diff --git a/skyquake/framework/widgets/header/headerStore.js b/skyquake/framework/widgets/header/headerStore.js
index 4ee86ff..150b325 100644
--- a/skyquake/framework/widgets/header/headerStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/framework/widgets/header/headerStore.js
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@
     }
 }
 
-export default Alt.createStore(HeaderStoreConstructor)
+export default Alt.createStore(HeaderStoreConstructor, 'HeaderStoreConstructor')
diff --git a/skyquake/framework/widgets/skyquake_container/skyquakeContainerStore.js b/skyquake/framework/widgets/skyquake_container/skyquakeContainerStore.js
index d1a8a9e..f69014e 100644
--- a/skyquake/framework/widgets/skyquake_container/skyquakeContainerStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/framework/widgets/skyquake_container/skyquakeContainerStore.js
@@ -236,4 +236,4 @@
     }
 }
 
-export default Alt.createStore(SkyquakeContainerStore);
+export default Alt.createStore(SkyquakeContainerStore, 'SkyquakeContainerStore');
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/about/package.json b/skyquake/plugins/about/package.json
index cb92cf9..46829d5 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/about/package.json
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/about/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.3.19",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^0.3.2",
     "cors": "^2.7.1",
     "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
     "file-loader": "^0.8.5",
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/about/src/aboutStore.js b/skyquake/plugins/about/src/aboutStore.js
index 934522b..bc94127 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/about/src/aboutStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/about/src/aboutStore.js
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
 	console.log('uptime success', time)
 }
 
-module.exports = Alt.createStore(aboutStore);;
+module.exports = Alt.createStore(aboutStore, 'aboutStore');;
 
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/about/webpack.production.config.js b/skyquake/plugins/about/webpack.production.config.js
index 5be840c..4a2aa12 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/about/webpack.production.config.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/about/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *   limitations under the License.
  *
  */
-var Webpack = require('webpack');
+var webpack = require('webpack');
 var path = require('path');
 var nodeModulesPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules');
 var buildPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'public', 'build');
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 var uiPluginCmakeBuild = process.env.ui_plugin_cmake_build || false;
 var frameworkPath = uiPluginCmakeBuild?'../../../../skyquake/skyquake-build/framework':'../../framework';
 var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
+var CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
+
 // Added to overcome node-sass bug https://github.com/iam4x/isomorphic-flux-boilerplate/issues/62
 process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=64;
 var config = {
@@ -65,10 +67,24 @@
     },
     plugins: [
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-            filename: '../index.html'
-            , templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
-        }),
-        new Webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin("vendor", "vendor.js", Infinity)
+            filename: '../index.html', 
+            templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
+        })
     ]
 };
+
+if (process.argv.indexOf('--optimize-minimize') !== -1) {
+    // we are going to output a gzip file in the production process
+    config.output.filename = "gzip-" + config.output.filename;
+    config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin({ // <-- key to reducing React's size
+      'process.env': {
+        'NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('production')
+      }
+    }));
+    config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({
+        asset: "[path]", // overwrite js file with gz file
+        algorithm: "gzip",
+        test: /\.(js)$/
+    }));
+}
 module.exports = config;
