diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/bot/utils/GZIPUtils.java b/src/main/java/baritone/bot/utils/GZIPUtils.java
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+package baritone.bot.utils;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * @author Brady
+ * @since 8/3/2018 10:18 PM
+ */
+public final class GZIPUtils {
+
+    private GZIPUtils() {}
+
+    public static byte[] compress(byte[] in) {
+        ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream = null;
+        GZIPOutputStream gzipStream = null;
+
+        try {
+            byteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(in.length);
+            gzipStream = new GZIPOutputStream(byteStream);
+            gzipStream.write(in);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+
+            // Clean up the byte array stream
+            if (byteStream != null) {
+                try {
+                    byteStream.close();
+                } catch (IOException ignored) {}
+            }
+
+            // Clean up the GZIP compression stream
+            if (gzipStream != null) {
+                try {
+                    gzipStream.close();
+                } catch (IOException ignored) {}
+            }
+        }
+
+        return byteStream != null ? byteStream.toByteArray(): null;
+    }
+
+    public static byte[] decompress(byte[] in) {
+        ByteArrayInputStream byteStream = null;
+        GZIPInputStream gzipStream = null;
+        ByteArrayOutputStream outStream = null;
+
+        try {
+            byteStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(in);
+            gzipStream = new GZIPInputStream(byteStream);
+            outStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
+            int len;
+            while ((len = gzipStream.read(buffer)) > 0) {
+                outStream.write(buffer, 0, len);
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } finally {
+
+            // Clean up the byte array stream
+            if (byteStream != null) {
+                try {
+                    byteStream.close();
+                } catch (IOException ignored) {}
+            }
+
+            // Clean up the GZIP compression stream
+            if (gzipStream != null) {
+                try {
+                    gzipStream.close();
+                } catch (IOException ignored) {}
+            }
+
+            // Clean up the byte output stream
+            if (outStream != null) {
+                try {
+                    outStream.close();
+                } catch (IOException ignored) {}
+            }
+        }
+
+        return outStream != null ? outStream.toByteArray() : null;
+    }
+}