diff --git a/bproxy.json b/bproxy.json
index 052e5d5..bde0767 100644
--- a/bproxy.json
+++ b/bproxy.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "port": 8080,
+  "gzip_mime_types": ["text/css", "application/javascript", "application/x-javascript"],
   "proxies": [
     {
       "hosts": [
diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index b9ded3c..90db135 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include "jsmn.h"
 
 #define CONFIG_MAX_HOSTS 10
+#define CONFIG_MAX_GZIP_MIME_TYPES 20
+#define CONFIG_MAX_PROXIES 100
 
 typedef struct proxy_config_t
 {
@@ -27,7 +29,9 @@ typedef struct proxy_config_t
 typedef struct config_t
 {
   unsigned short port;
-  proxy_config_t *proxies[100];
+  char *gzip_mime_types[CONFIG_MAX_GZIP_MIME_TYPES];
+  int num_gzip_mime_types;
+  proxy_config_t *proxies[CONFIG_MAX_PROXIES];
   int num_proxies;
 } config_t;
 
diff --git a/include/http.h b/include/http.h
index 01152b2..2b11cd4 100644
--- a/include/http.h
+++ b/include/http.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "uv.h"
 #include "http_parser.h"
 #include "version.h"
+#include "config.h"
 
 #define MAX_HEADERS 20
 #define MAX_ELEMENT_SIZE 500
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ typedef struct http_response_t
   char headers[MAX_HEADERS][2][MAX_ELEMENT_SIZE];
   char status_line[256];
   boolean enable_compression;
+  config_t *server_config;
 } http_response_t;
 
 typedef struct conn_t
diff --git a/src/bproxy.c b/src/bproxy.c
index 8a75067..9c71e16 100644
--- a/src/bproxy.c
+++ b/src/bproxy.c
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ void proxy_connect_cb(uv_connect_t *req, int status)
   proxy_conn->conn->proxy_handle = req->handle;
 
   http_parser_init(&proxy_conn->response.parser, HTTP_RESPONSE);
+  proxy_conn->response.server_config = server->config;
   proxy_conn->response.parser.data = &proxy_conn->response;
 
   uv_read_start(req->handle, alloc_cb, proxy_read_cb);
diff --git a/src/config.c b/src/config.c
index fd99f01..da8ebb4 100644
--- a/src/config.c
+++ b/src/config.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://github.com/bleenco/bproxy
  */
 #include "config.h"
+#include "log.h"
 
 char *read_file(char *path)
 {
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ char *read_file(char *path)
 
   if (!f)
   {
-    fprintf(stderr, "could not open file %s for reading!\n", path);
+    log_error("could not open file %s for reading!", path);
     exit(1);
   }
 
@@ -47,14 +48,14 @@ void parse_config(const char *json_string, config_t *config)
   int r = jsmn_parse(&p, json_string, strlen(json_string), t, sizeof(t) / sizeof(t[0]));
   if (r < 0)
   {
-    fprintf(stderr, "failed to parse config JSON: %d\n", r);
+    log_error("failed to parse config JSON: %d", r);
     exit(1);
   }
 
   // assume top-level element is an object
   if (r < 1 || t[0].type != JSMN_OBJECT)
   {
-    fprintf(stderr, "wrong configuration!\n");
+    log_error("wrong JSON configuration!");
     exit(1);
   }
 
@@ -70,11 +71,30 @@ void parse_config(const char *json_string, config_t *config)
       free(port);
       i++;
     }
+    else if (jsoneq(json_string, &t[i], "gzip_mime_types") == 0)
+    {
+      if (t[i + 1].type != JSMN_ARRAY)
+      {
+        log_error("wrong configuration, gzip_mime_types should be an array!");
+        exit(1);
+      }
+
+      config->num_gzip_mime_types = 0;
+      for (int j = 0; j < t[i + 1].size; j++)
+      {
+        jsmntok_t *mime_type = &t[i + j + 2];
+        char *mime = malloc(50);
+        sprintf(mime, "%.*s", mime_type->end - mime_type->start, json_string + mime_type->start);
+        config->gzip_mime_types[config->num_gzip_mime_types] = malloc(sizeof(char) * 50);
+        memcpy(config->gzip_mime_types[config->num_gzip_mime_types], mime, strlen(mime));
+        config->num_gzip_mime_types++;
+      }
+    }
     else if (jsoneq(json_string, &t[i], "proxies") == 0)
     {
       if (t[i + 1].type != JSMN_ARRAY)
       {
-        fprintf(stderr, "wrong configuration, proxies should be array!\n");
+        log_error("wrong configuration, proxies should be an array!");
         exit(1);
       }
 
@@ -88,7 +108,7 @@ void parse_config(const char *json_string, config_t *config)
       int rr = jsmn_parse(&pp, proxy_str, strlen(proxy_str), token, sizeof(token) / sizeof(token[0]));
       if (rr < 0)
       {
-        fprintf(stderr, "failed to parse JSON (proxies): %d\n", rr);
+        log_error("failed to parse JSON (proxies): %d", rr);
         exit(1);
       }
 
@@ -143,9 +163,5 @@ void parse_config(const char *json_string, config_t *config)
       free(proxy_str);
       return;
     }
-    else if (jsoneq(json_string, &t[i], "gzip-types") == 0)
-    {
-      printf("yeey");
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index aea6cdd..df42f1e 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -238,10 +238,13 @@ int response_headers_complete_cb(http_parser *p)
   {
     if (strcasecmp(response->headers[i][0], "Content-Type") == 0)
     {
-      // TODO: allow multiple types
-      if (strstr(response->headers[i][1], "text/") != NULL)
+      for (int j = 0; j < response->server_config->num_gzip_mime_types; j++)
       {
-        response->enable_compression = true;
+        if (strstr(response->headers[i][1], response->server_config->gzip_mime_types[j]))
+        {
+          response->enable_compression = true;
+          continue;
+        }
       }
     }
     else if (strcasecmp(response->headers[i][0], "Content-Encoding") == 0)