diff --git a/articles/models.py b/articles/models.py
index 1b274d5..22a97c1 100644
--- a/articles/models.py
+++ b/articles/models.py
@@ -121,18 +121,6 @@ class Article(models.Model):
             filter(None, map(lambda k: k.strip().lower(), self.keywords.split(",")))
         )
 
-    @cached_property
-    def get_minified_custom_css(self):
-        def reducer(res, next_char):
-            if len(res) == 0:
-                return next_char
-            if res[-1] == next_char == " ":
-                return res
-            return res + next_char
-
-        css = self.custom_css.replace("\n", " ")
-        return reduce(reducer, 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 72f9fa9..9c5f076 100644
--- a/articles/templates/articles/article_detail.html
+++ b/articles/templates/articles/article_detail.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {% extends 'articles/base.html' %}
 
-{% block append_header %}
+{% block append_css %}
     <style>
-        {{ article.get_minified_custom_css }}
+        {{ article.custom_css }}
     </style>
 {% endblock %}
 
diff --git a/articles/templates/articles/article_list.html b/articles/templates/articles/article_list.html
index 8eb3f5a..2f1d137 100644
--- a/articles/templates/articles/article_list.html
+++ b/articles/templates/articles/article_list.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {% extends 'articles/base.html' %}
 
-{% block append_header %}
+{% block append_css %}
     <style>
-        {{ article.get_minified_custom_css }}
+        {{ article.custom_css }}
     </style>
     <style>
         .pagination {
diff --git a/articles/templates/articles/base.html b/articles/templates/articles/base.html
index 4a853d3..f18f82f 100644
--- a/articles/templates/articles/base.html
+++ b/articles/templates/articles/base.html
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{% load static compress %}
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en">
 {% spaceless %}
@@ -9,10 +10,29 @@
     <title>{% block title %}Home | {% endblock %}{{ blog_title }} by {{ blog_author }}</title>
     <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Gab's Notes » Feed" href="{% url 'complete-feed' %}">
     {% include "articles/snippets/page_metadata.html" %}
-    {% include "articles/snippets/load_styles_and_scripts.html" %}
+
+    {% compress css inline %}
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "vendor/newcss.css" %}" type="text/css">
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "public.css" %}" type="text/css">
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "admonitions.css" %}" type="text/css">
+        {% if article and article.has_code %}
+            <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "vendor/codehilite.css" %}" type="text/css">
+        {% endif %}
+        {% 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 %}
+
     {% include "articles/snippets/favicon.html" %}
     {% include "articles/snippets/analytics.html" %}
-    {% block append_header %}{% endblock %}
 </head>
 <body>
 <header>
diff --git a/articles/templates/articles/snippets/load_styles_and_scripts.html b/articles/templates/articles/snippets/load_styles_and_scripts.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e4bf5e..0000000
--- a/articles/templates/articles/snippets/load_styles_and_scripts.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{% load assets %}
-{% load static %}
-
-{% if article and article.has_code %}
-    {% assets "public_with_code" %}
-        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ ASSET_URL }}">
-    {% endassets %}
-{% else %}
-    {% assets "public_no_code" %}
-        <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ ASSET_URL }}">
-    {% endassets %}
-{% endif %}
-{% if user.is_authenticated %}
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static "authenticated.css" %}">
-    <script src="{% static 'edit-keymap.js' %}" async></script>
-{% endif %}
diff --git a/articles/tests/conftest.py b/articles/tests/conftest.py
index 2d4e033..ed261a9 100644
--- a/articles/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/articles/tests/conftest.py
@@ -44,9 +44,3 @@ 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, scope="session")
-def collect_static():
-    call_command("collectstatic", "--no-input", "--clear")
-    call_command("assets", "build", "--manifest", "django")
diff --git a/articles/tests/test_models.py b/articles/tests/test_models.py
index 0f48f12..7a80f96 100644
--- a/articles/tests/test_models.py
+++ b/articles/tests/test_models.py
@@ -39,43 +39,3 @@ 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 0feffc9..6df4580 100644
--- a/blog/settings.py
+++ b/blog/settings.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "attachments",
     "anymail",
     "django_cleanup.apps.CleanupConfig",
-    "django_assets",
+    "compressor",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ STATICFILES_STORAGE = "django.contrib.staticfiles.storage.StaticFilesStorage"
 STATICFILES_FINDERS = [
     "django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder",
     "django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder",
-    "django_assets.finders.AssetsFinder",
+    "compressor.finders.CompressorFinder",
 ]
 
 MEDIA_URL = "/media/"
@@ -194,5 +194,16 @@ PLAUSIBLE_DOMAIN = os.getenv("PLAUSIBLE_DOMAIN")
 
 LOGIN_URL = "admin:login"
 
-ASSETS_AUTO_BUILD = DEBUG
-ASSETS_DEBUG = False
+# ASSETS_AUTO_BUILD = DEBUG
+# ASSETS_DEBUG = False
+
+COMPRESS_ENABLED = True
+COMPRESS_FILTERS = {
+    "css": [
+        "compressor.filters.css_default.CssAbsoluteFilter",
+        "compressor.filters.cssmin.rCSSMinFilter",
+    ],
+    "js": ["compressor.filters.jsmin.JSMinFilter"],
+}
+if DEBUG:
+    COMPRESS_DEBUG_TOGGLE = "nocompress"
diff --git a/docker/run.sh b/docker/run.sh
index 2e331ff..5d188a6 100755
--- a/docker/run.sh
+++ b/docker/run.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 set -eux
 yes yes | python manage.py migrate
 python manage.py collectstatic --noinput --clear
-python manage.py assets build --manifest django
 gunicorn blog.wsgi -b 0.0.0.0:8000 --log-file -
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index caf4ea0..e616f9d 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ python-versions = "*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django"
-version = "3.1.4"
+version = "3.1.5"
 description = "A high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design."
 category = "main"
 optional = false
@@ -148,16 +148,15 @@ amazon_ses = ["boto3"]
 sparkpost = ["sparkpost"]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "django-assets"
-version = "2.0"
-description = "Asset management for Django, to compress and merge CSS and Javascript files."
+name = "django-appconf"
+version = "1.0.4"
+description = "A helper class for handling configuration defaults of packaged apps gracefully."
 category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
 [package.dependencies]
-Django = ">=1.7"
-webassets = ">=2.0"
+django = "*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "django-cleanup"
@@ -167,6 +166,20 @@ category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "django-compressor"
+version = "2.4"
+description = "Compresses linked and inline JavaScript or CSS into single cached files."
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
+[package.dependencies]
+django-appconf = ">=1.0.3"
+rcssmin = "1.0.6"
+rjsmin = "1.1.0"
+six = ">=1.12.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "filelock"
 version = "3.0.12"
@@ -199,7 +212,7 @@ python-versions = ">=3.5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "identify"
-version = "1.5.10"
+version = "1.5.11"
 description = "File identification library for Python"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -485,6 +498,14 @@ urllib3 = ">=1.21.1,<1.27"
 security = ["pyOpenSSL (>=0.14)", "cryptography (>=1.3.4)"]
 socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7)", "win-inet-pton"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rjsmin"
+version = "1.1.0"
+description = "Javascript Minifier"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "six"
 version = "1.15.0"
@@ -562,14 +583,6 @@ six = ">=1.9.0,<2"
 docs = ["proselint (>=0.10.2)", "sphinx (>=3)", "sphinx-argparse (>=0.2.5)", "sphinx-rtd-theme (>=0.4.3)", "towncrier (>=19.9.0rc1)"]
 testing = ["coverage (>=4)", "coverage-enable-subprocess (>=1)", "flaky (>=3)", "pytest (>=4)", "pytest-env (>=0.6.2)", "pytest-freezegun (>=0.4.1)", "pytest-mock (>=2)", "pytest-randomly (>=1)", "pytest-timeout (>=1)", "pytest-xdist (>=1.31.0)", "packaging (>=20.0)", "xonsh (>=0.9.16)"]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "webassets"
-version = "2.0"
-description = "Media asset management for Python, with glue code for various web frameworks"
-category = "main"
-optional = false
-python-versions = "*"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "wrapt"
 version = "1.12.1"
@@ -593,7 +606,7 @@ multidict = ">=4.0"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = "^3.8"
-content-hash = "5080ed4f95447cb68fd53b157e6bce0d57e3250883c1e2f1de0bc4eaafd683a8"
+content-hash = "0b9ac9fa575f31f30485f510b5da016453e0387bc8805e56ea52f5dc09de095d"
 
 [metadata.files]
 appdirs = [
@@ -693,21 +706,25 @@ distlib = [
     {file = "distlib-0.3.1.zip", hash = "sha256:edf6116872c863e1aa9d5bb7cb5e05a022c519a4594dc703843343a9ddd9bff1"},
 ]
 django = [
-    {file = "Django-3.1.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5c866205f15e7a7123f1eec6ab939d22d5bde1416635cab259684af66d8e48a2"},
-    {file = "Django-3.1.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:edb10b5c45e7e9c0fb1dc00b76ec7449aca258a39ffd613dbd078c51d19c9f03"},
+    {file = "Django-3.1.5-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:efa2ab96b33b20c2182db93147a0c3cd7769d418926f9e9f140a60dca7c64ca9"},
+    {file = "Django-3.1.5.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2d78425ba74c7a1a74b196058b261b9733a8570782f4e2828974777ccca7edf7"},
 ]
 django-anymail = [
     {file = "django-anymail-7.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7fadf9781573b30af5bb6ca2f39b345c4ca2547723ce677c3025292d0a309a96"},
     {file = "django_anymail-7.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:dc5d835049a5dbf738a0f4bd793c4655cd53ba455e2ead275845bc158d48cc63"},
 ]
-django-assets = [
-    {file = "django-assets-2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8abb81e66b4db602bb7b5e5d1f1b5c6511c3e7d8d4804be50bbb77e5ce898639"},
-    {file = "django_assets-2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3e4267a453bb6a30a4bcfb4f971a6876a542b5f500167afda892973335c8ac60"},
+django-appconf = [
+    {file = "django-appconf-1.0.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:be58deb54a43d77d2e1621fe59f787681376d3cd0b8bd8e4758ef6c3a6453380"},
+    {file = "django_appconf-1.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:1b1d0e1069c843ebe8ae5aa48ec52403b1440402b320c3e3a206a0907e97bb06"},
 ]
 django-cleanup = [
     {file = "django-cleanup-5.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8976aec12a22913afb3d1fcb541b1aedde2f5ec243e4260c5ff78bb6aa75a089"},
     {file = "django_cleanup-5.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:71e098c7d9ac3f3da40b95cff9c0bc51218d40ef419261232f46ba3141c50acc"},
 ]
+django-compressor = [
+    {file = "django_compressor-2.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:57ac0a696d061e5fc6fbc55381d2050f353b973fb97eee5593f39247bc0f30af"},
+    {file = "django_compressor-2.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d2ed1c6137ddaac5536233ec0a819e14009553fee0a869bea65d03e5285ba74f"},
+]
 filelock = [
     {file = "filelock-3.0.12-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:929b7d63ec5b7d6b71b0fa5ac14e030b3f70b75747cef1b10da9b879fef15836"},
     {file = "filelock-3.0.12.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:18d82244ee114f543149c66a6e0c14e9c4f8a1044b5cdaadd0f82159d6a6ff59"},
@@ -721,8 +738,8 @@ html2text = [
     {file = "html2text-2020.1.16.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e296318e16b059ddb97f7a8a1d6a5c1d7af4544049a01e261731d2d5cc277bbb"},
 ]
 identify = [
-    {file = "identify-1.5.10-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cc86e6a9a390879dcc2976cef169dd9cc48843ed70b7380f321d1b118163c60e"},
-    {file = "identify-1.5.10.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:943cd299ac7f5715fcb3f684e2fc1594c1e0f22a90d15398e5888143bd4144b5"},
+    {file = "identify-1.5.11-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7aef7a5104d6254c162990e54a203cdc0fd202046b6c415bd5d636472f6565c4"},
+    {file = "identify-1.5.11.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b2c71bf9f5c482c389cef816f3a15f1c9d7429ad70f497d4a2e522442d80c6de"},
 ]
 idna = [
     {file = "idna-2.10-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b97d804b1e9b523befed77c48dacec60e6dcb0b5391d57af6a65a312a90648c0"},
@@ -927,6 +944,21 @@ requests = [
     {file = "requests-2.25.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c210084e36a42ae6b9219e00e48287def368a26d03a048ddad7bfee44f75871e"},
