diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 5a928f6d..1014e510 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -1 +1,20 @@
 Options -Indexes
+
+<IfModule mod_expires.c>
+ <FilesMatch "\.(js|jpg|jpeg|gif|png|css)$">
+  ExpiresActive on
+  ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 month"
+ </FilesMatch>
+ </IfModule>
+
+<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
+AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript
+</IfModule>