diff --git a/droplet/playground/stress.html b/droplet/playground/stress.html
index 98abaeb..10b581e 100644
--- a/droplet/playground/stress.html
+++ b/droplet/playground/stress.html
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
         const randInt = (lower, upper) => Math.floor(Math.random() * (upper - lower) + lower);
         const randStr = (size) => {
-          const buffer = new Uint8Array(Math.random() * 100);
+          const buffer = new Uint8Array(Math.random() * 10000);
           for (let i = 0; i < buffer.length; i++) {
             buffer[i] = 48 + randInt(0, 9);
           }
diff --git a/droplet/src/droplet.c b/droplet/src/droplet.c
index b68b540..e5fff50 100644
--- a/droplet/src/droplet.c
+++ b/droplet/src/droplet.c
@@ -39,6 +39,15 @@ static const char* get_mount_origin(int argc, const char** argv)
     return "./playground";
 }
 
+#ifndef LWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS
+static const struct lws_extension extensions[] = {
+    { "permessage-deflate",
+        lws_extension_callback_pm_deflate,
+        "permessage-deflate" },
+    { NULL, NULL, NULL /* terminator */ }
+};
+#endif
+
 int main(int argc, const char** argv)
 {
     signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);
@@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
     username_init();
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-    lws_set_log_level(LLL_USER | LLL_ERR | LLL_WARN | LLL_NOTICE, NULL);
+    lws_set_log_level(LLL_ERR | LLL_WARN | LLL_NOTICE, NULL);
 #else
     lws_set_log_level(LLL_ERR | LLL_WARN, NULL);
 #endif
@@ -62,6 +71,10 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
     info.mounts = &mount;
     info.protocols = protocols;
 
+#ifndef LWS_WITHOUT_EXTENSIONS
+    info.extensions = extensions;
+#endif
+
     info.ka_time = 120;
     info.ka_probes = 30;
     info.ka_interval = 4;