diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index c43ae7ac..57721529 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 API for tracking the global coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2) outbreak.
 """
 # See PEP396.
-__version__ = "2.0.1"
+__version__ = "2.0.3"
diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 437b2395..1224c24e 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import uvicorn
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, Response
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
+from fastapi.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
 from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 
 from .data import data_source
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
         "API for tracking the global coronavirus (COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2) outbreak."
         " Project page: https://github.com/ExpDev07/coronavirus-tracker-api."
     ),
-    version="2.0.2",
+    version="2.0.3",
     docs_url="/",
     redoc_url="/docs",
     on_startup=[setup_client_session],
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@
 APP.add_middleware(
     CORSMiddleware, allow_credentials=True, allow_origins=["*"], allow_methods=["*"], allow_headers=["*"],
 )
+APP.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware, minimum_size=1000)
 
 
 @APP.middleware("http")