diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZone.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZone.swift
index 095ddcdea..6947e9c6d 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZone.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZone.swift
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ final class CloudKitArticlesZone: CloudKitZone {
 	weak var database: CKDatabase?
 	var delegate: CloudKitZoneDelegate? = nil
 	
+	var compressionQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "Articles Zone Compression Queue")
+	
 	struct CloudKitArticle {
 		static let recordType = "Article"
 		struct Fields {
@@ -33,7 +35,9 @@ final class CloudKitArticlesZone: CloudKitZone {
 			static let uniqueID = "uniqueID"
 			static let title = "title"
 			static let contentHTML = "contentHTML"
+			static let contentHTMLData = "contentHTMLData"
 			static let contentText = "contentText"
+			static let contentTextData = "contentTextData"
 			static let url = "url"
 			static let externalURL = "externalURL"
 			static let summary = "summary"
@@ -96,7 +100,11 @@ final class CloudKitArticlesZone: CloudKitZone {
 			records.append(makeArticleRecord(saveArticle))
 		}
 
-		save(records, completion: completion)
+		compressionQueue.async {
+			self.compressArticleRecords(records) { compressedRecords in
+				self.save(compressedRecords, completion: completion)
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	
 	func deleteArticles(_ webFeedExternalID: String, completion: @escaping ((Result<Void, Error>) -> Void)) {
@@ -130,22 +138,29 @@ final class CloudKitArticlesZone: CloudKitZone {
 				deleteRecordIDs.append(CKRecord.ID(recordName: self.articleID(statusUpdate.articleID), zoneID: zoneID))
 			}
 		}
-		
-		self.modify(recordsToSave: modifyRecords, recordIDsToDelete: deleteRecordIDs) { result in
-			switch result {
-			case .success:
-				self.saveIfNew(newRecords) { result in
-					switch result {
-					case .success:
-						completion(.success(()))
-					case .failure(let error):
-						completion(.failure(error))
+
+		compressionQueue.async {
+			self.compressArticleRecords(modifyRecords) { compressedModifyRecords in
+				self.compressArticleRecords(newRecords) { compressedNewRecords in
+					self.modify(recordsToSave: compressedModifyRecords, recordIDsToDelete: deleteRecordIDs) { result in
+						switch result {
+						case .success:
+							self.saveIfNew(compressedNewRecords) { result in
+								switch result {
+								case .success:
+									completion(.success(()))
+								case .failure(let error):
+									completion(.failure(error))
+								}
+							}
+						case .failure(let error):
+							self.handleModifyArticlesError(error, statusUpdates: statusUpdates, completion: completion)
+						}
 					}
 				}
-			case .failure(let error):
-				self.handleModifyArticlesError(error, statusUpdates: statusUpdates, completion: completion)
 			}
 		}
+		
 	}
 	
 }
@@ -237,5 +252,37 @@ private extension CloudKitArticlesZone {
 		return record
 	}
 
+	func compressArticleRecords(_ records: [CKRecord], completion: ([CKRecord]) -> Void ) {
+		var result = [CKRecord]()
+		
+		for record in records {
+			
+			if record.recordType == CloudKitArticle.recordType {
+				
+				if let contentHTML = record[CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentHTML] as? String {
+					let data = Data(contentHTML.utf8) as NSData
+					if let compressedData = try? data.compressed(using: .lzfse) {
+						record[CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentHTMLData] = compressedData
+						record[CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentHTML] = nil
+					}
+				}
+				
+				if let contentText = record[CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentText] as? String {
+					let data = Data(contentText.utf8) as NSData
+					if let compressedData = try? data.compressed(using: .lzfse) {
+						record[CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentTextData] = compressedData
+						record[CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentText] = nil
+					}
+				}
+				
+			} else {
+				
+				result.append(record)
+				
+			}
+		}
+		
+		completion(result)
+	}
 
 }
diff --git a/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift b/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift
index c3801c1ec..2f20b4204 100644
--- a/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift
+++ b/Account/Sources/Account/CloudKit/CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate.swift
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate: CloudKitZoneDelegate {
 	weak var account: Account?
 	var database: SyncDatabase
 	weak var articlesZone: CloudKitArticlesZone?
+	var compressionQueue = DispatchQueue(label: "Articles Zone Delegate Compression Queue")
 	
 	init(account: Account, database: SyncDatabase, articlesZone: CloudKitArticlesZone) {
 		self.account = account
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ private extension CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate {
 		}
 		
 		group.enter()
-		DispatchQueue.global(qos: .utility).async {
+		compressionQueue.async {
 			let parsedItems = records.compactMap { self.makeParsedItem($0) }
 			let webFeedIDsAndItems = Dictionary(grouping: parsedItems, by: { item in item.feedURL } ).mapValues { Set($0) }
 			
@@ -199,6 +200,20 @@ private extension CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate {
 			return nil
 		}
 		
+		var contentHTML = articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentHTML] as? String
+		if let contentHTMLData = articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentHTMLData] as? NSData {
+			if let decompressedContentHTMLData = try? contentHTMLData.decompressed(using: .lzfse) {
+				contentHTML = String(data: decompressedContentHTMLData as Data, encoding: .utf8)
+			}
+		}
+		
+		var contentText = articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentText] as? String
+		if let contentTextData = articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentTextData] as? NSData {
+			if let decompressedContentTextData = try? contentTextData.decompressed(using: .lzfse) {
+				contentText = String(data: decompressedContentTextData as Data, encoding: .utf8)
+			}
+		}
+		
 		let parsedItem = ParsedItem(syncServiceID: nil,
 									uniqueID: uniqueID,
 									feedURL: webFeedURL,
@@ -206,8 +221,8 @@ private extension CloudKitArticlesZoneDelegate {
 									externalURL: articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.externalURL] as? String,
 									title: articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.title] as? String,
 									language: nil,
-									contentHTML: articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentHTML] as? String,
-									contentText: articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.contentText] as? String,
+									contentHTML: contentHTML,
+									contentText: contentText,
 									summary: articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.summary] as? String,
 									imageURL: articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.imageURL] as? String,
 									bannerImageURL: articleRecord[CloudKitArticlesZone.CloudKitArticle.Fields.imageURL] as? String,