diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 67fc1b1..be6c74a 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse, HTMLResponse, PlainTextResponse
+from starlette.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
 from tortoise import Tortoise
 from tortoise.contrib.fastapi import register_tortoise
 
@@ -120,6 +121,8 @@ async def migrate_password_to_hash():
 
 app = FastAPI(lifespan=lifespan)
 
+app.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware, minimum_size=1024, compresslevel=6)
+
 @app.middleware("http")
 async def refresh_settings_middleware(request, call_next):
     await refresh_settings()
@@ -151,8 +154,11 @@ app.include_router(admin_api)
 @app.get("/theme-assets/{asset_path:path}")
 @app.get("/assets/{asset_path:path}")
 async def theme_asset(asset_path: str):
+    # Vite with base=/theme-assets/ emits /theme-assets/assets/<file> while
+    # legacy themes use /theme-assets/<file>. Keep both forms compatible.
+    normalized_asset_path = asset_path.removeprefix("assets/")
     theme_assets = (BASE_DIR / settings.themesSelect / "assets").resolve()
-    target = (theme_assets / asset_path).resolve()
+    target = (theme_assets / normalized_asset_path).resolve()
     try:
         target.relative_to(theme_assets)
     except ValueError: