diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application-db2.properties b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application-db2.properties
index c9b37642a..44d1c024f 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application-db2.properties
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application-db2.properties
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ spring.resources.cache.cachecontrol.cache-private=true
 spring.servlet.multipart.max-file-size=10MB
 spring.servlet.multipart.max-request-size=10MB
 
+####### serve compressed files for faster UI loading times
+server.compression.enabled=true
+server.compression.mime-types=application/json,application/xml,text/html,text/xml,text/plain,application/javascript,text/css,image/svg+xml
+server.compression.min-response-size=10240
+
 spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true
 
 server.tomcat.max-http-post-size=-1
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties
index 1f740cc46..abe77cbdb 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ spring.resources.cache.cachecontrol.cache-private=true
 spring.servlet.multipart.max-file-size=10MB
 spring.servlet.multipart.max-request-size=10MB
 
+####### serve compressed files for faster UI loading times
+server.compression.enabled=true
+server.compression.mime-types=application/json,application/xml,text/html,text/xml,text/plain,application/javascript,text/css,image/svg+xml
+server.compression.min-response-size=10240
+
+
 spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true
 
 server.tomcat.max-http-post-size=-1
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 755da7800..48e8eacbe 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-boot/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ spring.resources.cache.cachecontrol.cache-private=true
 spring.servlet.multipart.max-file-size=10MB
 spring.servlet.multipart.max-request-size=10MB
 
+####### serve compressed files for faster UI loading times
+server.compression.enabled=true
+server.compression.mime-types=application/json,application/xml,text/html,text/xml,text/plain,application/javascript,text/css,image/svg+xml
+server.compression.min-response-size=10240
+
 spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true
 
 server.tomcat.max-http-post-size=-1
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties
index 583f964fc..a41fbe88a 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/src/main/resources/application-postgres.properties
@@ -22,10 +22,20 @@ taskana.ldap.groupNameAttribute=cn
 taskana.ldap.minSearchForLength=3
 taskana.ldap.maxNumberOfReturnedAccessIds=50
 taskana.ldap.groupsOfUser=memberUid
+
 ####### JobScheduler cron expression that specifies when the JobSchedler runs
 taskana.jobscheduler.async.cron=0 * * * * *
+
+####### serve compressed files for faster UI loading times
+server.compression.enabled=true
+server.compression.mime-types=application/json,application/xml,text/html,text/xml,text/plain,application/javascript,text/css,image/svg+xml
+server.compression.min-response-size=10240
+
 ####### cache static resources properties
 spring.resources.cache.cachecontrol.cache-private=true
+
 ####### tomcat is not detecting the x-forward headers from bluemix as a trustworthy proxy
 server.tomcat.remoteip.internal-proxies=.*
 server.forward-headers-strategy=native
+
+
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/src/main/resources/application.properties b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/src/main/resources/application.properties
index cf1dd1c08..a60912378 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ spring.resources.cache.cachecontrol.cache-private=true
 spring.servlet.multipart.max-file-size=10MB
 spring.servlet.multipart.max-request-size=10MB
 
+####### serve compressed files for faster UI loading times
+server.compression.enabled=true
+server.compression.mime-types=application/json,application/xml,text/html,text/xml,text/plain,application/javascript,text/css,image/svg+xml
+server.compression.min-response-size=10240
+
 spring.main.allow-bean-definition-overriding=true
 
 server.tomcat.max-http-form-post-size=-1