diff --git a/src/compile/tests.rs b/src/compile/tests.rs
index 14914422..31d6e750 100644
--- a/src/compile/tests.rs
+++ b/src/compile/tests.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use super::server::build_cargo_server_cmd;
 fn release_opts() -> Opts {
     Opts {
         release: true,
+        precompress: false, // if set to true, testing could take quite a while longer
         hot_reload: false,
         project: None,
         verbose: 0,
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ fn release_opts() -> Opts {
 fn dev_opts() -> Opts {
     Opts {
         release: false,
+        precompress: false,
         hot_reload: false,
         project: None,
         verbose: 0,
diff --git a/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__project.snap b/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__project.snap
index 0a758db1..94b9dbb3 100644
--- a/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__project.snap
+++ b/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__project.snap
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ Config {
             },
             watch: true,
             release: false,
+            precompress: false,
             hot_reload: false,
             site: Site {
                 addr: 127.0.0.1:3000,
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ Config {
     ],
     cli: Opts {
         release: false,
+        precompress: false,
         hot_reload: false,
         project: None,
         features: [],
diff --git a/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace.snap b/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace.snap
index be0ed803..890c16d5 100644
--- a/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace.snap
+++ b/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace.snap
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Config {
             },
             watch: true,
             release: false,
+            precompress: false,
             hot_reload: false,
             site: Site {
                 addr: 127.0.0.1:3000,
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ Config {
             },
             watch: true,
             release: false,
+            precompress: false,
             hot_reload: false,
             site: Site {
                 addr: 127.0.0.1:3000,
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ Config {
     ],
     cli: Opts {
         release: false,
+        precompress: false,
         hot_reload: false,
         project: None,
         features: [],
diff --git a/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_in_subdir_project2.snap b/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_in_subdir_project2.snap
index 4074e813..33c6a300 100644
--- a/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_in_subdir_project2.snap
+++ b/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_in_subdir_project2.snap
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Config {
             },
             watch: true,
             release: false,
+            precompress: false,
             hot_reload: false,
             site: Site {
                 addr: 127.0.0.1:3000,
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ Config {
     ],
     cli: Opts {
         release: false,
+        precompress: false,
         hot_reload: false,
         project: None,
         features: [],
diff --git a/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_project1.snap b/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_project1.snap
index 8e496f9a..a7b51d42 100644
--- a/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_project1.snap
+++ b/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_project1.snap
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ Config {
             },
             watch: true,
             release: false,
+            precompress: false,
             hot_reload: false,
             site: Site {
                 addr: 127.0.0.1:3000,
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ Config {
     ],
     cli: Opts {
         release: false,
+        precompress: false,
         hot_reload: false,
         project: Some(
             "project1",
diff --git a/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_project2.snap b/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_project2.snap
index 46026336..ebc6ef3f 100644
--- a/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_project2.snap
+++ b/src/config/snapshots/cargo_leptos__config__tests__workspace_project2.snap
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Config {
             },
             watch: true,
             release: false,
+            precompress: false,
             hot_reload: false,
             site: Site {
                 addr: 127.0.0.1:3000,
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ Config {
     ],
     cli: Opts {
         release: false,
+        precompress: false,
         hot_reload: false,
         project: Some(
             "project2",
diff --git a/src/config/tests.rs b/src/config/tests.rs
index e077e5f5..45361b53 100644
--- a/src/config/tests.rs
+++ b/src/config/tests.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use super::Config;
 fn opts(project: Option<&str>) -> crate::config::Opts {
     crate::config::Opts {
         release: false,
+        precompress: false,
         hot_reload: false,
         project: project.map(|s| s.to_string()),
         verbose: 0,
diff --git a/src/ext/compress.rs b/src/ext/compress.rs
index ac800167..536c2290 100644
--- a/src/ext/compress.rs
+++ b/src/ext/compress.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ use tokio::time::Instant;
 
 pub async fn compress_static_files(path: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
     let start = Instant::now();
+
     tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || compress_dir_all(path)).await??;
+
     log::info!(
         "Precompression of static files finished after {} ms",
         start.elapsed().as_millis()
     );
-
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -31,29 +32,28 @@ fn compress_dir_all(path: PathBuf) -> Result<()> {
         let metadata = fs::metadata(&path)?;
 
         if metadata.is_dir() {
-            compress_dir_all(path)?
+            compress_dir_all(path)?;
         } else {
-            let pstr = path.as_os_str().to_str().unwrap();
+            let pstr = path.to_str().unwrap_or_default();
             if pstr.ends_with(".gz") || pstr.ends_with(".br") {
                 // skip all files that are already compressed
                 continue;
             }
 
             let file = fs::read(&path)?;
-            let pstr = path.to_str();
 
             // gzip
             let mut encoder = gzip::Encoder::new(Vec::new())?;
             encoder.write_all(file.as_ref())?;
             let encoded_data = encoder.finish().into_result()?;
-            let path_gz = format!("{}.gz", pstr.unwrap());
+            let path_gz = format!("{}.gz", pstr);
             fs::write(path_gz, encoded_data)?;
 
             // brotli
-            let path_br = format!("{}.br", pstr.unwrap());
+            let path_br = format!("{}.br", pstr);
             let mut output = File::create(path_br)?;
             let mut reader = BufReader::new(file.as_slice());
-            brotli::BrotliCompress(&mut reader, &mut output, &brotli_params).unwrap();
+            brotli::BrotliCompress(&mut reader, &mut output, &brotli_params)?;
         }
     }