diff --git a/client/src/modules/front_end_components/HTMLFragments.js b/client/src/modules/front_end_components/HTMLFragments.js
index bceb814..cbd7242 100644
--- a/client/src/modules/front_end_components/HTMLFragments.js
+++ b/client/src/modules/front_end_components/HTMLFragments.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const HTMLFragments = {
             </div>
         </div>
         <div>
-            <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
+            <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img alt='Info icon' src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div>
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export const HTMLFragments = {
             </div>
         </div>
         <div>
-            <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
+            <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img alt='Info icon' src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div id='game-role' tabindex="0">
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ export const HTMLFragments = {
             </div>
         </div>
         <div>
-            <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
+            <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img alt='Info icon' src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div id='game-people-container'>
@@ -157,9 +157,11 @@ export const HTMLFragments = {
                 <div id="play-pause-placeholder"></div>
             </div>
         </div>
-        <button id='mod-transfer-button' class='moderator-player-button make-mod-button app-button'>Transfer Mod Powers <img src='/images/shuffle.svg'/></button>
+        <button id='mod-transfer-button' class='moderator-player-button make-mod-button app-button'>
+            Transfer Mod Powers <img alt='transfer icon' src='/images/shuffle.svg'/>
+        </button>
         <div>
-            <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
+            <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img alt='Info icon' src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
         </div>
     </div>
     <div id="game-players-container">
@@ -201,7 +203,7 @@ export const HTMLFragments = {
                 <div id='play-pause'> </div>
             </div>
             <div>
-                <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
+                <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img alt='Info icon' src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
             </div>
         </div>
         <div id='game-role' tabindex="0">
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ export const HTMLFragments = {
         `<div id='end-of-game-header'>
             <h2>&#x1F3C1; The moderator has ended the game. Roles are revealed.</h2>
             <div id="end-of-game-buttons">
-                <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
+                <button id='role-info-button' class='app-button'>Roles in This Game <img alt='Info icon' src='/images/info.svg'/></button>
                 <a href='/'>
                     <button class='app-button'>Go Home \uD83C\uDFE0</button>
                 </a>
diff --git a/client/src/modules/game_state/states/InProgress.js b/client/src/modules/game_state/states/InProgress.js
index 8d8fccd..ed4f3aa 100644
--- a/client/src/modules/game_state/states/InProgress.js
+++ b/client/src/modules/game_state/states/InProgress.js
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@ export class InProgress {
         };
 
         if (spectatorCount) {
-            spectatorCount?.addEventListener('click', spectatorHandler);
-            spectatorCount?.addEventListener('keyup', spectatorHandler);
             SharedStateUtil.setNumberOfSpectators(
                 this.stateBucket.currentGameState.people.filter(p => p.userType === globals.USER_TYPES.SPECTATOR).length,
                 spectatorCount
             );
+            spectatorCount?.addEventListener('click', spectatorHandler);
+            spectatorCount?.addEventListener('keyup', spectatorHandler);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/client/src/modules/game_state/states/Lobby.js b/client/src/modules/game_state/states/Lobby.js
index 28eef6f..9f39ba5 100644
--- a/client/src/modules/game_state/states/Lobby.js
+++ b/client/src/modules/game_state/states/Lobby.js
@@ -59,9 +59,15 @@ export class Lobby {
         const playerCount = this.container.querySelector('#game-player-count');
         playerCount.innerText = this.stateBucket.currentGameState.gameSize + ' Players';
 
-        this.container.querySelector('#spectator-count').addEventListener('click', () => {
-            Confirmation(SharedStateUtil.buildSpectatorList(this.stateBucket.currentGameState.people), null, true);
-        });
+        const spectatorHandler = (e) => {
+            if (e.type === 'click' || e.code === 'Enter') {
+                Confirmation(SharedStateUtil.buildSpectatorList(this.stateBucket.currentGameState.people
+                    .filter(p => p.userType === globals.USER_TYPES.SPECTATOR)), null, true);
+            }
+        };
+
+        this.container.querySelector('#spectator-count').addEventListener('click', spectatorHandler);
+        this.container.querySelector('#spectator-count').addEventListener('keyup', spectatorHandler);
 
