diff --git a/bin/app.pl b/bin/app.pl
index 0c5767e..d0ceff9 100755
--- a/bin/app.pl
+++ b/bin/app.pl
@@ -3,17 +3,12 @@
 use PrimoServices;
 use Plack::Builder;
 
-my $app = sub {
-	my $env = shift;
-	my $request = Dancer::Request->new( env => $env );
-	Dancer->dance($request);
-};
-
 builder {
-	enable "Plack::Middleware::ServerStatus::Lite",
+	enable 'Plack::Middleware::Deflater';
+	enable 'Plack::Middleware::ServerStatus::Lite',
 		path => '/server-status',
 		allow => [ '127.0.0.1', '172.28.16.0/24' ],
 		scoreboard => 'server-status',
-		counter_file => 'server-status/counter';
-	$app;
+		counter_file => 'server-status/counter' if config->{environment} eq 'production';
+	dance;
 };
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index d81a9c4..2f0b98b 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ requires 'Server::Starter',
 requires 'Starman';
 requires 'Test::More';
 requires 'YAML';
-requires 'Plack::Middleware::ETag';
+requires 'Plack::Middleware::Deflater';
 requires 'Plack::Middleware::ServerStatus::Lite';
 # Application dependencies
 requires 'Benchmark';