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/accounts/package.json b/skyquake/plugins/accounts/package.json
index e126042..d605080 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/accounts/package.json
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/accounts/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.3.19",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^0.3.2",
     "cors": "^2.7.1",
     "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
     "file-loader": "^0.8.5",
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/accounts/webpack.production.config.js b/skyquake/plugins/accounts/webpack.production.config.js
index 3984a58..6356ddb 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/accounts/webpack.production.config.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/accounts/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *   limitations under the License.
  *
  */
-var Webpack = require('webpack');
+var webpack = require('webpack');
 var path = require('path');
 var nodeModulesPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules');
 var buildPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'public', 'build');
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 var uiPluginCmakeBuild = process.env.ui_plugin_cmake_build || false;
 var frameworkPath = uiPluginCmakeBuild?'../../../../skyquake/skyquake-build/framework':'../../framework';
 var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
-var CommonsPlugin = new require("webpack/lib/optimize/CommonsChunkPlugin")
+var CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
 // Added to overcome node-sass bug https://github.com/iam4x/isomorphic-flux-boilerplate/issues/62
 process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=64;
 var config = {
@@ -66,10 +66,24 @@
     },
     plugins: [
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-            filename: '../index.html'
-            , templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
-        }),
-        new Webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin("vendor", "vendor.js", Infinity)
+            filename: '../index.html', 
+            templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
+        })
     ]
 };
+
+if (process.argv.indexOf('--optimize-minimize') !== -1) {
+    // we are going to output a gzip file in the production process
+    config.output.filename = "gzip-" + config.output.filename;
+    config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin({ // <-- key to reducing React's size
+      'process.env': {
+        'NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('production')
+      }
+    }));
+    config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({
+        asset: "[path]", // overwrite js file with gz file
+        algorithm: "gzip",
+        test: /\.(js)$/
+    }));
+}
 module.exports = config;
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/composer/package.json b/skyquake/plugins/composer/package.json
index 6a01af1..5b45239 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/composer/package.json
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/composer/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.3.19",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^0.3.2",
     "css-loader": "^0.23.0",
     "eslint": "^1.10.2",
     "eslint-loader": "^1.1.1",
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/composer/webpack.production.config.js b/skyquake/plugins/composer/webpack.production.config.js
index bf2747a..7839f10 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/composer/webpack.production.config.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/composer/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -28,14 +28,15 @@
 var uiPluginCmakeBuild = process.env.ui_plugin_cmake_build || false;
 var frameworkPath = uiPluginCmakeBuild?'../../../../skyquake/skyquake-build/framework':'../../framework';
 var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
+var CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
 // Added to overcome node-sass bug https://github.com/iam4x/isomorphic-flux-boilerplate/issues/62
 process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=64;
-module.exports = {
+var config = {
 	devtool: 'source-map',
 	output: {
 		publicPath: 'assets/',
 		path: 'public/assets/',
-		filename: 'src/main.js'
+		filename: 'bundle.js'
 	},
 
