diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index f37da568..c2b85a40 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ dependencies {
     include(implementation 'redis.clients:jedis:5.1.0')
     include(implementation('org.rocksdb:rocksdbjni:8.10.0'))
     include(implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-pool2:2.12.0')
+    //include(implementation 'org.tukaani:xz:1.10')
+    include(implementation 'org.lz4:lz4-java:1.8.0')
     //implementation 'org.rocksdb:rocksdbjni:8.10.0'
     //implementation 'redis.clients:jedis:5.1.0'
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/storage/compressors/LZ4Compressor.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/storage/compressors/LZ4Compressor.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa730215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/storage/compressors/LZ4Compressor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package me.cortex.voxy.common.storage.compressors;
+
+import me.cortex.voxy.common.storage.StorageCompressor;
+import me.cortex.voxy.common.storage.config.CompressorConfig;
+import me.cortex.voxy.common.storage.config.ConfigBuildCtx;
+import me.cortex.voxy.common.util.MemoryBuffer;
+import me.cortex.voxy.common.util.Pair;
+import me.cortex.voxy.common.util.ThreadLocalMemoryBuffer;
+import me.cortex.voxy.common.util.UnsafeUtil;
+import me.cortex.voxy.common.world.SaveLoadSystem;
+import net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4Factory;
+import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
+import org.tukaani.xz.*;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class LZ4Compressor implements StorageCompressor {
+    private static final ThreadLocalMemoryBuffer SCRATCH = new ThreadLocalMemoryBuffer(SaveLoadSystem.BIGGEST_SERIALIZED_SECTION_SIZE + 1024);
+
+    private final net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4Compressor compressor;
+    private final net.jpountz.lz4.LZ4FastDecompressor decompressor;
+    public LZ4Compressor() {
+        this.decompressor = LZ4Factory.nativeInstance().fastDecompressor();
+        this.compressor = LZ4Factory.nativeInstance().fastCompressor();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MemoryBuffer compress(MemoryBuffer saveData) {
+        var res = new MemoryBuffer(this.compressor.maxCompressedLength((int) saveData.size)+4);
+        MemoryUtil.memPutInt(res.address, (int) saveData.size);
+        int size = this.compressor.compress(saveData.asByteBuffer(), 0, (int) saveData.size, res.asByteBuffer(), 4, (int) res.size-4);
+        return res.subSize(size+4);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MemoryBuffer decompress(MemoryBuffer saveData) {
+        var res = SCRATCH.get().createUntrackedUnfreeableReference();
+        int size = this.decompressor.decompress(saveData.asByteBuffer(), 4, res.asByteBuffer(), 0, MemoryUtil.memGetInt(saveData.address));
+        return res.subSize(size);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void close() {
+    }
+
+    public static class Config extends CompressorConfig {
+
+        @Override
+        public StorageCompressor build(ConfigBuildCtx ctx) {
+            return new LZ4Compressor();
+        }
+
+        public static String getConfigTypeName() {
+            return "LZ4";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/util/MemoryBuffer.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/util/MemoryBuffer.java
index 4a236bcd..62b5f22d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/util/MemoryBuffer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/util/MemoryBuffer.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package me.cortex.voxy.common.util;
 
 import org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil;
 
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
 
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ public class MemoryBuffer extends TrackedObject {
         return new MemoryBuffer(this.tracked, this.address, size, this.freeable);
     }
 
+    public ByteBuffer asByteBuffer() {
+        return MemoryUtil.memByteBuffer(this.address, (int) this.size);
+    }
 
     //TODO: create like Long(offset) -> value at offset
     // methods for get and set, that way can have a single unifed system to ensure memory access bounds
@@ -100,4 +104,5 @@ public class MemoryBuffer extends TrackedObject {
     public MemoryBuffer createUntrackedUnfreeableReference() {
         return new MemoryBuffer(false, this.address, this.size, false);
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/util/UnsafeUtil.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/util/UnsafeUtil.java
index d71392be..86bf0c5c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/util/UnsafeUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/common/util/UnsafeUtil.java
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ public class UnsafeUtil {
         UNSAFE.copyMemory(null, src, dst, BYTE_ARRAY_BASE_OFFSET, dst.length);
     }
 
+    public static void memcpy(long src, int length, byte[] dst) {
+        UNSAFE.copyMemory(null, src, dst, BYTE_ARRAY_BASE_OFFSET, length);
+    }
+
     //Copy the entire length of src to the dst memory where src is a byte array (source length from src)
     public static void memcpy(byte[] src, long dst) {
         UNSAFE.copyMemory(src, BYTE_ARRAY_BASE_OFFSET, null, dst, src.length);