diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 95fca93..cf23066 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "serde",
+ "zstd",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cc"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2fff2a6927b3bb87f9595d67196a70493f627687a71d87a0d692242c33f58c11"
+dependencies = [
+ "jobserver",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -102,6 +112,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "quick-error",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.24"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "af25a77299a7f711a01975c35a6a424eb6862092cc2d6c72c4ed6cbc56dfc1fa"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
 version = "0.2.126"
@@ -311,3 +330,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
  "synstructure",
 ]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd"
+version = "0.11.2+zstd.1.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "20cc960326ece64f010d2d2107537f26dc589a6573a316bd5b1dba685fa5fde4"
+dependencies = [
+ "zstd-safe",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-safe"
+version = "5.0.2+zstd.1.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1d2a5585e04f9eea4b2a3d1eca508c4dee9592a89ef6f450c11719da0726f4db"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "zstd-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zstd-sys"
+version = "2.0.1+zstd.1.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9fd07cbbc53846d9145dbffdf6dd09a7a0aa52be46741825f5c97bdd4f73f12b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7fbca93..836e841 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,3 +27,4 @@ log = "0.4"
 
 serde = { version="1.0", features = [ "derive" ] }
 bincode = "1.3"
+zstd = "0.11"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cf2707d..dfe1f31 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ impl Debug for FileTree {
 
 impl FileTree {
     fn load_or_build(root_path: &Path, cache_path: &Path) -> SerdeResult<Self> {
-        let path = cache_path.join("cache-fs.tree");
+        let path = cache_path.join("cache-fs.tree.zst");
         match FileTree::load(&path) {
             Ok(tree) => return Ok(tree),
             Err(e) => warn!("error loading {:?}: {:?}", path, e),
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ impl FileTree {
     fn load(path: &Path) -> SerdeResult<Self> {
         let file = File::open(path)?;
         let file = BufReader::new(file);
+        let file = zstd::stream::Decoder::new(file)?;
 
         Ok(bincode::deserialize_from(file)?)
     }
@@ -127,6 +128,7 @@ impl FileTree {
     fn save(&self, path: &Path) -> SerdeResult<()> {
         let file = File::create(path)?;
         let file = BufWriter::new(file);
+        let file = zstd::stream::Encoder::new(file, 9)?.auto_finish();
 
         Ok(bincode::serialize_into(file, self)?)
     }