 	debug: false,
@@ -60,18 +61,6 @@
 			'helpers': path.join(process.cwd(), './test/helpers/')
         }
     },
-	plugins: [
-		// new webpack.optimize.DedupePlugin(),
-		// new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin(),
-		// new webpack.optimize.OccurenceOrderPlugin(),
-		// new webpack.optimize.AggressiveMergingPlugin(),
-		// new webpack.NoErrorsPlugin(),
-		new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-            filename: '../index.html'
-            , templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
-        })
-	],
-
 	module: {
 		noParse: [/autoit.js/],
 		// preLoaders: [
@@ -101,5 +90,28 @@
 			},
 			{ test: /\.json$/, loader: "json-loader" },
 		]
-	}
+	},
+    plugins: [
+        new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
+            filename: '../index.html', 
+            templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
+        })
+    ]
 };
+
+if (process.argv.indexOf('--optimize-minimize') !== -1) {
+    // we are going to output a gzip file in the production process
+    config.output.filename = "gzip-" + config.output.filename;
+    config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin({ // <-- key to reducing React's size
+      'process.env': {
+        'NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('production')
+      }
+    }));
+    config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({
+        asset: "[path]", // overwrite js file with gz file
+        algorithm: "gzip",
+        test: /\.(js)$/
+    }));
+}
+
+module.exports = config;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/config/package.json b/skyquake/plugins/config/package.json
index b4de560..ff3212a 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/config/package.json
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/config/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.3.19",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^0.3.2",
     "cors": "^2.7.1",
     "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
     "file-loader": "^0.8.5",
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/config/webpack.production.config.js b/skyquake/plugins/config/webpack.production.config.js
index 49ad631..f78ff42 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/config/webpack.production.config.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/config/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * STANDARD_RIFT_IO_COPYRIGHT
  */
-var Webpack = require('webpack');
+var webpack = require('webpack');
 var path = require('path');
 var nodeModulesPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules');
 var buildPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'public', 'build');
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 var uiPluginCmakeBuild = process.env.ui_plugin_cmake_build || false;
 var frameworkPath = uiPluginCmakeBuild?'../../../../skyquake/skyquake-build/framework':'../../framework';
 var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
-var CommonsPlugin = new require("webpack/lib/optimize/CommonsChunkPlugin")
+var CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
 // Added to overcome node-sass bug https://github.com/iam4x/isomorphic-flux-boilerplate/issues/62
 process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=64;
 var config = {
@@ -52,10 +52,24 @@
     },
     plugins: [
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-            filename: '../index.html'
-            , templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
-        }),
-        new Webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin("vendor", "vendor.js", Infinity)
+            filename: '../index.html', 
+            templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
+        })
     ]
 };
+
+if (process.argv.indexOf('--optimize-minimize') !== -1) {
+    // we are going to output a gzip file in the production process
+    config.output.filename = "gzip-" + config.output.filename;
+    config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin({ // <-- key to reducing React's size
+      'process.env': {
+        'NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('production')
+      }
+    }));
+    config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({
+        asset: "[path]", // overwrite js file with gz file
+        algorithm: "gzip",
+        test: /\.(js)$/
+    }));
+}
 module.exports = config;
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/debug/package.json b/skyquake/plugins/debug/package.json
index fd2dea9..2395b14 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/debug/package.json
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/debug/package.json
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.3.19",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^0.3.2",
     "cors": "^2.7.1",
     "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
     "file-loader": "^0.8.5",
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/debug/src/crashStore.js b/skyquake/plugins/debug/src/crashStore.js
index c5ded18..51857d5 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/debug/src/crashStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/debug/src/crashStore.js
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@
   console.log('Failed to retrieve crash/debug details', info)
 };
 
