diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 96ef6c0..d61a5fd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target
 Cargo.lock
+**/input.txt
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b37ec41..6f94b3f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 [workspace]
 
 members = [
+    "compress",
     "day1",
 ]
 
diff --git a/compress/Cargo.toml b/compress/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ee6874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compress/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "compress"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+brotli = "3"
+clap = { version = "3", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/compress/src/lib.rs b/compress/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a318226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compress/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use std::io::{Read, Write};
+
+/// Compresses the passed string into the output byte vector.
+pub fn compress_to<R, W>(mut input: R, mut output: W)
+where
+    R: Read,
+    W: Write,
+{
+    brotli::BrotliCompress(&mut input, &mut output, &Default::default()).unwrap();
+}
+
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! aoc_input {
+    ($path:literal) => {{
+        let file = include_bytes!($path).to_vec();
+        compress::decompress(file.as_slice())
+    }};
+}
+
+/// Decompresses the passed reader into a string.
+///
+/// Panics if the result of decompression is invalid UTF-8.
+pub fn decompress<R>(mut input: R) -> String
+where
+    R: Read,
+{
+    let mut output = Vec::new();
+    brotli::BrotliDecompress(&mut input, &mut output).unwrap();
+    String::from_utf8(output).unwrap()
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn decompress_inverts_compress() {
+        let s = "some string";
+        let mut output = Vec::new();
+        compress_to(s.as_bytes(), &mut output);
+
+        assert_eq!(decompress(output.as_slice()), s);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/compress/src/main.rs b/compress/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc3c036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compress/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+//! Takes an input file path and writes the compressed contents
+//! to `{file_name}.compressed`.
+//!
+//! Used for compressing Advent of Code inputs because why not.
+
+use clap::Parser;
+use std::fs::File;
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[clap(about = "Compresses input file to .compressed file")]
+struct Args {
+    /// Path of file to compress.
+    #[clap(long, short)]
+    input: std::path::PathBuf,
+}
+fn main() {
+    let args = Args::parse();
+
+    let input_file = File::open(&args.input).unwrap();
+
+    let mut output_path = args.input;
+    output_path.set_extension("compressed");
+    let output_file = File::create(&output_path).unwrap();
+
+    compress::compress_to(input_file, output_file);
+
+    println!("Wrote to {output_path:?}");
+}
diff --git a/day1/Cargo.toml b/day1/Cargo.toml
index ecff584..262e969 100644
--- a/day1/Cargo.toml
+++ b/day1/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+compress = { path = "../compress" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = { version = "0.3", features = ["html_reports"] }
diff --git a/day1/benches/bench.rs b/day1/benches/bench.rs
index d1e9bd0..34c73ca 100644
--- a/day1/benches/bench.rs
+++ b/day1/benches/bench.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
 
 fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
-    let input = include_str!("../input.txt");
-    c.bench_function("part1", |b| b.iter(|| day1::part1(black_box(input))));
-    c.bench_function("part2", |b| b.iter(|| day1::part2(black_box(input))));
+    let input = compress::aoc_input!("../input.compressed");
+    c.bench_function("part1", |b| b.iter(|| day1::part1(black_box(&input))));
+    c.bench_function("part2", |b| b.iter(|| day1::part2(black_box(&input))));
 }
 
 criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
diff --git a/day1/input.compressed b/day1/input.compressed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28329ce
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diff --git a/day1/input.txt b/day1/input.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1855a96..0000000
--- a/day1/input.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/day1/src/lib.rs b/day1/src/lib.rs
index 880426a..88950bf 100644
--- a/day1/src/lib.rs
+++ b/day1/src/lib.rs
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_part_1_chris_input() {
-        let input = include_str!("../input.txt");
-        assert_eq!(part1(input), 280);
+        let input = compress::aoc_input!("../input.compressed");
+        assert_eq!(part1(&input), 280);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_part_2_chris_input() {
-        let input = include_str!("../input.txt");
-        assert_eq!(part2(input), 1797);
+        let input = compress::aoc_input!("../input.compressed");
+        assert_eq!(part2(&input), 1797);
     }
 }
diff --git a/day1/src/main.rs b/day1/src/main.rs
index bc5b7cf..dd72796 100644
--- a/day1/src/main.rs
+++ b/day1/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-use std::fs::read_to_string;
-
 fn main() {
-    let input = read_to_string("input.txt").unwrap();
+    let input = compress::aoc_input!("../input.compressed");
     println!("part1: {}", day1::part1(&input));
     println!("part2: {}", day1::part2(&input));
 }