diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4556ddc..2acce19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,7 +151,8 @@ Flags:
       --case-sensitive        use case-sensitive matching for filters
       --code                  enable support for source code files
       --code-theme string     theme for source code syntax highlighting (default "solarized-dark256")
-      --compression string    compression format to use for index (flate, gzip, lzw, none, zlib, zstd) (default "zstd")
+      --compression string    compression format to use for index (flate, gzip, lz5, lzw, none, snappy, zlib, zstd) (default "zstd")
+      --compression-fast      use fastest compression level (default is best)
       --concurrency int       maximum concurrency for scan threads (default 8192)
       --disable-buttons       disable first/prev/next/last buttons
       --exit-on-error         shut down webserver on error, instead of just printing error
diff --git a/cmd/index.go b/cmd/index.go
index 9436f2a..93c4af0 100644
--- a/cmd/index.go
+++ b/cmd/index.go
@@ -119,12 +119,25 @@ func getReader(format string, file io.Reader) (io.Reader, error) {
 }
 
 func getWriter(format string, file io.WriteCloser) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
-	switch format {
-	case "flate":
-		return flate.NewWriter(file, flate.DefaultCompression)
-	case "gzip":
+	switch {
+	case format == "flate" && CompressionFast:
+		return flate.NewWriter(file, flate.BestCompression)
+	case format == "flate":
+		return flate.NewWriter(file, flate.BestSpeed)
+	case format == "gzip" && CompressionFast:
+		return gzip.NewWriterLevel(file, gzip.BestSpeed)
+	case format == "gzip":
 		return gzip.NewWriterLevel(file, gzip.BestCompression)
-	case "lz4":
+	case format == "lz4" && CompressionFast:
+		encoder := lz4.NewWriter(file)
+
+		err := encoder.Apply(lz4.CompressionLevelOption(lz4.Fast))
+		if err != nil {
+			return file, err
+		}
+
+		return encoder, nil
+	case format == "lz4":
 		encoder := lz4.NewWriter(file)
 
 		err := encoder.Apply(lz4.CompressionLevelOption(lz4.Level9))
@@ -133,16 +146,20 @@ func getWriter(format string, file io.WriteCloser) (io.WriteCloser, error) {
 		}
 
 		return encoder, nil
-	case "lzw":
+	case format == "lzw":
 		return lzw.NewWriter(file, lzw.LSB, 8), nil
-	case "none":
+	case format == "none":
 		return file, nil
-	case "snappy":
+	case format == "snappy":
 		return snappy.NewBufferedWriter(file), nil
-	case "zlib":
-		return zlib.NewWriter(file), nil
-	case "zstd":
-		return zstd.NewWriter(file)
+	case format == "zlib" && CompressionFast:
+		return zlib.NewWriterLevel(file, zlib.BestSpeed)
+	case format == "zlib":
+		return zlib.NewWriterLevel(file, zlib.BestCompression)
+	case format == "zstd" && CompressionFast:
+		return zstd.NewWriter(file, zstd.WithEncoderLevel(zstd.SpeedFastest))
+	case format == "zstd":
+		return zstd.NewWriter(file, zstd.WithEncoderLevel(zstd.SpeedBestCompression))
 	}
 
 	return file, ErrInvalidCompression
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 3909524..9ed1ac6 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -15,49 +15,50 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	AllowedCharacters string = `^[A-z0-9.\-_]+$`
-	ReleaseVersion    string = "3.11.0"
+	ReleaseVersion    string = "3.12.0"
 )
 
 var (
-	AdminPrefix    string
-	All            bool
-	AllowEmpty     bool
-	Audio          bool
-	BinaryPrefix   bool
-	Bind           string
-	CaseSensitive  bool
-	Code           bool
-	CodeTheme      string
-	Compression    string
-	Concurrency    int
-	DisableButtons bool
-	ExitOnError    bool
-	Fallback       bool
-	Filtering      bool
-	Flash          bool
-	Fun            bool
-	Handlers       bool
-	Ignore         bool
-	IgnoreFile     string
-	Images         bool
-	Index          bool
-	IndexFile      string
-	Info           bool
-	MaxFileCount   int
-	MinFileCount   int
-	PageLength     int
-	Port           int
-	Prefix         string
-	Profile        bool
-	Recursive      bool
-	Redact         bool
-	Refresh        bool
-	Russian        bool
-	Sorting        bool
-	Text           bool
-	Verbose        bool
-	Version        bool
-	Videos         bool
+	AdminPrefix     string
+	All             bool
+	AllowEmpty      bool
+	Audio           bool
+	BinaryPrefix    bool
+	Bind            string
+	CaseSensitive   bool
+	Code            bool
+	CodeTheme       string
+	Compression     string
+	CompressionFast bool
+	Concurrency     int
+	DisableButtons  bool
+	ExitOnError     bool
+	Fallback        bool
+	Filtering       bool
+	Flash           bool
+	Fun             bool
+	Handlers        bool
+	Ignore          bool
+	IgnoreFile      string
+	Images          bool
+	Index           bool
+	IndexFile       string
+	Info            bool
+	MaxFileCount    int
+	MinFileCount    int
+	PageLength      int
+	Port            int
+	Prefix          string
+	Profile         bool
+	Recursive       bool
+	Redact          bool
+	Refresh         bool
+	Russian         bool
+	Sorting         bool
+	Text            bool
+	Verbose         bool
+	Version         bool
+	Videos          bool
 
 	CompressionFormats = []string{
 		"flate",
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&Code, "code", false, "enable support for source code files")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&CodeTheme, "code-theme", "solarized-dark256", "theme for source code syntax highlighting")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&Compression, "compression", "zstd", "compression format to use for index (flate, gzip, lz5, lzw, none, snappy, zlib, zstd)")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&CompressionFast, "compression-fast", false, "use fastest compression level (default is best)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().IntVar(&Concurrency, "concurrency", 8192, "maximum concurrency for scan threads")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&DisableButtons, "disable-buttons", false, "disable first/prev/next/last buttons")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&ExitOnError, "exit-on-error", false, "shut down webserver on error, instead of just printing error")