-module.exports = Alt.createStore(crashStore);;
+module.exports = Alt.createStore(crashStore, 'crashStore');;
 
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/debug/webpack.production.config.js b/skyquake/plugins/debug/webpack.production.config.js
index 5be840c..2ef01be 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/debug/webpack.production.config.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/debug/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *   limitations under the License.
  *
  */
-var Webpack = require('webpack');
+var webpack = require('webpack');
 var path = require('path');
 var nodeModulesPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules');
 var buildPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'public', 'build');
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 var uiPluginCmakeBuild = process.env.ui_plugin_cmake_build || false;
 var frameworkPath = uiPluginCmakeBuild?'../../../../skyquake/skyquake-build/framework':'../../framework';
 var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
+var CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
 // Added to overcome node-sass bug https://github.com/iam4x/isomorphic-flux-boilerplate/issues/62
 process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=64;
 var config = {
@@ -65,10 +66,24 @@
     },
     plugins: [
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-            filename: '../index.html'
-            , templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
-        }),
-        new Webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin("vendor", "vendor.js", Infinity)
+            filename: '../index.html', 
+            templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
+        })
     ]
 };
+
+if (process.argv.indexOf('--optimize-minimize') !== -1) {
+    // we are going to output a gzip file in the production process
+    config.output.filename = "gzip-" + config.output.filename;
+    config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin({ // <-- key to reducing React's size
+      'process.env': {
+        'NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('production')
+      }
+    }));
+    config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({
+        asset: "[path]", // overwrite js file with gz file
+        algorithm: "gzip",
+        test: /\.(js)$/
+    }));
+}
 module.exports = config;
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/goodbyeworld/package.json b/skyquake/plugins/goodbyeworld/package.json
index ebb138c..a6d1bba 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/goodbyeworld/package.json
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/goodbyeworld/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.3.19",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^0.3.2",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
     "history": "^1.17.0",
     "json-loader": "^0.5.4",
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/goodbyeworld/webpack.production.config.js b/skyquake/plugins/goodbyeworld/webpack.production.config.js
index e013478..7db6acc 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/goodbyeworld/webpack.production.config.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/goodbyeworld/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *   limitations under the License.
  *
  */
-var Webpack = require('webpack');
+var webpack = require('webpack');
 var path = require('path');
 var nodeModulesPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules');
 var buildPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'public', 'build');
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 var uiPluginCmakeBuild = process.env.ui_plugin_cmake_build || false;
 var frameworkPath = uiPluginCmakeBuild?'../../../../skyquake/skyquake-build/framework':'../../framework';
 var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
+var CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
 // Added to overcome node-sass bug https://github.com/iam4x/isomorphic-flux-boilerplate/issues/62
 process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=64;
 var config = {
@@ -64,10 +65,24 @@
     },
     plugins: [
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-            filename: '../index.html',
+            filename: '../index.html', 
             templateContent: '<div id="content"></div>'
-        }),
-        new Webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin("vendor", "vendor.js", Infinity)
+        })
     ]
 };
+
+if (process.argv.indexOf('--optimize-minimize') !== -1) {
+    // we are going to output a gzip file in the production process
+    config.output.filename = "gzip-" + config.output.filename;
+    config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin({ // <-- key to reducing React's size
+      'process.env': {
+        'NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('production')
+      }
+    }));
+    config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({
+        asset: "[path]", // overwrite js file with gz file
+        algorithm: "gzip",
+        test: /\.(js)$/
+    }));
+}
 module.exports = config;
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/helloworld/package.json b/skyquake/plugins/helloworld/package.json
index c874218..df748a3 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/helloworld/package.json
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/helloworld/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.3.19",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^0.3.2",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
     "history": "^1.17.0",
     "json-loader": "^0.5.4",
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/helloworld/webpack.production.config.js b/skyquake/plugins/helloworld/webpack.production.config.js
index e5728d0..7db6acc 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/helloworld/webpack.production.config.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/helloworld/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *   limitations under the License.
  *
  */
-var Webpack = require('webpack');
+var webpack = require('webpack');
 var path = require('path');
 var nodeModulesPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules');
 var buildPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'public', 'build');
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 var uiPluginCmakeBuild = process.env.ui_plugin_cmake_build || false;
 var frameworkPath = uiPluginCmakeBuild?'../../../../skyquake/skyquake-build/framework':'../../framework';
 var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
+var CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
 // Added to overcome node-sass bug https://github.com/iam4x/isomorphic-flux-boilerplate/issues/62
 process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=64;
 var config = {
@@ -64,10 +65,24 @@
     },
     plugins: [
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-            filename: '../index.html'
-            , templateContent: '<div id="content"></div>'
-        }),
-        new Webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin("vendor", "vendor.js", Infinity)
+            filename: '../index.html', 
+            templateContent: '<div id="content"></div>'
+        })
     ]
 };
+
+if (process.argv.indexOf('--optimize-minimize') !== -1) {
+    // we are going to output a gzip file in the production process
+    config.output.filename = "gzip-" + config.output.filename;
+    config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin({ // <-- key to reducing React's size
+      'process.env': {
+        'NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('production')
+      }
+    }));
+    config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({
+        asset: "[path]", // overwrite js file with gz file
+        algorithm: "gzip",
+        test: /\.(js)$/
+    }));
+}
 module.exports = config;
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/package.json b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/package.json
index 7c531b4..f6471ab 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/package.json
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/package.json
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.3.19",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^0.3.2",
     "cors": "^2.7.1",
     "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
     "file-loader": "^0.8.5",
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@
     "react-addons-css-transition-group": "^0.14.7",
     "sass-loader": "^3.1.2",
     "style-loader": "^0.13.0",
-    "webpack": "^1.3.0",
+    "webpack": "~1.14.0",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^1.10.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/createStore.js b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/createStore.js
index 517c70c..da79e8a 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/createStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/createStore.js
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@
   });
 };
 
-module.exports = alt.createStore(CreateFleet);
+module.exports = alt.createStore(CreateFleet, 'CreateFleet');
 
