diff --git a/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/clickhouse/ClickHouseJdbcConfig.java b/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/clickhouse/ClickHouseJdbcConfig.java
index d4635e88..b255f460 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/clickhouse/ClickHouseJdbcConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/clickhouse/ClickHouseJdbcConfig.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public final class ClickHouseJdbcConfig {
         properties.setProperty("socket_timeout", "300000");
         properties.setProperty("retry", "0");
         properties.setProperty(SERVER_SETTING_PREFIX + "async_insert", "0");
+        properties.setProperty(SERVER_SETTING_PREFIX + "network_compression_method", "LZ4");
         properties.setProperty(SERVER_SETTING_PREFIX + "do_not_merge_across_partitions_select_final", "1");
         properties.setProperty(SERVER_SETTING_PREFIX + "wait_end_of_query", "1");
         properties.setProperty(SERVER_SETTING_PREFIX + "prefer_column_name_to_alias", "1");
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/clickhouse/ClickHouseNativeClient.java b/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/clickhouse/ClickHouseNativeClient.java
index 86b766cf..7307c243 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/clickhouse/ClickHouseNativeClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/coreprotect/database/clickhouse/ClickHouseNativeClient.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ final class ClickHouseNativeClient implements AutoCloseable {
                 .retryOnFailures(ClientFaultCause.None)
                 .useAsyncRequests(false)
                 .compressClientRequest(true)
+                .serverSetting("network_compression_method", "LZ4")
                 .serverSetting("async_insert", "0")
                 .serverSetting("max_insert_block_size", "1000000")
                 .serverSetting("max_insert_block_size_bytes", "0")