         SharedStateUtil.setNumberOfSpectators(
             this.stateBucket.currentGameState.people.filter(p => p.userType === globals.USER_TYPES.SPECTATOR).length,
diff --git a/client/src/modules/timer/GameTimerManager.js b/client/src/modules/timer/GameTimerManager.js
index 5b839ea..ebcf212 100644
--- a/client/src/modules/timer/GameTimerManager.js
+++ b/client/src/modules/timer/GameTimerManager.js
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ export class GameTimerManager {
 
         const playBtn = document.createElement('img');
         playBtn.setAttribute('src', '../images/play-button.svg');
+        playBtn.setAttribute('alt', 'play button');
         playBtn.setAttribute('tabindex', '0');
         playBtn.addEventListener('click', this.playListener);
         playBtn.addEventListener('keyup', this.playListener);
diff --git a/client/src/styles/GLOBAL.css b/client/src/styles/GLOBAL.css
index 458e03e..ea1e72c 100644
--- a/client/src/styles/GLOBAL.css
+++ b/client/src/styles/GLOBAL.css
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ button {
 #game-parameters {
     font-family: signika-negative, sans-serif;
     color: #d7d7d7;
-    font-size: 25px;
+    font-size: 20px;
     margin: 0.5em;
 }
 
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ input {
 }
 
 .evil, .compact-card.evil .card-role {
-    color: #dd2929 !important;
+    color: #e51a1a !important;
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/views/404.html b/client/src/views/404.html
index 15a7822..4b0ce98 100644
--- a/client/src/views/404.html
+++ b/client/src/views/404.html
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
             <h3>The game or other resource that you are looking for could not be found, or you don't have permission to access it.
             Old games are periodically cleared.</h3>
         </div>
-        <script src="/dist/notFound-bundle.js"></script>
+        <script src="/dist/notFound-bundle.js.gz"></script>
     </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/client/src/views/create.html b/client/src/views/create.html
index 08b6a84..4229d82 100644
--- a/client/src/views/create.html
+++ b/client/src/views/create.html
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
 <div id="mobile-menu-background-overlay"></div>
 <div id="navbar"></div>
 <div id="game-creation-container" class="container"></div>
-<script src="/dist/create-bundle.js"></script>
+<script src="/dist/create-bundle.js.gz"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/client/src/views/game.html b/client/src/views/game.html
index 1dd3246..be5a021 100644
--- a/client/src/views/game.html
+++ b/client/src/views/game.html
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
     <link rel="preload" href="/webfonts/SignikaNegative-Light.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin>
 </head>
 <body>
-    <script src="/dist/game-bundle.js"></script>
-    <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.js"></script>
+    <script src="/dist/game-bundle.js.gz"></script>
+    <script src="/socket.io/socket.io.min.js"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
 
diff --git a/client/src/views/home.html b/client/src/views/home.html
index 61fad29..df9865b 100644
--- a/client/src/views/home.html
+++ b/client/src/views/home.html
@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@
             <a aria-label="email the creator with questions" href="mailto:play.werewolf.contact@gmail.com?Subject=Werewolf App" target="_top"><img alt="email" src='/images/email.svg'/></a>
         </div>
     </footer>
-    <script src="/dist/home-bundle.js"></script>
+    <script src="/dist/home-bundle.js.gz"></script>
     </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/client/src/views/how-to-use.html b/client/src/views/how-to-use.html
index 464f313..8627acb 100644
--- a/client/src/views/how-to-use.html
+++ b/client/src/views/how-to-use.html
@@ -143,6 +143,6 @@
         <br><br>
     </div>
 </div>
-<script src="/dist/howToUse-bundle.js"></script>
+<script src="/dist/howToUse-bundle.js.gz"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/client/src/views/join.html b/client/src/views/join.html
index 7557730..33e6844 100644
--- a/client/src/views/join.html
+++ b/client/src/views/join.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         </div>
     </form>
 </div>
-<script src="/dist/join-bundle.js"></script>
+<script src="/dist/join-bundle.js.gz"></script>
 </body>
 </html>
 