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/instantiate/instantiateDashboard.jsx b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/instantiate/instantiateDashboard.jsx
index 9c358e8..7bed778 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/instantiate/instantiateDashboard.jsx
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/instantiate/instantiateDashboard.jsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 class InstantiateDashboard extends React.Component {
     constructor(props) {
         super(props);
-        this.Store = this.props.flux.stores.hasOwnProperty('InstantiateStore') ? this.props.flux.stores.InstantiateStore : this.props.flux.createStore(InstantiateStore                );
+        this.Store = this.props.flux.stores.hasOwnProperty('InstantiateStore') ? this.props.flux.stores.InstantiateStore : this.props.flux.createStore(InstantiateStore, 'InstantiateStore');
         this.state = this.Store.getState();
     }
     componentDidMount() {
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/instantiate/instantiateStore.js b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/instantiate/instantiateStore.js
index e779beb..01c624d 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/instantiate/instantiateStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/instantiate/instantiateStore.js
@@ -851,5 +851,4 @@
         pnfd: data.pnfd
     });
 }
-// export default Alt.createStore(LaunchNetworkServiceStore);
 export default LaunchNetworkServiceStore;
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/launchpadFleetStore.js b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/launchpadFleetStore.js
index 520eebe..a4b622b 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/launchpadFleetStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/launchpadFleetStore.js
@@ -279,5 +279,5 @@
   data['console-url'] && window.open(data['console-url']);
 }
 
-FleetStore = Alt.createStore(FleetStoreConstructor);
+FleetStore = Alt.createStore(FleetStoreConstructor, 'FleetStore');
 module.exports = FleetStore;
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/recordViewer/recordViewStore.js b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/recordViewer/recordViewStore.js
index a7770a7..4a5b49c 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/recordViewer/recordViewStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/recordViewer/recordViewStore.js
@@ -472,4 +472,4 @@
     };
 }
 
-export default Alt.createStore(RecordViewStore);
+export default Alt.createStore(RecordViewStore, 'RecordViewStore');
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/ssh_keys/sshKeys.jsx b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/ssh_keys/sshKeys.jsx
index f832215..3d4179e 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/ssh_keys/sshKeys.jsx
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/ssh_keys/sshKeys.jsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 class SshKeys extends Component {
     constructor(props) {
         super(props);
-        this.Store = this.props.flux.stores.hasOwnProperty('SshKeyStore') ? this.props.flux.stores.SshKeyStore : this.props.flux.createStore(SshKeyStore);
+        this.Store = this.props.flux.stores.hasOwnProperty('SshKeyStore') ? this.props.flux.stores.SshKeyStore : this.props.flux.createStore(SshKeyStore, 'SshKeyStore');
         this.state = this.Store.getState();
         this.Store.listen(this.handleUpdate);
     }
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/topologyL2View/topologyL2Store.js b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/topologyL2View/topologyL2Store.js
index 2d14952..b6bed73 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/topologyL2View/topologyL2Store.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/topologyL2View/topologyL2Store.js
@@ -132,4 +132,4 @@
         });
     }
 }
-    export default Alt.createStore(TopologyL2Store);
+    export default Alt.createStore(TopologyL2Store, 'TopologyL2Store');
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/topologyView/topologyStore.js b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/topologyView/topologyStore.js
index 10c5005..5d6cef9 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/topologyView/topologyStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/topologyView/topologyStore.js
@@ -135,4 +135,4 @@
     }
 
