diff --git a/lambdas/indexer/.chalice/config.json.template.py b/lambdas/indexer/.chalice/config.json.template.py
index 6751ef223e..dd77ae946b 100644
--- a/lambdas/indexer/.chalice/config.json.template.py
+++ b/lambdas/indexer/.chalice/config.json.template.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "manage_iam_role": False,
     "iam_role_arn": "${aws_iam_role.%s.arn}" % app_name,
     "environment_variables": config.lambda_env,
-    "minimum_compression_size": config.minimum_compression_size,
     "lambda_timeout": config.api_gateway_lambda_timeout,
     "lambda_memory_size": 128,
     **chalice.vpc_lambda_config(app_name),
diff --git a/lambdas/indexer/openapi.json b/lambdas/indexer/openapi.json
index 7cc35b914b..cd155a05a8 100644
--- a/lambdas/indexer/openapi.json
+++ b/lambdas/indexer/openapi.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         "description": "\nThis is the internal API for Azul's indexer component.\n",
         "version": "1.0"
     },
+    "x-amazon-apigateway-minimum-compression-size": 1024,
     "paths": {
         "/openapi": {
             "get": {
diff --git a/lambdas/service/.chalice/config.json.template.py b/lambdas/service/.chalice/config.json.template.py
index 46747fb3d4..c40dff9442 100644
--- a/lambdas/service/.chalice/config.json.template.py
+++ b/lambdas/service/.chalice/config.json.template.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     "manage_iam_role": False,
     "iam_role_arn": "${aws_iam_role.%s.arn}" % app_name,
     "environment_variables": config.lambda_env,
-    "minimum_compression_size": config.minimum_compression_size,
     "lambda_timeout": config.api_gateway_lambda_timeout,
     "lambda_memory_size": 2048,
     **chalice.vpc_lambda_config(app_name),
diff --git a/lambdas/service/openapi.json b/lambdas/service/openapi.json
index 5cfd7759f4..173338ff4b 100644
--- a/lambdas/service/openapi.json
+++ b/lambdas/service/openapi.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
             "description": "\nDescribes various aspects of the Azul service\n"
         }
     ],
+    "x-amazon-apigateway-minimum-compression-size": 1024,
     "paths": {
         "/openapi": {
             "get": {
diff --git a/src/azul/chalice.py b/src/azul/chalice.py
index f7ad22b12c..5c5575b395 100644
--- a/src/azul/chalice.py
+++ b/src/azul/chalice.py
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.non_interactive_routes: set[tuple[str, str]] = set()
         if spec is not None:
             assert 'paths' not in spec, 'The top-level spec must not define paths'
+            spec['x-amazon-apigateway-minimum-compression-size'] = config.minimum_compression_size
             self._specs: Optional[MutableJSON] = copy_json(spec)
             self._specs['paths'] = {}
         else:
diff --git a/src/azul/package.json b/src/azul/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..396d83135d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/azul/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  "name": "azul",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "private": true
+}
diff --git a/src/azul/terraform.py b/src/azul/terraform.py
index 84b5fffad9..69fe32b49f 100644
--- a/src/azul/terraform.py
+++ b/src/azul/terraform.py
@@ -791,6 +791,11 @@ def tf_config(self, app_name):
         del deployment['lifecycle']['create_before_destroy']
         assert not deployment['lifecycle'], deployment
         del deployment['lifecycle']
+        # deployment['lifecycle'] = {
+        #     'replace_triggered_by': [
+        #         'aws_api_gateway_rest_api.%s' % app_name
+        #     ]
+        # }
         deployment['triggers'] = {'redeployment': deployment.pop('stage_description')}
 
         return {