diff --git a/hooks/post-receive b/hooks/post-receive
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index d53ee21..24ca2d8
--- a/hooks/post-receive
+++ b/hooks/post-receive
@@ -9,14 +9,22 @@ MY_DOMAIN=www.vbrandl.net
 
 set -e
 
+echo Deleting old working directory...
 rm -rf $WORKING_DIRECTORY
+echo Creating backup...
 rsync -aqz ${PUBLIC_WWW}/ $BACKUP_WWW
-trap "echo 'A problem occurred.  Reverting to backup.'; rsync -aqz --del $BACKUP_WWW/ $PUBLIC_WWW; rm -rf $WORKING_DIRECTORY" EXIT
+trap "echo 'A problem occurred.  Reverting to backup.'; rsync -aqz --del $BACKUP_WWW/ $PUBLIC_WWW; rm -rf
+$WORKING_DIRECTORY" EXIT
 
+echo Cloning into working directory...
 git clone --recursive $GIT_REPO $WORKING_DIRECTORY
+echo Deleting old version...
 rm -rf $PUBLIC_WWW/*
+echo Generating HTML...
 $HOME/.local/bin/hugo -s $WORKING_DIRECTORY -d ${PUBLIC_WWW} -b "https://${MY_DOMAIN}"
 # ahead of time compression
-find $PUBLIC_WWW -type f \( -name '*.html' -o -name '*.js' -o -name '*.css' -o -name '*.xml' -o -name '*.svg' \) -exec gzip -v -k -f --best {} \; -exec touch -r {} "{}.gz" \;
+echo Compressing files ahead of time...
+make -C $PUBLIC_WWW -f $WORKING_DIRECTORY/Makefile
+echo Deleting working directory...
 rm -rf $WORKING_DIRECTORY
 trap - EXIT