 }
-export default Alt.createStore(TopologyStore);
+export default Alt.createStore(TopologyStore, 'TopologyStore');
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/virtual_links/nsVirtualLinkCreate.jsx b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/virtual_links/nsVirtualLinkCreate.jsx
index d3dc011..dcd0f5b 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/virtual_links/nsVirtualLinkCreate.jsx
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/virtual_links/nsVirtualLinkCreate.jsx
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@
 class NsVirtualLinkCreate extends React.Component {
 	constructor(props) {
 		super(props);
-	    this.Store = this.props.flux.stores.hasOwnProperty('NSVirtualLinkCreateStore') ? this.props.flux.stores.NSVirtualLinkCreateStore : this.props.flux.createStore(NSVirtualLinkCreateStore);
+	    this.Store = this.props.flux.stores.hasOwnProperty('NSVirtualLinkCreateStore') ? 
+				this.props.flux.stores.NSVirtualLinkCreateStore : this.props.flux.createStore(NSVirtualLinkCreateStore, 'NSVirtualLinkCreateStore');
 		this.state = this.Store.getState();
 		this.Store.listen(this.handleUpdate);
 	}
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/virtual_links/nsVirtualLinks.jsx b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/virtual_links/nsVirtualLinks.jsx
index fa09d9f..2f5b15b 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/virtual_links/nsVirtualLinks.jsx
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/virtual_links/nsVirtualLinks.jsx
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 class NsVirtualLinks extends React.Component {
 	constructor(props) {
 		super(props);
-	    this.Store = this.props.flux.stores.hasOwnProperty('NSVirtualLinkCreateStore') ? this.props.flux.stores.NSVirtualLinkCreateStore : this.props.flux.createStore(NSVirtualLinkCreateStore);
+	    this.Store = this.props.flux.stores.hasOwnProperty('NSVirtualLinkCreateStore') ? 
+				this.props.flux.stores.NSVirtualLinkCreateStore : this.props.flux.createStore(NSVirtualLinkCreateStore, 'NSVirtualLinkCreateStore');
 		this.state = {};
 		this.state.mode = 'viewing';	// Can be 'viewing'/'creating'/'editing'/'deleting'. Default is 'viewing'
 		this.selectedVirtualLink = null;
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/vnfr/vnfrStore.js b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/vnfr/vnfrStore.js
index 9a64531..5e09d7a 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/vnfr/vnfrStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/src/vnfr/vnfrStore.js
@@ -63,4 +63,4 @@
   }
 };
 
-export default alt.createStore(VnfrStore)
+export default alt.createStore(VnfrStore, 'VnfrStore')
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/webpack.production.config.js b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/webpack.production.config.js
index 3984a58..ed2a23f 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/webpack.production.config.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/launchpad/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *   limitations under the License.
  *
  */
-var Webpack = require('webpack');
+var webpack = require('webpack');
 var path = require('path');
 var nodeModulesPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules');
 var buildPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'public', 'build');
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 var uiPluginCmakeBuild = process.env.ui_plugin_cmake_build || false;
 var frameworkPath = uiPluginCmakeBuild?'../../../../skyquake/skyquake-build/framework':'../../framework';
 var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
-var CommonsPlugin = new require("webpack/lib/optimize/CommonsChunkPlugin")
+var CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
+
 // Added to overcome node-sass bug https://github.com/iam4x/isomorphic-flux-boilerplate/issues/62
 process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=64;
 var config = {
@@ -66,10 +67,24 @@
     },
     plugins: [
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-            filename: '../index.html'
-            , templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
-        }),
-        new Webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin("vendor", "vendor.js", Infinity)
+            filename: '../index.html', 
+            templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
+        })
     ]
 };
+
+if (process.argv.indexOf('--optimize-minimize') !== -1) {
+    // we are going to output a gzip file in the production process
+    config.output.filename = "gzip-" + config.output.filename;
+    config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin({ // <-- key to reducing React's size
+      'process.env': {
+        'NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('production')
+      }
+    }));
+    config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({
+        asset: "[path]", // overwrite js file with gz file
+        algorithm: "gzip",
+        test: /\.(js)$/
+    }));
+}
 module.exports = config;
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/logging/package.json b/skyquake/plugins/logging/package.json
index ae4ef97..d58e262 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/logging/package.json
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/logging/package.json
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-0": "^6.3.13",
     "babel-runtime": "^6.3.19",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^0.3.2",
     "cors": "^2.7.1",
     "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
     "file-loader": "^0.8.5",
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/logging/src/loggingStore.js b/skyquake/plugins/logging/src/loggingStore.js
index 6743b92..e95e657 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/logging/src/loggingStore.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/logging/src/loggingStore.js
@@ -216,4 +216,4 @@
   }
 }
 
