diff --git a/profiles/http/default.nix b/profiles/http/default.nix
index 5b1ca99..9b34ce5 100644
--- a/profiles/http/default.nix
+++ b/profiles/http/default.nix
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ in
   services.nginx.enable = true;
   networking.firewall.allowedTCPPorts = [ 80 443 ];
 
+  services.nginx.recommendedGzipSettings = true;
+  services.nginx.recommendedOptimisation = true;
+  services.nginx.recommendedProxySettings = true;
+  services.nginx.recommendedTlsSettings = true;
+
   /** /
   services.nginx.virtualHosts."" = {
     default = true;
diff --git a/profiles/http/services/plex.nix b/profiles/http/services/plex.nix
index 426ee0c..346fd84 100644
--- a/profiles/http/services/plex.nix
+++ b/profiles/http/services/plex.nix
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
     http2 = true;
     locations."/" = {
       proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:32400"; # TODO: make configurable
-      #proxyWebsockets = true;
+      proxyWebsockets = true;
     };
     # from https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Plex
     extraConfig = ''
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@
       proxy_set_header Origin $server_addr;
 
       # Plex has A LOT of javascript, xml and html. This helps a lot, but if it causes playback issues with devices turn it off.
-      gzip on;
-      gzip_vary on;
-      gzip_min_length 1000;
-      gzip_proxied any;
-      gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml application/xml text/javascript application/x-javascript image/svg+xml;
-      gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";
+      #gzip on;
+      #gzip_vary on;
+      #gzip_min_length 1000;
+      #gzip_proxied any;
+      #gzip_types text/plain text/css text/xml application/xml text/javascript application/x-javascript image/svg+xml;
+      #gzip_disable "MSIE [1-6]\.";
 
       # Nginx default client_max_body_size is 1MB, which breaks Camera Upload feature from the phones.
       # Increasing the limit fixes the issue. Anyhow, if 4K videos are expected to be uploaded, the size might need to be increased even more
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@
       proxy_set_header X-Plex-Model $http_x_plex_model;
 
       # Websockets
-      proxy_http_version 1.1;
-      proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
-      proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
+      #proxy_http_version 1.1;
+      #proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
+      #proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
 
       # Buffering off send to the client as soon as the data is received from Plex.
       proxy_redirect off;
@@ -106,4 +106,15 @@
 
   systemd.services.plex.serviceConfig.TimeoutStartSec = "5m";
 
+  # restart plex weekly (needed to remain remotely available?!?!)
+  systemd.timers.restart-plex = {
+    wantedBy = [ "timers.target" ];
+    timerConfig.OnCalendar = "weekly";
+    timerConfig.Unit = "restart-plex.service";
+  };
+  systemd.services.restart-plex = {
+    serviceConfig.Type = "oneshot";
+    serviceConfig.ExecStart = "systemctl restart plex.socket";
+  };
+
 }