diff --git a/backend/config/__init__.py b/backend/config/__init__.py
index 0293bdcba..af698d32e 100644
--- a/backend/config/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/config/__init__.py
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ GUNICORN_WORKERS: Final = int(os.environ.get("GUNICORN_WORKERS", 2))
 
 # PATHS
 ROMM_BASE_PATH: Final = os.environ.get("ROMM_BASE_PATH", "/romm")
-LIBRARY_PATH_SUFFIX: Final = "/library"
-LIBRARY_BASE_PATH: Final = f"{ROMM_BASE_PATH}{LIBRARY_PATH_SUFFIX}"
+LIBRARY_BASE_PATH: Final = f"{ROMM_BASE_PATH}/library"
 RESOURCES_BASE_PATH: Final = f"{ROMM_BASE_PATH}/resources"
 ASSETS_BASE_PATH: Final = f"{ROMM_BASE_PATH}/assets"
 FRONTEND_RESOURCES_PATH: Final = "/assets/romm/resources"
diff --git a/backend/endpoints/rom.py b/backend/endpoints/rom.py
index d4868d8a0..c0a7dd72b 100644
--- a/backend/endpoints/rom.py
+++ b/backend/endpoints/rom.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ from anyio import Path, open_file
 from config import (
     DISABLE_DOWNLOAD_ENDPOINT_AUTH,
     LIBRARY_BASE_PATH,
-    LIBRARY_PATH_SUFFIX,
     RESOURCES_BASE_PATH,
 )
 from decorators.auth import protected_route
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ from endpoints.responses.rom import (
 )
 from exceptions.endpoint_exceptions import RomNotFoundInDatabaseException
 from exceptions.fs_exceptions import RomAlreadyExistsException
-from fastapi import File, HTTPException, Query, Request, Response, UploadFile, status
+from fastapi import File, HTTPException, Query, Request, UploadFile, status
 from fastapi.responses import FileResponse
 from handler.database import db_platform_handler, db_rom_handler
 from handler.filesystem import fs_resource_handler, fs_rom_handler
@@ -174,8 +173,19 @@ def head_rom_content(request: Request, id: int, file_name: str):
 
     rom_path = f"{LIBRARY_BASE_PATH}/{rom.full_path}"
 
+    if not rom.multi:
+        return FileResponse(
+            path=rom_path,
+            filename=rom.file_name,
+            headers={
+                "Content-Disposition": f'attachment; filename="{quote(rom.file_name)}"',
+                "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream",
+                "Content-Length": str(rom.file_size_bytes),
+            },
+        )
+
     return FileResponse(
-        path=rom_path if not rom.multi else f'{rom_path}/{rom.files[0]["filename"]}',
+        path=f'{rom_path}/{rom.files[0]["filename"]}',
         filename=file_name,
         headers={
             "Content-Disposition": f'attachment; filename="{quote(rom.name)}.zip"',
@@ -211,28 +221,31 @@ async def get_rom_content(
     if not rom:
         raise RomNotFoundInDatabaseException(id)
 
+    rom_path = f"{LIBRARY_BASE_PATH}/{rom.full_path}"
     files_to_download = files or [r["filename"] for r in rom.files]
 
     if not rom.multi:
-        return Response(
+        return FileResponse(
+            path=rom_path,
+            filename=rom.file_name,
             headers={
                 "Content-Disposition": f'attachment; filename="{quote(rom.file_name)}"',
                 "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream",
-                "X-Accel-Redirect": f"{LIBRARY_PATH_SUFFIX}/{rom.full_path}",
+                "X-Accel-Redirect": f"/library/{rom.full_path}",
             },
         )
 
     if len(files_to_download) == 1:
-        return Response(
+        return FileResponse(
+            path=f"{rom_path}/{files_to_download[0]}",
+            filename=files_to_download[0],
             headers={
                 "Content-Disposition": f'attachment; filename="{quote(files_to_download[0])}"',
                 "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream",
-                "X-Accel-Redirect": f"{LIBRARY_PATH_SUFFIX}/{rom.full_path}/{files_to_download[0]}",
+                "X-Accel-Redirect": f"/library/{rom.full_path}/{files_to_download[0]}",
             },
         )
 
-    rom_path = f"{LIBRARY_BASE_PATH}/{rom.full_path}"
-
     # Builds a generator of tuples for each member file
     async def local_files() -> AsyncIterator[AsyncMemberFile]:
         async def contents(filename: str) -> AsyncIterator[bytes]:
diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 8f3eb38b1..c810f870d 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ from endpoints import (
 )
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
-from fastapi.middleware.gzip import GZipMiddleware
 from handler.auth.base_handler import ALGORITHM
 from handler.auth.hybrid_auth import HybridAuthBackend
 from handler.auth.middleware import CustomCSRFMiddleware, SessionMiddleware
@@ -68,9 +67,6 @@ if not IS_PYTEST_RUN and not DISABLE_CSRF_PROTECTION:
         exempt_urls=[re.compile(r"^/token.*"), re.compile(r"^/ws")],
     )
 
-# Enable GZip compression for responses
-app.add_middleware(GZipMiddleware, minimum_size=1024)
-
 # Handles both basic and oauth authentication
 app.add_middleware(
     AuthenticationMiddleware,
diff --git a/docker/nginx/default.conf b/docker/nginx/default.conf
index a93592c08..87896c31f 100644
--- a/docker/nginx/default.conf
+++ b/docker/nginx/default.conf
@@ -14,9 +14,14 @@ http {
         scgi_temp_path /tmp/scgi;
 
         sendfile on;
+        client_body_buffer_size 128k;
         client_max_body_size 0;
+        client_header_buffer_size 1k;
+        large_client_header_buffers 4 16k;
+        send_timeout 60s;
+        keepalive_timeout 65s;
         tcp_nopush on;
-        # types_hash_max_size 2048;
+        tcp_nodelay on;
 
         include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
         default_type application/octet-stream;
@@ -41,6 +46,13 @@ http {
         error_log /dev/stderr;
 
         gzip on;
+        gzip_proxied any;
+        gzip_vary on;
+        gzip_comp_level 6;
+        gzip_buffers 16 8k;
+        gzip_min_length 1024;
+        gzip_http_version 1.1;
+        gzip_types text/plain text/css application/json application/javascript text/xml application/xml application/xml+rss text/javascript;
 
         # include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
         # include /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/*;
@@ -88,7 +100,7 @@ http {
                 proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
             }
 
-            # Library files
+            # Internally redirect download requests
             location /library {
                 internal;
                 alias /romm/library;