diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 16840f965..d0f0f316b 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ const errors = require('./errors');
 const {createGraphOptions} = require('./graph');
 const apollo = require('graphql-server-express');
 const accepts = require('accepts');
+const compression = require('compression');
+const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
 
 const app = express();
 
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ app.set('trust proxy', 1);
 app.use(helmet({
   frameguard: false
 }));
+app.use(compression());
+app.use(cookieParser());
 app.use(bodyParser.json());
 
 //==============================================================================
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cbf514cf5..b1eb180ed 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,10 +54,13 @@
     "app-module-path": "^2.2.0",
     "bcrypt": "^1.0.2",
     "body-parser": "^1.17.1",
+    "bowser": "^1.7.0",
     "cli-table": "^0.3.1",
     "colors": "^1.1.2",
     "commander": "^2.9.0",
+    "compression": "^1.6.2",
     "connect-redis": "^3.1.0",
+    "cookie-parser": "^1.4.3",
     "cross-spawn": "^5.1.0",
     "csurf": "^1.9.0",
     "dataloader": "^1.3.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3fd71e907..cc1ddd018 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1262,6 +1262,10 @@ boom@2.x.x:
   dependencies:
     hoek "2.x.x"
 
+bowser@^1.7.0:
+  version "1.7.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bowser/-/bowser-1.7.0.tgz#169de4018711f994242bff9a8009e77a1f35e003"
+
 brace-expansion@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/brace-expansion/-/brace-expansion-1.1.7.tgz#3effc3c50e000531fb720eaff80f0ae8ef23cf59"
@@ -1395,6 +1399,10 @@ builtin-status-codes@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/builtin-status-codes/-/builtin-status-codes-3.0.0.tgz#85982878e21b98e1c66425e03d0174788f569ee8"
 
+bytes@2.3.0:
+  version "2.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bytes/-/bytes-2.3.0.tgz#d5b680a165b6201739acb611542aabc2d8ceb070"
+
 bytes@2.4.0:
   version "2.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/bytes/-/bytes-2.4.0.tgz#7d97196f9d5baf7f6935e25985549edd2a6c2339"
@@ -1815,6 +1823,12 @@ component-emitter@^1.2.0:
   version "1.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/component-emitter/-/component-emitter-1.2.1.tgz#137918d6d78283f7df7a6b7c5a63e140e69425e6"
 
+compressible@~2.0.8:
+  version "2.0.10"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compressible/-/compressible-2.0.10.tgz#feda1c7f7617912732b29bf8cf26252a20b9eecd"
+  dependencies:
+    mime-db ">= 1.27.0 < 2"
+
 compression-webpack-plugin@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compression-webpack-plugin/-/compression-webpack-plugin-0.4.0.tgz#811de04215f811ea6a12d4d8aed8457d758f13ac"
@@ -1824,6 +1838,17 @@ compression-webpack-plugin@^0.4.0:
   optionalDependencies:
     node-zopfli "^2.0.0"
 
+compression@^1.6.2:
+  version "1.6.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compression/-/compression-1.6.2.tgz#cceb121ecc9d09c52d7ad0c3350ea93ddd402bc3"
+  dependencies:
+    accepts "~1.3.3"
+    bytes "2.3.0"
+    compressible "~2.0.8"
+    debug "~2.2.0"
+    on-headers "~1.0.1"
+    vary "~1.1.0"
+
 concat-map@0.0.1:
   version "0.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz#d8a96bd77fd68df7793a73036a3ba0d5405d477b"
@@ -1925,6 +1950,13 @@ convert-source-map@^1.1.0:
   version "1.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/convert-source-map/-/convert-source-map-1.5.0.tgz#9acd70851c6d5dfdd93d9282e5edf94a03ff46b5"
 
+cookie-parser@^1.4.3:
+  version "1.4.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookie-parser/-/cookie-parser-1.4.3.tgz#0fe31fa19d000b95f4aadf1f53fdc2b8a203baa5"
+  dependencies:
+    cookie "0.3.1"
+    cookie-signature "1.0.6"
+
 cookie-signature@1.0.6:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cookie-signature/-/cookie-signature-1.0.6.tgz#e303a882b342cc3ee8ca513a79999734dab3ae2c"
@@ -5147,14 +5179,14 @@ miller-rabin@^4.0.0:
     bn.js "^4.0.0"
     brorand "^1.0.1"
 
+"mime-db@>= 1.27.0 < 2", mime-db@~1.27.0:
+  version "1.27.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.27.0.tgz#820f572296bbd20ec25ed55e5b5de869e5436eb1"
+
 mime-db@~1.12.0:
   version "1.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.12.0.tgz#3d0c63180f458eb10d325aaa37d7c58ae312e9d7"
 
-mime-db@~1.27.0:
-  version "1.27.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-db/-/mime-db-1.27.0.tgz#820f572296bbd20ec25ed55e5b5de869e5436eb1"
-
 mime-types@^2.1.10, mime-types@^2.1.12, mime-types@~2.1.11, mime-types@~2.1.15, mime-types@~2.1.7:
   version "2.1.15"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mime-types/-/mime-types-2.1.15.tgz#a4ebf5064094569237b8cf70046776d09fc92aed"