diff --git a/app/api/src/docker/cadquery/runCQ.js b/app/api/src/docker/cadquery/runCQ.js
index 98b6b1b..8bf1867 100644
--- a/app/api/src/docker/cadquery/runCQ.js
+++ b/app/api/src/docker/cadquery/runCQ.js
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@ module.exports.runCQ = async ({
 } = {}) => {
   const tempFile = await makeFile(file, '.py', nanoid)
   const fullPath = `/tmp/${tempFile}/output.stl`
-  const command = `cq-cli/cq-cli --codec stl --infile /tmp/${tempFile}/main.py --outfile ${fullPath} --outputopts "deflection:${deflection};angularDeflection:${deflection};"`
+  const command = [
+    `cq-cli/cq-cli`,
+    `--codec stl`,
+    `--infile /tmp/${tempFile}/main.py`,
+    `--outfile ${fullPath}`,
+    `--outputopts "deflection:${deflection};angularDeflection:${deflection};"`,
+    `&& gzip ${fullPath}`,
+  ].join(' ')
   console.log('command', command)
 
   try {
diff --git a/app/api/src/docker/common/utils.js b/app/api/src/docker/common/utils.js
index d2be437..0fab7ea 100644
--- a/app/api/src/docker/common/utils.js
+++ b/app/api/src/docker/common/utils.js
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ async function storeAssetAndReturnUrl({
     let buffer
 
     try {
-      buffer = await readFile(fullPath)
+      buffer = await readFile(`${fullPath}.gz`)
     } catch (e) {
       console.log('read file error', e)
       const response = {
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ async function storeAssetAndReturnUrl({
         Key: key,
         Body: buffer,
         CacheControl: `max-age=${FiveDays}`, // browser caching to stop downloads of the same part
+        ContentType: 'text/stl',
+        ContentEncoding: 'gzip',
         Metadata: putConsoleMessageInMetadata(consoleMessage),
       })
       .promise()
diff --git a/app/api/src/docker/openscad/runScad.js b/app/api/src/docker/openscad/runScad.js
index 4a4db3c..6e69122 100644
--- a/app/api/src/docker/openscad/runScad.js
+++ b/app/api/src/docker/openscad/runScad.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const { makeFile, runCommand } = require('../common/utils')
 const { nanoid } = require('nanoid')
 
+const OPENSCAD_COMMON = `xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args "-screen 0 1024x768x24" openscad`
+
 /** Removes our generated/hash filename with just "main.scad", so that it's a nice message in the IDE */
 const cleanOpenScadError = (error) =>
   error.replace(/["|']\/tmp\/.+\/main.scad["|']/g, "'main.scad'")
@@ -21,7 +23,15 @@ module.exports.runScad = async ({
   const { x: px, y: py, z: pz } = position
   const cameraArg = `--camera=${px},${py},${pz},${rx},${ry},${rz},${dist}`
   const fullPath = `/tmp/${tempFile}/output.png`
-  const command = `xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args "-screen 0 1024x768x24" openscad -o ${fullPath} ${cameraArg} --imgsize=${x},${y} --colorscheme CadHub /tmp/${tempFile}/main.scad`
+  const command = [
+    OPENSCAD_COMMON,
+    `-o ${fullPath}`,
+    cameraArg,
+    `--imgsize=${x},${y}`,
+    `--colorscheme CadHub`,
+    `/tmp/${tempFile}/main.scad`,
+    `&& gzip ${fullPath}`,
+  ].join(' ')
   console.log('command', command)
 
   try {
@@ -36,12 +46,17 @@ module.exports.runScad = async ({
 module.exports.stlExport = async ({ file } = {}) => {
   const tempFile = await makeFile(file, '.scad', nanoid)
   const fullPath = `/tmp/${tempFile}/output.stl`
+  const command = [
+    OPENSCAD_COMMON,
+    `--export-format=binstl`,
+    `-o ${fullPath}`,
+    `/tmp/${tempFile}/main.scad`,
+    `&& gzip ${fullPath}`,
+  ].join(' ')
 
   try {
-    const consoleMessage = await runCommand(
-      `xvfb-run --auto-servernum --server-args "-screen 0 1024x768x24" openscad -o ${fullPath} /tmp/${tempFile}/main.scad`,
-      60000 // lambda will time out before this, we might need to look at background jobs if we do git integration stl generation
-    )
+    // lambda will time out before this, we might need to look at background jobs if we do git integration stl generation
+    const consoleMessage = await runCommand(command, 60000)
     return { consoleMessage, fullPath }
   } catch (error) {
     return { error, fullPath }
diff --git a/app/web/src/helpers/cadPackages/cadQueryController.js b/app/web/src/helpers/cadPackages/cadQueryController.js
index 17fd868..0097483 100644
--- a/app/web/src/helpers/cadPackages/cadQueryController.js
+++ b/app/web/src/helpers/cadPackages/cadQueryController.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import {
 export const render = async ({ code }) => {
   const body = JSON.stringify({
     settings: {
-      deflection: 0.2,
+      deflection: 0.15,
     },
     file: code,
   })