diff --git a/src/API/ServerAPI.php b/src/API/ServerAPI.php
index 3e694d8be..e583ddb1e 100644
--- a/src/API/ServerAPI.php
+++ b/src/API/ServerAPI.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class ServerAPI extends stdClass{ //Yay! I can add anything to this class in run
 		}
 		$this->server->mapName = $this->getProperty("level-name");
 		$this->server->mapDir = FILE_PATH."worlds/".$this->server->mapName."/";
-		if($this->server->mapName === false or trim($this->server->mapName) === "" or !file_exists($this->server->mapDir."chunks.dat")){
+		if($this->server->mapName === false or trim($this->server->mapName) === "" or (!file_exists($this->server->mapDir."chunks.dat") and !file_exists($this->server->mapDir."chunks.dat.gz"))){
 			if($this->server->mapName === false or trim($this->server->mapName) === ""){
 				$this->server->mapName = "world";
 			}
diff --git a/src/classes/ChunkParser.class.php b/src/classes/ChunkParser.class.php
index e20d0d40a..223a9e44d 100644
--- a/src/classes/ChunkParser.class.php
+++ b/src/classes/ChunkParser.class.php
@@ -59,11 +59,16 @@ class ChunkParser{
 	}
 	
 	public function loadFile($file){
-		if(!file_exists($file)){
+		if(ZLIB_EXTENSION === true and file_exists($file.".gz")){
+			$this->raw = gzinflate(file_get_contents($file.".gz"));
+			@unlink($file.".gz");
+			file_put_contents($file, $this->raw);
+		}elseif(!file_exists($file)){
 			return false;
+		}else{			
+			$this->raw = file_get_contents($file);
 		}
 		$this->file = $file;
-		$this->raw = file_get_contents($file);
 		$this->chunkLength = $this->sectorLength * ord($this->raw{0});
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -147,8 +152,9 @@ class ChunkParser{
 		console("[DEBUG] Chunks loaded!", true, true, 2);
 	}
 	
-	public function saveMap(){
+	public function saveMap($final = false){
 		console("[DEBUG] Saving chunks...", true, true, 2);
+		
 		$fp = fopen($this->file, "r+b");
 		flock($fp, LOCK_EX);
 		foreach($this->map as $x => $d){
@@ -159,6 +165,12 @@ class ChunkParser{
 		}
 		flock($fp, LOCK_UN);
 		fclose($fp);
+		if(ZLIB_EXTENSION === true){
+			file_put_contents($this->file .".gz", gzdeflate(file_get_contents($this->file), 9));
+			if($final === true){
+				@unlink($this->file);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	
 	public function getFloor($x, $z){
diff --git a/src/classes/PocketMinecraftServer.class.php b/src/classes/PocketMinecraftServer.class.php
index bab6a24a6..48264d22f 100644
--- a/src/classes/PocketMinecraftServer.class.php
+++ b/src/classes/PocketMinecraftServer.class.php
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class PocketMinecraftServer extends stdClass{
 	public function close($reason = "stop"){
 		if($this->stop !== true){
 			$this->chat(false, "Stopping server...");
-			$this->save();
+			$this->save(true);
 			$this->stop = true;
 			$this->trigger("server.close");
 			$this->interface->close();
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@ class PocketMinecraftServer extends stdClass{
 		}	
 	}
 	
-	public function save(){
+	public function save($final = false){
 		if($this->mapName !== false){	
 			file_put_contents($this->mapDir."level.dat", serialize($this->level));
-			$this->map->saveMap();
+			$this->map->saveMap($final);
 			console("[INFO] Saving entities...");
 			foreach($this->entities as $entity){
 				
diff --git a/src/common/dependencies.php b/src/common/dependencies.php
index e948064af..730d179fc 100644
--- a/src/common/dependencies.php
+++ b/src/common/dependencies.php
@@ -71,6 +71,13 @@ if(!extension_loaded("sqlite3") and @dl((PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX === "dll" ? "php_":"")
 	++$errors;
 }
 
+if(!extension_loaded("zlib") and @dl((PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX === "dll" ? "php_":"") . "zlib." . PHP_SHLIB_SUFFIX) === false){
+	console("[ERROR] Unable to find Zlib extension. Compressed worlds won't be loaded", true, true, 0);
+	define("ZLIB_EXTENSION", false);
+}else{
+	define("ZLIB_EXTENSION", true);
+}
+
 if($errors > 0){
 	die();
 }