diff --git a/utils/crypto.py b/utils/crypto.py
index 642d7aa..9a2f9c1 100644
--- a/utils/crypto.py
+++ b/utils/crypto.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import zlib
+
 from Crypto.Cipher import AES
 from Crypto.Random import get_random_bytes
 from base64 import urlsafe_b64encode, urlsafe_b64decode
@@ -9,10 +11,13 @@ from db.schemas import UserData
 def encrypt_user_data(user_data: UserData) -> str:
     data = user_data.model_dump_json(
         exclude_none=True, exclude_defaults=True, exclude_unset=True, round_trip=True
-    ).encode("utf-8")
+    )
+    compressed_data = zlib.compress(data.encode("utf-8"))
     iv = get_random_bytes(16)
     cipher = AES.new(settings.secret_key.encode("utf-8"), AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
-    encrypted_data = cipher.encrypt(data + b"\0" * (16 - len(data) % 16))
+    encrypted_data = cipher.encrypt(
+        compressed_data + b"\0" * (16 - len(compressed_data) % 16)
+    )
     encrypted_str = urlsafe_b64encode(iv + encrypted_data).decode("utf-8")
     return encrypted_str
 
@@ -26,7 +31,8 @@ def decrypt_user_data(secret_str: str | None = None) -> UserData:
         cipher = AES.new(settings.secret_key.encode("utf-8"), AES.MODE_CBC, iv)
         decrypted_data = cipher.decrypt(encrypted_data[16:])
         decrypted_data = decrypted_data.rstrip(b"\0")
-        user_data = UserData.model_validate_json(decrypted_data.decode("utf-8"))
+        decompressed_data = zlib.decompress(decrypted_data)
+        user_data = UserData.model_validate_json(decompressed_data.decode("utf-8"))
     except Exception:
         user_data = UserData()
     return user_data