diff --git a/client/webpack/webpack-dev.config.js b/client/webpack/webpack-dev.config.js
index 975d9a3..5442f3d 100644
--- a/client/webpack/webpack-dev.config.js
+++ b/client/webpack/webpack-dev.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
+const CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
 
 module.exports = {
     entry: {
@@ -11,8 +12,11 @@ module.exports = {
     },
     output: {
         path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../dist'),
-        filename: "[name]-bundle.js"
+        filename: "[name]-bundle.js",
     },
+    plugins: [new CompressionPlugin({
+        exclude: [/.map$/, /521-bundle.js$/]
+    })],
     mode: "development",
     node: false,
     devtool: 'source-map',
diff --git a/client/webpack/webpack-prod.config.js b/client/webpack/webpack-prod.config.js
index d264f98..b7fc72e 100644
--- a/client/webpack/webpack-prod.config.js
+++ b/client/webpack/webpack-prod.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
+const CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
 'use strict';
 
 module.exports = {
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ module.exports = {
         path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../dist'),
         filename: "[name]-bundle.js"
     },
+    plugins: [new CompressionPlugin({ deleteOriginalAssets: true, exclude: [/521-bundle.js$/]})],
     mode: "production",
     node: false,
     module: {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 11b4958..b8ee5b7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "babel-loader": "^8.2.3",
         "body-parser": "^1.20.1",
+        "compression-webpack-plugin": "^10.0.0",
         "cors": "^2.8.5",
         "express": "^4.18.2",
         "express-force-https": "^1.0.0",
@@ -2209,6 +2210,42 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/epoberezkin"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/ajv-formats": {
+      "version": "2.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv-formats/-/ajv-formats-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Wx0Kx52hxE7C18hkMEggYlEifqWZtYaRgouJor+WMdPnQyEK13vgEWyVNup7SoeeoLMsr4kf5h6dOW11I15MUA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ajv": "^8.0.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "ajv": "^8.0.0"
+      },
+      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
+        "ajv": {
+          "optional": true
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/ajv-formats/node_modules/ajv": {
+      "version": "8.12.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-8.12.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-sRu1kpcO9yLtYxBKvqfTeh9KzZEwO3STyX1HT+4CaDzC6HpTGYhIhPIzj9XuKU7KYDwnaeh5hcOwjy1QuJzBPA==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
+        "json-schema-traverse": "^1.0.0",
+        "require-from-string": "^2.0.2",
+        "uri-js": "^4.2.2"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "github",
+        "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/epoberezkin"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/ajv-formats/node_modules/json-schema-traverse": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-1.0.0.tgz",
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+    },
     "node_modules/ajv-keywords": {
       "version": "3.5.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv-keywords/-/ajv-keywords-3.5.2.tgz",
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+        "serialize-javascript": "^6.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 14.15.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/webpack"
+      },
+      "peerDependencies": {
+        "webpack": "^5.1.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/compression-webpack-plugin/node_modules/ajv": {
+      "version": "8.12.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-8.12.0.tgz",
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+        "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
+        "json-schema-traverse": "^1.0.0",
+        "require-from-string": "^2.0.2",
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+    },
+    "node_modules/compression-webpack-plugin/node_modules/schema-utils": {
+      "version": "4.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/schema-utils/-/schema-utils-4.0.0.tgz",
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+      "dependencies": {
+        "@types/json-schema": "^7.0.9",
+        "ajv": "^8.8.0",
+        "ajv-formats": "^2.1.1",
+        "ajv-keywords": "^5.0.0"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 12.13.0"
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+      "funding": {
+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/webpack"
+      }
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     "node_modules/concat-map": {
