diff --git a/nix/modules/hive-gateway.nix b/nix/modules/hive-gateway.nix
index a2decf1a..b5065a90 100644
--- a/nix/modules/hive-gateway.nix
+++ b/nix/modules/hive-gateway.nix
@@ -602,6 +602,8 @@ in
           services.nginx = {
             enable = true;
             recommendedProxySettings = true;
+            recommendedTlsSettings = true;
+            recommendedGzipSettings = true;
             recommendedOptimisation = true;
             # Accept-header SPA fallback: navigations
             # (`Accept: text/html,...`) fall to index.html, asset