-export default alt.createStore(LoggingStore);
+export default alt.createStore(LoggingStore, 'LoggingStore');
diff --git a/skyquake/plugins/logging/webpack.production.config.js b/skyquake/plugins/logging/webpack.production.config.js
index 87e91c7..a4e4834 100644
--- a/skyquake/plugins/logging/webpack.production.config.js
+++ b/skyquake/plugins/logging/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  *   limitations under the License.
  *
  */
-var Webpack = require('webpack');
+var webpack = require('webpack');
 var path = require('path');
 var nodeModulesPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'node_modules');
 var buildPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'public', 'build');
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 var uiPluginCmakeBuild = process.env.ui_plugin_cmake_build || false;
 var frameworkPath = uiPluginCmakeBuild?'../../../../skyquake/skyquake-build/framework':'../../framework';
 var HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
+var CompressionPlugin = require("compression-webpack-plugin");
 // Added to overcome node-sass bug https://github.com/iam4x/isomorphic-flux-boilerplate/issues/62
 process.env.UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=64;
 var config = {
@@ -65,10 +66,24 @@
     },
     plugins: [
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-            filename: '../index.html'
-            , templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
-        }),
-        new Webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin("vendor", "vendor.js", Infinity)
+            filename: '../index.html', 
+            templateContent: '<div id="app"></div>'
+        })
     ]
 };
+
+if (process.argv.indexOf('--optimize-minimize') !== -1) {
+    // we are going to output a gzip file in the production process
+    config.output.filename = "gzip-" + config.output.filename;
+    config.plugins.push(new webpack.DefinePlugin({ // <-- key to reducing React's size
+      'process.env': {
+        'NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify('production')
+      }
+    }));
+    config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({
+        asset: "[path]", // overwrite js file with gz file
+        algorithm: "gzip",
+        test: /\.(js)$/
+    }));
+}
 module.exports = config;
diff --git a/skyquake/skyquake.js b/skyquake/skyquake.js
index 726757f..9b52e96 100644
--- a/skyquake/skyquake.js
+++ b/skyquake/skyquake.js
@@ -248,6 +248,13 @@
 		app.get('/multiplex-client', function(req, res) {
 			res.sendFile(__dirname + '/node_modules/websocket-multiplex/multiplex_client.js');
 		});
+
+		// handle requests for gzip'd files
+	    app.get('*gzip*', function (req, res, next) {
+			res.set('Content-Encoding', 'gzip');
+       		next();
+	    });
+
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/skyquake/tests/stories/catalogCard.js b/skyquake/tests/stories/catalogCard.js
index b7e0e57..143dfe8 100644
--- a/skyquake/tests/stories/catalogCard.js
+++ b/skyquake/tests/stories/catalogCard.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import {Panel, PanelWrapper} from '../../framework/widgets/panel/panel.jsx'
 import '../../node_modules/open-iconic/font/css/open-iconic.css';
 import 'style/base.scss';
-const Store = Alt.createStore(InstantiateStore)
+const Store = Alt.createStore(InstantiateStore, 'InstantiateStore');
 // import StyleGuideItem from 'react-style-guide';
 // import '../../node_modules/react-style-guide/node_modules/highlight.js/styles/github.css';
 let SampleNSD = {
diff --git a/skyquake/tests/stories/sshKeyCard.js b/skyquake/tests/stories/sshKeyCard.js
index 649ec4a..dcaf417 100644
--- a/skyquake/tests/stories/sshKeyCard.js
+++ b/skyquake/tests/stories/sshKeyCard.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 // import StyleGuideItem from 'react-style-guide';
 // import '../../node_modules/react-style-guide/node_modules/highlight.js/styles/github.css';
 
-const Store = Alt.createStore(SshKeyStore)
+const Store = Alt.createStore(SshKeyStore, 'SshKeyStore');
 
 storiesOf('CatalogCard', module)
 // .add('page', () => (<SshKeys />))