diff --git a/assets/views/base.html b/assets/views/base.html
index 42997c0..9e63312 100644
--- a/assets/views/base.html
+++ b/assets/views/base.html
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
       }
     </script>
     <link href="/static/css/app.css?v=2026-06-16" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
-    <script src="/static/vendor/htmx/htmx-1.9.12.min.js"></script>
+    <script defer src="/static/vendor/htmx/htmx-1.9.12.min.js"></script>
     <!-- Alpine Focus plugin (x-trap / $focus) — must load before Alpine core;
          required by the Penguin UI keyboard-accessible dropdowns. -->
     <script defer src="/static/vendor/alpine/alpine-focus-3.14.9.min.js"></script>
diff --git a/config/development.yaml b/config/development.yaml
index 6909ecc..a829d8f 100644
--- a/config/development.yaml
+++ b/config/development.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ server:
   host: http://localhost
   # Out of the box middleware configuration. to disable middleware you can changed the `enable` field to `false` of comment the middleware block
   middlewares:
+    # gzip/br compression for text responses (HTML, CSS, JS) — Lighthouse
+    # "Document request latency: No compression applied".
+    compression:
+      enable: true
     static:
       enable: true
       must_exist: true
diff --git a/config/production.yaml b/config/production.yaml
index eee8bd4..29cfc27 100644
--- a/config/production.yaml
+++ b/config/production.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ server:
   binding: "{{ get_env(name="SERVER_BINDING", default="0.0.0.0") }}"
   host: "{{ get_env(name="APP_HOST") }}"
   middlewares:
+    # gzip/br compression for text responses (HTML, CSS, JS) — Lighthouse
+    # "Document request latency: No compression applied".
+    compression:
+      enable: true
     static:
       enable: true
       must_exist: true
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 025db54..f1d2893 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@
               pkgs.llvmPackages.libclang.lib
               # loco-rs CLI workflow helpers
               pkgs.sea-orm-cli
+              # Logo/vector asset workflow helpers
+              pkgs.potrace
             ];
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH = "${pkgs.openssl.dev}/lib/pkgconfig";
             LIBCLANG_PATH = "${pkgs.llvmPackages.libclang.lib}/lib";