diff --git a/backend/src/app/http.clj b/backend/src/app/http.clj
index f29c6388f..a3a0b36b8 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/http.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/http.clj
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@
                  (create-router cfg)
                  (rr/routes
                   (rr/create-resource-handler {:path "/"})
-                  (rr/create-default-handler)))]
+                  (rr/create-default-handler))
+                 {:middleware [middleware/server-timing]})]
     (fn [request]
       (try
         (handler request)
diff --git a/backend/src/app/http/middleware.clj b/backend/src/app/http/middleware.clj
index 4aab02774..50cad7458 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/http/middleware.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/http/middleware.clj
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@
    [ring.middleware.params :refer [wrap-params]]
    [ring.middleware.resource :refer [wrap-resource]]))
 
+(defn wrap-server-timing
+  [handler]
+  (let [seconds-from #(float (/ (- (System/nanoTime) %) 1000000000))]
+    (fn [request]
+      (let [start    (System/nanoTime)
+            response (handler request)]
+        (update response :headers
+                (fn [headers]
+                  (assoc headers "Server-Timing" (str "total;dur=" (seconds-from start)))))))))
+
 (defn wrap-parse-request-body
   [handler]
   (letfn [(parse-transit [body]
@@ -130,3 +140,7 @@
 (def keyword-params
   {:name ::keyword-params
    :compile (constantly wrap-keyword-params)})
+
+(def server-timing
+  {:name ::server-timing
+   :compile (constantly wrap-server-timing)})
diff --git a/docker/devenv/files/nginx.conf b/docker/devenv/files/nginx.conf
index 2227dc05a..04c8fd453 100644
--- a/docker/devenv/files/nginx.conf
+++ b/docker/devenv/files/nginx.conf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ http {
 
     gzip_vary on;
     gzip_proxied any;
-    gzip_comp_level 6;
+    gzip_comp_level 3;
     gzip_buffers 16 8k;
     gzip_http_version 1.1;