diff --git a/assignment-client/src/assets/AssetServer.cpp b/assignment-client/src/assets/AssetServer.cpp
index 43689a5b08..cacbb25e5b 100644
--- a/assignment-client/src/assets/AssetServer.cpp
+++ b/assignment-client/src/assets/AssetServer.cpp
@@ -266,6 +266,12 @@ AssetServer::AssetServer(ReceivedMessage& message) :
     _transferTaskPool(this),
     _bakingTaskPool(this)
 {
+    // enable compression in image library
+    image::setColorTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);
+    image::setGrayscaleTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);
+    image::setNormalTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);
+    image::setCubeTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);
+
     BAKEABLE_TEXTURE_EXTENSIONS = TextureBaker::getSupportedFormats();
     qDebug() << "Supported baking texture formats:" << BAKEABLE_MODEL_EXTENSIONS;
 
diff --git a/tools/oven/src/Oven.cpp b/tools/oven/src/Oven.cpp
index d0b8c3cd65..c9d3b4e5f0 100644
--- a/tools/oven/src/Oven.cpp
+++ b/tools/oven/src/Oven.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Oven::Oven(int argc, char* argv[]) :
     parser.addHelpOption();
     parser.process(*this);
 
-    // enable compression in image library, except for cube maps
+    // enable compression in image library
     image::setColorTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);
     image::setGrayscaleTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);
     image::setNormalTexturesCompressionEnabled(true);