diff --git a/bin/server.js b/bin/server.js
index 3e82d55..4d19a30 100755
--- a/bin/server.js
+++ b/bin/server.js
@@ -192,11 +192,6 @@ function main() {
     server.post(API_RE, proxy);
     server.head(API_RE, proxy);
 
-    // where to serve the package and image rates data from
-    server.get(RATES_RE, mod_restify.plugins.serveStatic({
-        directory: 'rates'
-    }));
-
     // where to serve static content from
     let staticHandler = mod_restify.plugins.serveStatic({
         directory: 'static',
diff --git a/rates/images.json b/rates/images.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 11e6d49..0000000
--- a/rates/images.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
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-  "3d73e502-9fa6-11e3-8fa8-bb6a8876bb21": 70
-}
diff --git a/rates/packages.json b/rates/packages.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c917d5..0000000
--- a/rates/packages.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,248 +0,0 @@
-{
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diff --git a/smf/run.sh b/smf/run.sh
index b7736d8..b6489ed 100755
--- a/smf/run.sh
+++ b/smf/run.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 cd /opt/spearhead/portal
 
 # first extract the package and image rates from VM metadata
-/usr/sbin/mdata-get sc:image_subscription_rates > rates/images.json
-/usr/sbin/mdata-get sc:package_rates > rates/packages.json
+/usr/sbin/mdata-get sc:image_subscription_rates | /usr/bin/gzip --best > static/assets/data/images.json.gz
+/usr/sbin/mdata-get sc:package_rates | /usr/bin/gzip --best > static/assets/data/packages.json.gz
 
 # start up our server
 /opt/local/bin/node bin/server.js cfg/prod.json &