diff --git a/bin/ws.js b/bin/ws.js
index 5f664cc..02c7d8a 100755
--- a/bin/ws.js
+++ b/bin/ws.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 'use strict'
 const localWebServer = require('../')
-const streamLogStats = require('stream-log-stats')
 const commandLineArgs = require('command-line-args')
 const ansi = require('ansi-escape-sequences')
 const cliOptions = require('../lib/cli-options')
@@ -34,23 +33,11 @@ options.cli.server = Object.assign(options.builtIn, options.stored, options.cli.
 if (options.cli.misc.help) return console.log(usage)
 if (options.cli.misc.config) return console.log(JSON.stringify(options.stored, null, '  '))
 
-let log = {
-  format: options.cli.server['log-format']
-}
-
-if (log.format === 'none'){
-  log.format = undefined
-} else if (log.format){
-  log.stream = process.stdout
-} else {
-  log.format = 'common'
-  log.stream = streamLogStats({ refreshRate: 100 })
-}
-
 localWebServer({
   static: { root: options.cli.server.directory },
   serveIndex: { path: options.cli.server.directory, options: { icons: true } },
-  logger: { format: log.format, options: { stream: log.stream } }
+  logger: { format: options.cli.server['log-format'] },
+  compress: options.cli.server.compress
 }).listen(options.cli.server.port, serverUp)
 
 function halt (message) {
@@ -64,6 +51,6 @@ function serverUp () {
   if (path.resolve(options.cli.server.directory) === process.cwd()) {
     console.error(ansi.format(`serving at [underline]{http://localhost:${options.cli.server.port}}`))
   } else {
-    console.error(ansi.format(`serving [underline]{options.cli.server.directory} at [underline]{http://localhost:${options.cli.server.port}}`))
+    console.error(ansi.format(`serving [underline]{${options.cli.server.directory}} at [underline]{http://localhost:${options.cli.server.port}}`))
   }
 }
diff --git a/lib/local-web-server.js b/lib/local-web-server.js
index 5dd501c..d8b225d 100644
--- a/lib/local-web-server.js
+++ b/lib/local-web-server.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const serve = require('koa-static')
 const convert = require('koa-convert')
 const serveIndex = require('koa-serve-index')
 const morgan = require('koa-morgan')
+const compress = require('koa-compress')
+const streamLogStats = require('stream-log-stats')
 
 /**
  * @module local-web-server
@@ -18,19 +20,47 @@ function getApp (options) {
   options = Object.assign({
     static: {},
     serveIndex: {},
-    logger: {}
+    logger: {},
+    compress: false
   }, options)
 
   const app = new Koa()
 
+  if (options.compress) {
+    console.log('comp');
+    app.use(convert(compress()))
+  }
+  
+  let log = { format: options.logger.format }
   if (options.logger.format) {
-    app.use(convert(morgan.middleware(options.logger.format, options.logger.options)))
+
+    if (log.format === 'none'){
+      log.format = undefined
+    } else if (log.format === 'logstalgia') {
+      /* customised logger :date token, purely to satisfy Logstalgia. */
+      morgan.token('date', function () {
+        var d = new Date()
+        return (d.getDate() + '/' + d.getUTCMonth() + '/' + d.getFullYear() + ':' + d.toTimeString())
+          .replace('GMT', '').replace(' (BST)', '')
+      })
+      log.format = 'combined'
+    } else if (log.format) {
+      log.stream = process.stdout
+    }
+  } else {
+    log.format = 'common'
+    log.stream = streamLogStats({ refreshRate: 100 })
   }
+  options.logger.options = options.logger.options || {}
+  options.logger.options.stream = log.stream
+  if (log.format) app.use(convert(morgan.middleware(log.format, options.logger.options)))
+
   if (options.static.root) {
     app.use(convert(serve(options.static.root, options.static.options)))
   }
   if (options.serveIndex.path) {
     app.use(convert(serveIndex(options.serveIndex.path, options.serveIndex.options)))
   }
+
   return app
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 737def4..4eb61fd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "kcors": "^1.0.1",
     "koa": "^2.0.0-alpha.3",
     "koa-charset": "^1.1.4",
+    "koa-compress": "^1.0.8",
     "koa-convert": "^1.1.0",
     "koa-json": "^1.1.1",
     "koa-morgan": "^0.4.0",
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index c0c2d5f..61613f4 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -66,3 +66,16 @@ test('log: common', function (t) {
   request('http://localhost:8100/')
     .then(() => server.close())
 })
+
+test('compress', function(t){
+  const app = localWebServer({ compress: true })
+
+})
+
+function launchServer (app, onSuccess) {
+  const server = http.createServer(app.callback())
+  server.listen(8100)
+  const req = request('http://localhost:8100/')
+  if (onSuccess) req.then(onSuccess)
+  req.then(() => server.close())
+}