diff --git a/articles/compressor.py b/articles/compressor.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed3a014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/articles/compressor.py
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import itertools
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+
+class DummyArticleWithCode:
+    has_code = True
+
+
+class DummyArticleNoCode:
+    has_code = False
+
+
+class DummyNonAuthenticatedUser:
+    is_authenticated = False
+
+
+class DummyAuthenticatedUser:
+    is_authenticated = True
+
+
+def offline_context():
+    article_possibilities = [None, DummyArticleWithCode(), DummyArticleNoCode()]
+    user_possibilities = [DummyAuthenticatedUser(), DummyNonAuthenticatedUser()]
+    goatcounter_possibilities = [None, settings.GOATCOUNTER_DOMAIN]
+    all_possibilities = [
+        article_possibilities,
+        user_possibilities,
+        goatcounter_possibilities,
+    ]
+    for _tuple in itertools.product(*all_possibilities):
+        yield {
+            "STATIC_URL": settings.STATIC_URL,
+            "article": _tuple[0],
+            "user": _tuple[1],
+            "goatcounter_domain": _tuple[2],
+        }
diff --git a/articles/models.py b/articles/models.py
index 22a97c1..c98d700 100644
--- a/articles/models.py
+++ b/articles/models.py
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import random
 import uuid
-from functools import cached_property, reduce
+from functools import cached_property
 
+import rcssmin
 import readtime
 from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ class Article(models.Model):
             filter(None, map(lambda k: k.strip().lower(), self.keywords.split(",")))
         )
 
+    @cached_property
+    def get_minified_custom_css(self):
+        return rcssmin.cssmin(self.custom_css)
+
     def get_admin_url(self):
         content_type = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(self.__class__)
         return reverse(
diff --git a/articles/templates/articles/article_detail.html b/articles/templates/articles/article_detail.html
index 9c5f076..db14712 100644
--- a/articles/templates/articles/article_detail.html
+++ b/articles/templates/articles/article_detail.html
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 {% extends 'articles/base.html' %}
 
 {% block append_css %}
-    <style>
-        {{ article.custom_css }}
-    </style>
+    <style>{{ article.get_minified_custom_css }}</style>
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block title %}{{ article.title }} | {% endblock %}
diff --git a/articles/templates/articles/article_list.html b/articles/templates/articles/article_list.html
index 2f1d137..b489771 100644
--- a/articles/templates/articles/article_list.html
+++ b/articles/templates/articles/article_list.html
@@ -1,15 +1,8 @@
 {% extends 'articles/base.html' %}
 
 {% block append_css %}
-    <style>
-        {{ article.custom_css }}
-    </style>
-    <style>
-        .pagination {
-            display: flex;
-            justify-content: space-between;
-        }
-    </style>
+    <style>{{ article.get_minified_custom_css }}</style>
+    <style>.pagination{display:flex;justify-content:space-between}</style>
 {% endblock %}
 
 {% block title %}{% endblock %}
diff --git a/articles/templates/articles/base.html b/articles/templates/articles/base.html
index 2d0bd1e..6b49484 100644
--- a/articles/templates/articles/base.html
+++ b/articles/templates/articles/base.html
@@ -22,15 +22,10 @@
         {% if user.is_authenticated %}
             <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "authenticated.css" %}">
         {% endif %}
-        {% block append_css %}
-        {% endblock %}
     {% endcompress %}
 
-    {% compress js inline %}
-        {% if user.is_authenticated %}
-            <script src="{% static 'edit-keymap.js' %}" async></script>
-        {% endif %}
-    {% endcompress %}
+    {% block append_css %}
+    {% endblock %}
 
