diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index abac5bc..69183cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -254,6 +254,19 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-compression"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bc2d0cfb2a7388d34f590e76686704c494ed7aaceed62ee1ba35cbf363abc2a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "flate2",
+ "futures-core",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -262,9 +275,9 @@ checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.6"
+version = "0.21.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c79fed4cdb43e993fcdadc7e58a09fd0e3e649c4436fa11da71c9f1f3ee7feb9"
+checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
@@ -1235,6 +1248,7 @@ version = "0.11.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "37b1ae8d9ac08420c66222fb9096fc5de435c3c48542bc5336c51892cffafb41"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-compression",
  "base64",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
@@ -1260,6 +1274,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "system-configuration",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-rustls",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tower-service",
  "url",
  "wasm-bindgen",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aa69b98..f56f75f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ actix-web = { version = "4.4.1", default-features = false, features = ["macros",
 actix-files = "0.6.5"
 tera = "1.19.1"
 serde = { version = "1.0.195", features = ["derive"] }
-reqwest = { version = "0.11.23", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.11.23", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls", "gzip"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.111"
-base64 = "0.21.6"
+base64 = "0.21.7"
 mime = "0.3.17"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bf88443..fc8596a 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct Paste {
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
-struct GitLabSuccessJSON {
+struct GiteaSuccessJSON {
     name: String,
     path: String,
     size: u64,
@@ -34,42 +34,53 @@ struct GitLabSuccessJSON {
     html_url: String,
     git_url: String,
     submodule_git_url: Option<String>,
-    content: String
+    content: String,
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
-struct GitLabFailedJSON {
+struct GiteaFailedJSON {
     errors: Option<Vec<String>>,
     message: String,
-    url: String
+    url: String,
 }
 
 #[get("/")]
 async fn paste_render(data: Data<Template>, paste: Query<Paste>) -> impl Responder {
     let my_data = data.get_ref();
     let mut context = Context::new();
-    let gitlab_token = env::var("GITEA_TOKEN").unwrap_or("".to_string());
-    let base_url = env::var("BASE_URL").unwrap_or("https://gitea.com".to_string());
-    let client = Client::new();
+    let gitea_token = env::var("GITEA_TOKEN").unwrap_or("".to_string());
     let mut headers = HeaderMap::new();
-    headers.insert("Authorization", gitlab_token.parse().unwrap());
+    headers.insert("Authorization", gitea_token.parse().unwrap());
+    let base_url = env::var("BASE_URL").unwrap_or("https://gitea.com".to_string());
+    let client = Client::builder()
+        .default_headers(headers)
+        .gzip(true)
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
     let paste_content: String;
     if paste.paste_id.is_some() {
-        let response = client.get(format!("{}/contents/{}?ref=master", base_url, paste.paste_id.as_ref().unwrap())).headers(headers).send().await.unwrap();
+        let response = client
+            .get(format!(
+                "{}/contents/{}?ref=master",
+                base_url,
+                paste.paste_id.as_ref().unwrap()
+            ))
+            .send()
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
         let response_code = response.status().as_str().to_string();
         let response_json = response.text().await.unwrap();
         if response_code != "200" {
-            let resp_struct: GitLabFailedJSON = serde_json::from_str(&response_json).unwrap();
+            let resp_struct: GiteaFailedJSON = serde_json::from_str(&response_json).unwrap();
             if resp_struct.message == "The target couldn't be found." {
                 context.insert("md", "true");
                 paste_content = "Project ID Mismatch/Gitea Token Missing".to_string();
-            }
-            else {
+            } else {
                 context.insert("md", "true");
                 paste_content = "Paste ID is Invalid".to_string();
             }
         } else {
-            let resp_struct: GitLabSuccessJSON = serde_json::from_str(&response_json).unwrap();
+            let resp_struct: GiteaSuccessJSON = serde_json::from_str(&response_json).unwrap();
             paste_content = String::from_utf8(
                 general_purpose::STANDARD
                     .decode(resp_struct.content)
@@ -79,7 +90,7 @@ async fn paste_render(data: Data<Template>, paste: Query<Paste>) -> impl Respond
         }
     } else {
         context.insert("md", "true");
-        paste_content = "This is a no-nonsense Pastebin Server, written in Rust. It serves the content from files on a GitLab Private Repository. Please look into the repository for hosting your own copy of this.".to_string();
+        paste_content = "This is a no-nonsense Pastebin Server, written in Rust. It serves the content from files on a Gitea Private Repository. Please look into the repository for hosting your own copy of this.".to_string();
     }
     context.insert("paste_content", &paste_content);
     if paste.parse_md.is_some() {