diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index f197672..0ab04cf 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     "python.formatting.blackArgs": ["--line-length", "120"],
     "[python]": {
         "editor.tabSize": 4,
-        "editor.formatOnSave": true
+        "editor.formatOnSave": false
     },
     "python.terminal.activateEnvInCurrentTerminal": true,
     "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 39c48e5..24cac34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## [0.5.2] - 2023-06-04
+### Added
+- compression to photos requests
+
+
 ## [0.5.1] - 2022-07-07
 ### Removed
 - unused client_secret from oauth calls
@@ -44,6 +49,7 @@
 - dynamic addon loading with dedicated setup step
 - async file logging
 
+[0.5.2]: https://github.com/photos-network/core/compare/Release/v0.5.1...Release/v0.5.2
 [0.5.1]: https://github.com/photos-network/core/compare/Release/v0.5.0...Release/v0.5.1
 [0.5.0]: https://github.com/photos-network/core/compare/Release/v0.4.0...Release/v0.5.0
 [0.4.0]: https://github.com/photos-network/core/compare/Release/v0.3.0...Release/v0.4.0
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5e88a12..b93d636 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM python:3.10
 LABEL "description"="Photos.network core system"
-LABEL "version"="0.5.1"
+LABEL "version"="0.5.2"
 LABEL "maintainer"="github.com/photos-network"
 
 WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/core/addons/api/__init__.py b/core/addons/api/__init__.py
index 3082294..4ae7c46 100644
--- a/core/addons/api/__init__.py
+++ b/core/addons/api/__init__.py
@@ -102,9 +102,8 @@ async def get(self, core: ApplicationCore, request: web.Request) -> web.Response
         response = PhotosResponse(
             offset=offset, limit=limit, size=len(results), results=results
         )
-        return web.Response(
-            text=json.dumps(response, cls=PhotoEncoder), content_type="application/json"
-        )
+
+        return self.json(result=response, encoder=PhotoEncoder)
 
 
 class PhotoDetailsView(RequestView):
diff --git a/core/const.py b/core/const.py
index 82c2815..4e2333d 100644
--- a/core/const.py
+++ b/core/const.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Constants used by Photos.network core."""
 MAJOR_VERSION = 0
 MINOR_VERSION = 5
-PATCH_VERSION = 1
+PATCH_VERSION = 2
 __short_version__ = f"{MAJOR_VERSION}.{MINOR_VERSION}"
 __version__ = f"{__short_version__}.{PATCH_VERSION}"
 REQUIRED_PYTHON_VER = (3, 7, 1)
diff --git a/core/webserver/request.py b/core/webserver/request.py
index 0d94414..0e0ff8f 100644
--- a/core/webserver/request.py
+++ b/core/webserver/request.py
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ def is_callback(func: Callable[..., Any]) -> bool:
     return getattr(func, "_callback", False) is True
 
 
+class ComplexEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
+    """Encoder for complex classes."""
+
+    def default(self, o):
+        """Encode all properties."""
+        if isinstance(o, complex):
+            return [o.real, o.imag]
+        # Let the base class default method raise the TypeError.
+        return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, o)
+
+
 class RequestView:
     """Base request."""
 
@@ -40,10 +51,11 @@ def json(
         result: Any,
         status_code: int = HTTP_OK,
         headers: Optional[LooseHeaders] = None,
+        encoder: json.JSONEncoder = ComplexEncoder,
     ) -> web.Response:
         """Return a JSON response."""
         try:
-            msg = json.dumps(result, cls=ComplexEncoder, allow_nan=False).encode(
+            msg = json.dumps(result, cls=encoder, allow_nan=False).encode(
                 "UTF-8"
             )
         except (ValueError, TypeError) as err:
@@ -89,17 +101,6 @@ def register(self, core: "ApplicationCore", router: web.UrlDispatcher) -> None:
                 routes.append(router.add_route(method, url, handler))
 
 
-class ComplexEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
-    """Encoder for complex classes."""
-
-    def default(self, o):
-        """Encode all properties."""
-        if isinstance(o, complex):
-            return [o.real, o.imag]
-        # Let the base class default method raise the TypeError.
-        return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, o)
-
-
 def request_handler_factory(
     view: RequestView, core: "ApplicationCore", handler: Callable
 ) -> Callable: