",
     "gulp-stylelint": "^4.0.0",
+    "gulp-uglify": "^3.0.0",
     "gulp-util": "^3.0.7",
     "gulp-watch": "^4.3.5",
     "gulp-zip": "^4.0.0",