diff --git a/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/nodewatcher.sh b/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/nodewatcher.sh
index a427b80..0c7de78 100755
--- a/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/nodewatcher.sh
+++ b/bsp/default/root_file_system/etc/nodewatcher.sh
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ crawl() {
 	DATA="<?xml version='1.0' standalone='yes'?><data><system_data>$SYSTEM_DATA</system_data><interface_data>$interface_data</interface_data><batman_adv_interfaces>$BATMAN_ADV_INTERFACES</batman_adv_interfaces><batman_adv_originators>$batman_adv_originators</batman_adv_originators><batman_adv_gateway_mode>$batman_adv_gateway_mode</batman_adv_gateway_mode><batman_adv_gateway_list>$batman_adv_gateway_list</batman_adv_gateway_list><client_count>$client_count</client_count></data>"
 
 	#write data to hxml file that provides the data on httpd
-	echo $DATA > $SCRIPT_DATA_FILE
+	echo $DATA | gzip > $SCRIPT_DATA_FILE
 }
 
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