     {% include "articles/snippets/favicon.html" %}
 </head>
@@ -60,7 +55,14 @@
         for ongoing builds <a href="{{ blog_pipelines_url }}">here</a>.
     </p>
 </footer>
+
 {% include "articles/snippets/analytics.html" %}
+{% compress js inline %}
+    {% if user.is_authenticated %}
+        <script src="{% static 'edit-keymap.js' %}" async defer></script>
+    {% endif %}
+{% endcompress %}
+
 </body>
 {% endspaceless %}
 </html>
diff --git a/articles/tests/conftest.py b/articles/tests/conftest.py
index a0348aa..f79088a 100644
--- a/articles/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/articles/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import uuid
 
 import pytest
+from django.core.management import call_command
 from django.utils import timezone
 
 from articles.models import Article, User
@@ -43,3 +44,14 @@ def unpublished_article(author: User) -> Article:
         content="## some draft article markdown\n\n[a draft article link](https://article.com)",
         draft_key=uuid.uuid4(),
     )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
+def enable_compressor(settings):
+    settings.COMPRESS_ENABLED = True
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
+def collect_static():
+    call_command("collectstatic", "--no-input", "--clear")
+    call_command("compress", "--force")
diff --git a/articles/tests/test_models.py b/articles/tests/test_models.py
index 7a80f96..2bdd268 100644
--- a/articles/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/articles/tests/test_models.py
@@ -39,3 +39,41 @@ def test_save_article_doesnt_change_existing_slug(published_article: Article):
     published_article.title = "This is a brand new title"
     published_article.save()
     assert published_article.slug == original_slug
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_empty_custom_css_minified(published_article):
+    published_article.custom_css = ""
+    assert published_article.get_minified_custom_css == ""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_simple_custom_css_minified(published_article):
+    published_article.custom_css = ".cls {\n    background-color:  red;\n}"
+    assert published_article.get_minified_custom_css == ".cls{background-color:red}"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_larger_custom_css_minified(published_article):
+    published_article.custom_css = """\
+.profile {
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-evenly;
+    flex-wrap: wrap;
+}
+
+.profile img {
+    max-width: 200px;
+    min-width: 100px;
+    max-height: 200px;
+    min-height: 100px;
+    border-radius: 10%;
+    padding: 1rem;
+    flex-shrink: 1;
+    flex-grow: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+}"""
+    assert (
+        published_article.get_minified_custom_css
+        == ".profile{display:flex;justify-content:space-evenly;flex-wrap:wrap}.profile img{max-width:200px;min-width:100px;max-height:200px;min-height:100px;border-radius:10%;padding:1rem;flex-shrink:1;flex-grow:0;padding:0}"
+    )
diff --git a/blog/settings.py b/blog/settings.py
index 8b2e90e..7fc3965 100644
--- a/blog/settings.py
+++ b/blog/settings.py
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ if MEMCACHED_LOCATION:
             "LOCATION": MEMCACHED_LOCATION,
         }
     }
+else:
+    CACHES = {
+        "default": {
+            "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.db.DatabaseCache",
+            "LOCATION": "cache",
+        }
+    }
 
 # Database
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/ref/settings/#databases
@@ -203,10 +210,7 @@ GOATCOUNTER_DOMAIN = os.getenv("GOATCOUNTER_DOMAIN")
 
 LOGIN_URL = "admin:login"
 
-# ASSETS_AUTO_BUILD = DEBUG
-# ASSETS_DEBUG = False
-
-COMPRESS_ENABLED = True
+# COMPRESS_ENABLED = True  # Enable this if you want to force compression during dev
 COMPRESS_FILTERS = {
     "css": [
         "compressor.filters.css_default.CssAbsoluteFilter",
@@ -218,3 +222,6 @@ COMPRESS_FILTERS = {
 }
 if DEBUG:
     COMPRESS_DEBUG_TOGGLE = "nocompress"
+
+COMPRESS_OFFLINE = True
+COMPRESS_OFFLINE_CONTEXT = "articles.compressor.offline_context"
diff --git a/docker/run.sh b/docker/run.sh
index 5d188a6..1c6db9e 100755
--- a/docker/run.sh
+++ b/docker/run.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 set -eux
 yes yes | python manage.py migrate
 python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --clear
+python manage.py compress
 gunicorn blog.wsgi -b 0.0.0.0:8000 --log-file -