diff --git a/boards/middlewares.py b/boards/middlewares.py
--- a/boards/middlewares.py
+++ b/boards/middlewares.py
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from boards import views, utils
 from boards.models import Ban
+from django.utils.html import strip_spaces_between_tags
+from django.conf import settings
+
+RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE = 'Content-Type'
+
+TYPE_HTML = 'text/html'
 
 
 class BanMiddleware:
-    """This is run before showing the thread. Banned users don't need to see
-    anything"""
+    """
+    This is run before showing the thread. Banned users don't need to see
+    anything
+    """
 
     def process_view(self, request, view_func, view_args, view_kwargs):
 
@@ -16,4 +24,17 @@ class BanMiddleware:
             if bans.exists():
                 ban = bans[0]
                 if not ban.can_read:
-                    return redirect(views.you_are_banned)
\ No newline at end of file
+                    return redirect(views.you_are_banned)
+
+
+class MinifyHTMLMiddleware(object):
+    def process_response(self, request, response):
+        try:
+            compress_html = settings.COMPRESS_HTML
+        except AttributeError:
+            compress_html = False
+
+        if TYPE_HTML in response[RESPONSE_CONTENT_TYPE] and compress_html:
+            response.content = strip_spaces_between_tags(
+                response.content.strip())
+        return response
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/neboard/settings.py b/neboard/settings.py
--- a/neboard/settings.py
+++ b/neboard/settings.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
     'boards.middlewares.BanMiddleware',
+    'boards.middlewares.MinifyHTMLMiddleware',
 )
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'neboard.urls'
@@ -220,6 +221,7 @@ ENABLE_CAPTCHA = False
 CAPTCHA_DEFAULT_SAFE_TIME = 30  # seconds
 POSTING_DELAY = 20  # seconds
 
+COMPRESS_HTML = True
 
 def custom_show_toolbar(request):
     return DEBUG