--- a/aws/compress.conf
+++ b/aws/compress.conf
@@ -1,1 +1,33 @@
+#######################################################################
+##
+##  Output Compression 
+## --------------------
+##
+## see http://www.lighttpd.net/documentation/compress.html
+##
+server.modules += ( "mod_compress" )
 
+##
+## where should the compressed files be cached?
+## see the base config for the declaration of the variable.
+##
+## This directory should be changed per vhost otherwise you can
+## run into trouble with overlapping filenames
+##
+compress.cache-dir         = cache_dir + "/compress"
+
+##
+## FileTypes to compress.
+## 
+#compress.filetype          = ("text/plain", "text/html")
+compress.filetype = ("text/plain", "text/html", "text/javascript", "text/css", "text/xml")
+
+##
+## Maximum filesize that will be compressed.
+## Default is 0, which means unlimited file size.
+## 
+#compress.max-filesize = 0
+
+##
+#######################################################################
+