diff --git a/e107.htaccess b/e107.htaccess
index 01603bd34..74b4901be 100644
--- a/e107.htaccess
+++ b/e107.htaccess
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
     <IfModule mod_env.c>
         SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE On
-        SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE_MEDIA Off
+        SetEnv HTTP_MOD_REWRITE_MEDIA On
     </IfModule>
 
 ### enable rewrites
@@ -78,5 +78,27 @@
 
 </IfModule>
 
+### Mod_Expires Settings (when available)
+### May be modified if required
+    <IfModule mod_expires.c>
+        ExpiresActive On
+        ExpiresDefault "access plus 2 hours"
+        ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 1 year”
+        ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 1 week"
+        ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 1 week"
+        ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 1 week"
+        ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 1 week"
+        ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 1 month"
+        ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 1 month"
+        ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 1 month"
+        ExpiresByType text/x-javascript "access plus 1 month"
+    </IfModule>
+
+### Gzip Compression Module 
+<ifmodule mod_deflate.c>
+    AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/text text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript application/x-javascript application/javascript application/xml text/xml application/rss+xml
+</ifmodule>
+
+
 ### Enable when developing locally. 
 ### SetEnv E_DEV true
diff --git a/e107_handlers/js_manager.php b/e107_handlers/js_manager.php
index 29a0a333a..655afe211 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/js_manager.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/js_manager.php
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ class e_jsmanager
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		if(e_REQUEST_HTTP == e_ADMIN_ABS."menus.php") // disabled in menu-manager. 
+		if(e_REQUEST_HTTP == e_ADMIN_ABS."menus.php") // disabled in menu-manager.
 		{
 			return false;
 		}
diff --git a/e107_handlers/phpthumb/GdThumb.inc.php b/e107_handlers/phpthumb/GdThumb.inc.php
index 4e0137174..abf89fa0f 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/phpthumb/GdThumb.inc.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/phpthumb/GdThumb.inc.php
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ class GdThumb extends ThumbBase
 				{ 
 					header('Content-type: image/png'); 
 				}
-				imagepng($this->oldImage);
+				imagepng($this->oldImage, null, 9); // modified by e107
 				break;
 		}
 		
@@ -1073,7 +1073,7 @@ class GdThumb extends ThumbBase
 				imagejpeg($this->oldImage, $fileName, $this->options['jpegQuality']);
 				break;
 			case 'PNG':
-				imagepng($this->oldImage, $fileName);
+				imagepng($this->oldImage, $fileName, 9); // modified by e107
 				break;
 		}