diff --git a/src/nginxconfig.ejs b/src/nginxconfig.ejs
index d741760d6..d332c4961 100644
--- a/src/nginxconfig.ejs
+++ b/src/nginxconfig.ejs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ server {
 
     # gzip responses that are > 50k and not images
     gzip on;
-    gzip_min_length 50k;
+    gzip_min_length 18k;
     gzip_types text/css text/javascript text/xml text/plain application/javascript application/x-javascript application/json;
 
     # enable for proxied requests as well