diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2c0deda..a5c885b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"compress/flate"
 	"fmt"
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 	"log"
@@ -61,11 +62,13 @@ func Routes() *chi.Mux {
 		MaxAge:           360,
 	})
 
+	compressor := middleware.NewCompressor(flate.DefaultCompression)
+
 	router.Use(
+		compressor.Handler,
 		cors.Handler,
 		render.SetContentType(render.ContentTypeJSON),
 		middleware.Logger,
-		middleware.DefaultCompress,
 		middleware.RedirectSlashes,
 		middleware.Recoverer,
 	)
diff --git a/packages/auth/auth.go b/packages/auth/auth.go
index 1734276..dbc402b 100644
--- a/packages/auth/auth.go
+++ b/packages/auth/auth.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"git.minhas.io/asara/sudoscientist-go-backend/packages/middleware"
 	"git.minhas.io/asara/sudoscientist-go-backend/packages/users"
 	"github.com/badoux/checkmail"
-	"github.com/dgrijalva/jwt-go"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
 	"github.com/go-chi/jwtauth"
 	"github.com/go-chi/render"
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ type Claims struct {
 	Username string `json:"username", db:"username"`
 	Admin    bool   `json:"admin", db:"admin"`
 	Verified bool   `json:"verified", db:"verified"`
-	jwt.StandardClaims
 }
 
 type JWT struct {
@@ -175,14 +173,12 @@ func register(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	}
 	users.CreateProfile(creds.Username, creds.Email)
 	expirationTime := time.Now().Add(24 * time.Hour)
-	claims := &Claims{
-		Username: creds.Username,
-		Admin:    false,
-		Verified: false,
-		StandardClaims: jwt.StandardClaims{
-			ExpiresAt: expirationTime.Unix(),
-		},
+	claims := map[string]interface{}{
+		"username": creds.Username,
+		"admin":    false,
+		"verified": false,
 	}
+	jwtauth.SetExpiry(claims, expirationTime)
 	if PostalEnabled {
 		_, emailToken, _ := EmailAuth.Encode(claims)
 		returnMessage, ok := sendEmailToken(w, emailToken, creds.Username, creds.Email)
@@ -227,14 +223,12 @@ func signin(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	user_claims := &Claims{}
 	user_claims_query := DB.QueryRow("SELECT username, admin, verified FROM users WHERE username=$1", creds.Username)
 	err = user_claims_query.Scan(&user_claims.Username, &user_claims.Admin, &user_claims.Verified)
-	claims := &Claims{
-		Username: user_claims.Username,
-		Admin:    user_claims.Admin,
-		Verified: user_claims.Verified,
-		StandardClaims: jwt.StandardClaims{
-			ExpiresAt: expirationTime.Unix(),
-		},
+	claims := map[string]interface{}{
+		"username": user_claims.Username,
+		"admin":    user_claims.Admin,
+		"verified": user_claims.Verified,
 	}
+	jwtauth.SetExpiry(claims, expirationTime)
 	_, tokenString, _ := TokenAuth.Encode(claims)
 	setCookies(w, tokenString, expirationTime)
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
@@ -258,14 +252,12 @@ func refresh(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		render.JSON(w, r, returnMessage)
 		return
 	}
-	newClaims := &Claims{
-		Username: user_claims.Username,
-		Admin:    user_claims.Admin,
-		Verified: user_claims.Verified,
-		StandardClaims: jwt.StandardClaims{
-			ExpiresAt: expirationTime.Unix(),
-		},
+	newClaims := map[string]interface{}{
+		"username": user_claims.Username,
+		"admin":    user_claims.Admin,
+		"verified": user_claims.Verified,
 	}
+	jwtauth.SetExpiry(newClaims, expirationTime)
 	_, tokenString, _ := TokenAuth.Encode(newClaims)
 	setCookies(w, tokenString, expirationTime)
 	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)