     {file = "requests-2.25.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:27973dd4a904a4f13b263a19c866c13b92a39ed1c964655f025f3f8d3d75b804"},
 ]
+rjsmin = [
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp27-cp27m-manylinux1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:799890bd07a048892d8d3deb9042dbc20b7f5d0eb7da91e9483c561033b23ce2"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp27-cp27m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:211c2fe8298951663bbc02acdffbf714f6793df54bfc50e1c6c9e71b3f2559a3"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp27-cp27mu-manylinux1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:585e75a84d9199b68056fd4a083d9a61e2a92dfd10ff6d4ce5bdb04bc3bdbfaf"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp27-cp27mu-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:e487a7783ac4339e79ec610b98228eb9ac72178973e3dee16eba0e3feef25924"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp34-cp34m-manylinux1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:0ab825839125eaca57cc59581d72e596e58a7a56fbc0839996b7528f0343a0a8"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp34-cp34m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:6044ca86e917cd5bb2f95e6679a4192cef812122f28ee08c677513de019629b3"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp35-cp35m-manylinux1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:ecd29f1b3e66a4c0753105baec262b331bcbceefc22fbe6f7e8bcd2067bcb4d7"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp35-cp35m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:975b69754d6a76be47c0bead12367a1ca9220d08e5393f80bab0230d4625d1f4"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp36-cp36m-manylinux1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:466fe70cc5647c7c51b3260c7e2e323a98b2b173564247f9c89e977720a0645f"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp36-cp36m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:e3908b21ebb584ce74a6ac233bdb5f29485752c9d3be5e50c5484ed74169232c"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_i686.whl", hash = "sha256:714329db774a90947e0e2086cdddb80d5e8c4ac1c70c9f92436378dedb8ae345"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:dd0f4819df4243ffe4c964995794c79ca43943b5b756de84be92b445a652fb86"},
+    {file = "rjsmin-1.1.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b15dc75c71f65d9493a8c7fa233fdcec823e3f1b88ad84a843ffef49b338ac32"},
+]
 six = [
     {file = "six-1.15.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8b74bedcbbbaca38ff6d7491d76f2b06b3592611af620f8426e82dddb04a5ced"},
     {file = "six-1.15.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:30639c035cdb23534cd4aa2dd52c3bf48f06e5f4a941509c8bafd8ce11080259"},
@@ -955,10 +987,6 @@ virtualenv = [
     {file = "virtualenv-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:54b05fc737ea9c9ee9f8340f579e5da5b09fb64fd010ab5757eb90268616907c"},
     {file = "virtualenv-20.2.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b7a8ec323ee02fb2312f098b6b4c9de99559b462775bc8fe3627a73706603c1b"},
 ]
-webassets = [
-    {file = "webassets-2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:a31a55147752ba1b3dc07dee0ad8c8efff274464e08bbdb88c1fd59ffd552724"},
-    {file = "webassets-2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:167132337677c8cedc9705090f6d48da3fb262c8e0b2773b29f3352f050181cd"},
-]
 wrapt = [
     {file = "wrapt-1.12.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b62ffa81fb85f4332a4f609cab4ac40709470da05643a082ec1eb88e6d9b97d7"},
 ]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a6ca166..1644542 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ pillow = "^7.2"
 django-cleanup = "^5.0"
 requests = "^2.24"
 html2text = "^2020.1.16"
-django-assets = "^2.0"
-rcssmin = "^1.0.6"
 readtime = "^1.1.1"
+django-compressor = "^2.4"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pre-commit = "^2.7"
