diff --git a/BeefLibs/Beefy2D/src/utils/Compression.bf b/BeefLibs/Beefy2D/src/utils/Compression.bf
index a680b9ea..6514b066 100644
--- a/BeefLibs/Beefy2D/src/utils/Compression.bf
+++ b/BeefLibs/Beefy2D/src/utils/Compression.bf
@@ -11,16 +11,12 @@ namespace utils
 		[CallingConvention(.Stdcall), CLink]
 		extern static Span<uint8> Compression_Decompress(void* ptr, int size);
 
-		[CallingConvention(.Stdcall), CLink]
-		extern static void Compression_Free(void* ptr);
-
 		public static Result<void> Compress(Span<uint8> inData, List<uint8> outData)
 		{
 			var outSpan = Compression_Compress(inData.Ptr, inData.Length);
 			if ((outSpan.Length == 0) && (inData.Length != 0))
 				return .Err;
 			outData.AddRange(outSpan);
-			Compression_Free(outSpan.Ptr);
 			return .Ok;
 		}
 
@@ -30,27 +26,24 @@ namespace utils
 			if ((outSpan.Length == 0) && (inData.Length != 0))
 				return .Err;
 			outData.Insert(outData.Length, StringView((.)outSpan.Ptr, outSpan.Length));
-			Compression_Free(outSpan.Ptr);
 			return .Ok;
 		}
 
 		public static Result<void> Decompress(Span<uint8> inData, List<uint8> outData)
 		{
 			var outSpan = Compression_Decompress(inData.Ptr, inData.Length);
-			if ((outSpan.Length == 0) && (inData.Length != 0))
+			if (outSpan == default)
 				return .Err;
 			outData.AddRange(outSpan);
-			Compression_Free(outSpan.Ptr);
 			return .Ok;
 		}
 
 		public static Result<void> Decompress(Span<uint8> inData, String outData)
 		{
 			var outSpan = Compression_Decompress(inData.Ptr, inData.Length);
-			if ((outSpan.Length == 0) && (inData.Length != 0))
+			if (outSpan == default)
 				return .Err;
 			outData.Insert(outData.Length, StringView((.)outSpan.Ptr, outSpan.Length));
-			Compression_Free(outSpan.Ptr);
 			return .Ok;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/BeefySysLib/util/Compress.cpp b/BeefySysLib/util/Compress.cpp
index 7040a226..5d0cab0a 100644
--- a/BeefySysLib/util/Compress.cpp
+++ b/BeefySysLib/util/Compress.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 USING_NS_BF;
 
+static TLSingleton<Array<uint8>> gCompression_TLDataReturn;
+
 bool Compression::Compress(Span<uint8> inData, Array<uint8>& outData)
 {
 	outData.Reserve(128);
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ bool Compression::Decompress(Span<uint8> inData, Array<uint8>& outData)
 	zs.next_out = outData.mVals;
 	zs.avail_out = outData.mAllocSize;
 
-	inflateInit(&zs, Z_BEST_COMPRESSION);
+	inflateInit(&zs);
 
 	bool isDone = false;
 	bool hadError = false;
@@ -101,8 +103,9 @@ bool Compression::Decompress(Span<uint8> inData, Array<uint8>& outData)
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 BF_EXPORT Span<uint8> BF_CALLTYPE Compression_Compress(void* ptr, int size)
-{
-	Array<uint8> outData;
+{	
+	auto& outData = *gCompression_TLDataReturn.Get();
+	outData.Reserve(128);
 	if (!Compression::Compress(Span<uint8>((uint8*)ptr, size), outData))	
 		return Span<uint8>();	
 	uint8* outPtr = outData.mVals;
@@ -112,15 +115,11 @@ BF_EXPORT Span<uint8> BF_CALLTYPE Compression_Compress(void* ptr, int size)
 
 BF_EXPORT Span<uint8> BF_CALLTYPE Compression_Decompress(void* ptr, int size)
 {
-	Array<uint8> outData;
+	auto& outData = *gCompression_TLDataReturn.Get();
+	outData.Reserve(128);
 	if (!Compression::Decompress(Span<uint8>((uint8*)ptr, size), outData))
 		return Span<uint8>();
 	uint8* outPtr = outData.mVals;
 	outData.mVals = NULL;
 	return Span<uint8>(outPtr, outData.mSize);
 }
-
-BF_EXPORT void BF_CALLTYPE Compression_Free(void* ptr)
-{
-	delete ptr;
-}