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       "engines": {
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       }
@@ -8876,6 +8980,32 @@
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       }
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv-formats/-/ajv-formats-2.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-Wx0Kx52hxE7C18hkMEggYlEifqWZtYaRgouJor+WMdPnQyEK13vgEWyVNup7SoeeoLMsr4kf5h6dOW11I15MUA==",
+      "requires": {
+        "ajv": "^8.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ajv": {
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+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-8.12.0.tgz",
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+          "requires": {
+            "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
+            "json-schema-traverse": "^1.0.0",
+            "require-from-string": "^2.0.2",
+            "uri-js": "^4.2.2"
+          }
+        },
+        "json-schema-traverse": {
+          "version": "1.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/json-schema-traverse/-/json-schema-traverse-1.0.0.tgz",
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+        }
+      }
+    },
     "ajv-keywords": {
       "version": "3.5.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv-keywords/-/ajv-keywords-3.5.2.tgz",
@@ -9239,6 +9369,52 @@
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       "integrity": "sha1-3dgA2gxmEnOTzKWVDqloo6rxJTs="
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+    "compression-webpack-plugin": {
+      "version": "10.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/compression-webpack-plugin/-/compression-webpack-plugin-10.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wLXLIBwpul/ALcm7Aj+69X0pYT3BYt6DdPn3qrgBIh9YejV9Bju9ShhlAsjujLyWMo6SAweFIWaUoFmXZNuNrg==",
+      "requires": {
+        "schema-utils": "^4.0.0",
+        "serialize-javascript": "^6.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "ajv": {
+          "version": "8.12.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv/-/ajv-8.12.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-sRu1kpcO9yLtYxBKvqfTeh9KzZEwO3STyX1HT+4CaDzC6HpTGYhIhPIzj9XuKU7KYDwnaeh5hcOwjy1QuJzBPA==",
+          "requires": {
+            "fast-deep-equal": "^3.1.1",
+            "json-schema-traverse": "^1.0.0",
+            "require-from-string": "^2.0.2",
+            "uri-js": "^4.2.2"
+          }
+        },
+        "ajv-keywords": {
+          "version": "5.1.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/ajv-keywords/-/ajv-keywords-5.1.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-YCS/JNFAUyr5vAuhk1DWm1CBxRHW9LbJ2ozWeemrIqpbsqKjHVxYPyi5GC0rjZIT5JxJ3virVTS8wk4i/Z+krw==",
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+          }
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+          "version": "1.0.0",
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+            "ajv": "^8.8.0",
+            "ajv-formats": "^2.1.1",
+            "ajv-keywords": "^5.0.0"
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     "concat-map": {
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
@@ -11655,8 +11831,7 @@
     "require-from-string": {
       "version": "2.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/require-from-string/-/require-from-string-2.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-Xf0nWe6RseziFMu+Ap9biiUbmplq6S9/p+7w7YXP/JBHhrUDDUhwa+vANyubuqfZWTveU//DYVGsDG7RKL/vEw==",
-      "dev": true
+      "integrity": "sha512-Xf0nWe6RseziFMu+Ap9biiUbmplq6S9/p+7w7YXP/JBHhrUDDUhwa+vANyubuqfZWTveU//DYVGsDG7RKL/vEw=="
     },
     "requires-port": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9bd3e28..11c62b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "babel-loader": "^8.2.3",
     "body-parser": "^1.20.1",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^10.0.0",
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "express": "^4.18.2",
     "express-force-https": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/server/modules/ServerBootstrapper.js b/server/modules/ServerBootstrapper.js
index 1fa5dec..723238b 100644
--- a/server/modules/ServerBootstrapper.js
+++ b/server/modules/ServerBootstrapper.js
@@ -139,6 +139,13 @@ const ServerBootstrapper = {
         const router = require('../routes/router');
         app.use('', router);
 
+        app.use('/dist', (req, res, next) => {
+            if (req.url !== '/521-bundle.js') {
+                res.set('Content-Encoding', 'gzip');
+            }
+            next();
+        });
+
         app.use('/dist', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../../client/dist')));
 
         // set up routing for static content that isn't being bundled.