diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b825a45..a818683 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 		"remark-rehype": "^11.1.1",
 		"svelte-meta-tags": "^4.1.0",
 		"tone": "^15.0.4",
-		"unified": "^11.0.5"
+		"unified": "^11.0.5",
+		"zstddec": "^0.1.0"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 05788ab..c2bcb96 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ importers:
       unified:
         specifier: ^11.0.5
         version: 11.0.5
+      zstddec:
+        specifier: ^0.1.0
+        version: 0.1.0
     devDependencies:
       '@sveltejs/adapter-auto':
         specifier: ^3.3.1
@@ -1699,6 +1702,9 @@ packages:
   zimmerframe@1.1.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-rAbqEGa8ovJy4pyBxZM70hg4pE6gDgaQ0Sl9M3enG3I0d6H4XSAM3GeNGLKnsBpuijUow064sf7ww1nutC5/3w==}
 
+  zstddec@0.1.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-w2NTI8+3l3eeltKAdK8QpiLo/flRAr2p8AGeakfMZOXBxOg9HIu4LVDxBi81sYgVhFhdJjv1OrB5ssI8uFPoLg==}
+
   zwitch@2.0.4:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-bXE4cR/kVZhKZX/RjPEflHaKVhUVl85noU3v6b8apfQEc1x4A+zBxjZ4lN8LqGd6WZ3dl98pY4o717VFmoPp+A==}
 
@@ -3398,4 +3404,6 @@ snapshots:
 
   zimmerframe@1.1.2: {}
 
+  zstddec@0.1.0: {}
+
   zwitch@2.0.4: {}
diff --git a/src/routes/term/types.ts b/src/routes/term/types.ts
index f4723fb..fd59bf3 100644
--- a/src/routes/term/types.ts
+++ b/src/routes/term/types.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export interface TextVideo2 {
     fps: number;
     width: number;
     height: number;
-    compression: "gzip" | "none" | "";
+    compression: "gzip" | "zstd" | "none" | "";
   }
   frames: {
     data: Uint8Array;
diff --git a/src/routes/term/video2.ts b/src/routes/term/video2.ts
index b928e54..b8a14e9 100644
--- a/src/routes/term/video2.ts
+++ b/src/routes/term/video2.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import type { StdlibType, TextVideo2, Video2WorkerResponse, Video2WorkerMessage } from "./types";
 import * as Tone from "tone";
-import axios, { type AxiosResponse } from "axios";
 import { unpack, pack } from 'msgpackr';
-import Pako from "pako";
 import video2Worker from "./video2.worker?worker";
 
 type PlayOptions = {
@@ -48,9 +46,9 @@ export async function play(
   
   video = unpack(uint8Array)
 
-  if (video.format_version !== 1) {
+  if (video.format_version !== 1 && video.format_version !== 2) {
     stdlib.print(
-      "Unsupported format version, expected 1, got " + video.format_version
+      "Unsupported format version, expected 1 or 2, got " + video.format_version
     );
     return;
   }
@@ -89,11 +87,13 @@ export async function play(
         break;
 
       case "stats":
+        console.log(`Received stats from worker: ${data.stats}`);
+        break;
     }
   };
 
   // Send the video data and oneBit option to the worker for decoding.
-  worker.postMessage({  type: "init", video, oneBit: options.oneBit} as Video2WorkerMessage);
+  worker.postMessage({ type: "init", video, oneBit: options.oneBit} as Video2WorkerMessage);
 
   stdlib.print(
     "Your video will start in 5 seconds, if the video looks weird then you might need to zoom out."
diff --git a/src/routes/term/video2.worker.ts b/src/routes/term/video2.worker.ts
index 5e1a881..1991332 100644
--- a/src/routes/term/video2.worker.ts
+++ b/src/routes/term/video2.worker.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import Pako from 'pako';
+import { ZSTDDecoder } from 'zstddec';
 import type { Video2WorkerMessage, Video2WorkerResponse, TextVideo2 } from './types';
 
 let frameBuffer: string[] = [];
 let video = {} as TextVideo2;
 let oneBit = false;
+const zstdDecoder = new ZSTDDecoder();
 
 // Build the pixel-to-char lookup table (LUT)
 function createLUT(oneBit: boolean): string[] {
@@ -36,9 +38,14 @@ function addFrameToBuffer(index: number, options: { addEvenIfpresent?: boolean }
 	const lut = createLUT(oneBit);
 	const frame = video.frames[index];
 	let frameData: Uint8Array;
-	if (video.video_info.compression === 'gzip') {
-		frameData = Pako.inflate(frame.data);
-	} else {
+  switch (video.video_info.compression) {
+    case "gzip":
+      frameData = Pako.inflate(frame.data);
+      break;
+    case "zstd":
+      frameData = zstdDecoder.decode(frame.data, video.video_info.width * video.video_info.height);
+      break;
+	default:
 		frameData = frame.data;
 	}
 	const textFrame = pixelsToChars(frameData, video.video_info.width, video.video_info.height, lut);
@@ -52,22 +59,29 @@ function add5sOfFramesToBuffer(index: number) {
 	}
 }
 
-self.onmessage = function (e) {
+self.onmessage = async function (e) {
 	let data = e.data as Video2WorkerMessage;
 	switch (data.type) {
 		case 'init':
 			video = data.video;
 			oneBit = data.oneBit || false;
+      if (data.video.video_info.compression === "zstd") {
+        await zstdDecoder.init();
+      }
 			add5sOfFramesToBuffer(0);
 			break;
 
 		case 'requestFrame':
+      if (!frameBuffer[data.index]) {
+        addFrameToBuffer(data.index);
+      }
 			let frame = frameBuffer[data.index];
-			if (frame) {
-				postMessage({ type: 'frame', index: data.index, text: frame });
-			}
-			add5sOfFramesToBuffer(data.index);
+      postMessage({ type: 'frame', index: data.index, text: frame });
+			add5sOfFramesToBuffer(data.index+1);
 			break;
+
+    case 'stats':
+      postMessage({ type: 'stats', stats: { buffer: { size: frameBuffer.length, max: video.frames.length }}} as Video2WorkerResponse);
 	}
 };