diff --git a/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs b/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs
index 6cf1003..b8608ae 100644
--- a/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs
+++ b/Controllers/Managers/SongManager.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ using MySql.Data.MySqlClient;
 using TagLib;
 
 using Icarus.Models;
+using Icarus.Controllers.Utilities;
 
 namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
 {
@@ -281,6 +282,20 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
 
 			return song;
 		}
+        public async Task<SongData> RetrieveCompressedSong(int id)
+        {
+            SongData song = new SongData();
+            try
+            {
+                _song = await RetrieveSongDetails(id);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                var exMsg = ex.Message;
+                Console.WriteLine($"An error occurred: {exMsg}");
+            }
+            return song;
+        }
 
 
 		Song RetrieveMetaData(string filePath)
@@ -324,10 +339,11 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers.Managers
 
 		SongData RetrieveSongFromFileSystem(Song details)
 		{
+            byte[] uncompressedSong = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(details.SongPath);
 			
 			return new SongData
 			{
-				Data = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(details.SongPath)
+				Data = uncompressedSong
 			};
 		}
 
diff --git a/Controllers/SongDataController.cs b/Controllers/SongDataController.cs
index a60e571..b74dd1d 100644
--- a/Controllers/SongDataController.cs
+++ b/Controllers/SongDataController.cs
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ namespace Icarus.Controllers
 			song = await _songMgr.RetrieveSong(id);
 
 			return File(song.Data, "application/x-msdownload", _songMgr.SongDetails.Filename);
+			//return File(song.Data, "application/x-msdownload", "demo.zip");
         }
 
         [HttpPost]
diff --git a/Controllers/Utilities/SongCompression.cs b/Controllers/Utilities/SongCompression.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb9be1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Controllers/Utilities/SongCompression.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Compression;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+
+using SevenZip.Compression.LZMA;
+
+namespace Icarus.Controllers.Utilities
+{
+    public class SongCompression
+    {
+        #region Fields
+        byte[] _uncompressedSong;
+        #endregion
+
+
+        #region Propterties
+        #endregion
+
+
+        #region Constructors
+        public SongCompression()
+        {
+        }
+        public SongCompression(byte[] uncompressedSong)
+        {
+            _uncompressedSong = uncompressedSong;
+        }
+        #endregion
+
+
+        #region Methods
+        //public async Task<byte[]> CompressedSong(byte[] uncompressedSong)
+        public async Task<byte[]> CompressedSong(byte[] uncompressedSong)
+        {
+            byte[] compressedSong = null;
+            try
+            {
+                //compressedSong = SevenZip.Compression.LZMA.SevenZipHelper.Compress(uncompressedSong);
+                MemoryStream output = new MemoryStream();
+                using (DeflateStream dstream = new DeflateStream(output, CompressionLevel.Optimal))
+                {
+                    dstream.Write(uncompressedSong, 0, uncompressedSong.Length);
+                    compressedSong = output.ToArray();
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                var exMsg = ex.Message;
+                Console.WriteLine("An error ocurred:");
+                Console.WriteLine(exMsg);
+            }
+
+            return compressedSong;
+        }
+        #endregion
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Icarus.csproj b/Icarus.csproj
index c079427..8e295bf 100644
--- a/Icarus.csproj
+++ b/Icarus.csproj
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Design" Version="2.2.0" PrivateAssets="All" />
     <PackageReference Include="mysql.data" Version="8.0.15" />
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="12.0.1" />
+    <PackageReference Include="SevenZip" Version="19.0.0" />
     <PackageReference Include="taglib" Version="2.1.0" />
   </ItemGroup>