diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8eeba79..8ccc5df 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ version = "0.1.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c71b1793ee61086797f5c80b6efa2b8ffa6d5dd703f118545808a7f2e27f7046"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "adler2"
+version = "2.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "512761e0bb2578dd7380c6baaa0f4ce03e84f95e960231d1dec8bf4d7d6e2627"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
 version = "0.8.11"
@@ -510,6 +516,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crc32fast"
+version = "1.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a97769d94ddab943e4510d138150169a2758b5ef3eb191a9ee688de3e23ef7b3"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
 version = "0.8.21"
@@ -576,6 +591,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flate2"
+version = "1.0.35"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c936bfdafb507ebbf50b8074c54fa31c5be9a1e7e5f467dd659697041407d07c"
+dependencies = [
+ "crc32fast",
+ "miniz_oxide",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
@@ -1028,6 +1053,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "paste",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "miniz_oxide"
+version = "0.8.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ffbe83022cedc1d264172192511ae958937694cd57ce297164951b8b3568394"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "naga"
 version = "0.19.2"
@@ -1813,10 +1847,11 @@ checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "svc16"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.7.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "clap",
+ "flate2",
  "gilrs",
  "pixels",
  "thiserror 2.0.3",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 80c57fc..78232f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "svc16"
-version = "0.7.2"
+version = "0.7.3"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["Jan Neuendorf"]
 description = "An emulator for a simple virtual computer"
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ license="MIT"
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.93"
 clap = { version = "4.5.21", features = ["derive"] }
+flate2 = "1.0.35"
 gilrs = { version = "0.11.0",optional=true}
 # There seems to be some incompatibility with the latest crates.io version of pixels?
 pixels = { git = "https://github.com/parasyte/pixels.git", rev = "d4df286"} 
diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index dd67c19..bb76e4a 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use clap::Parser;
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 #[command(author, version, about, long_about = None)]
 pub struct Cli {
+    #[arg(help = "(Decompressed if it ends in .gz)")]
     pub program: String,
 
     #[arg(short, long, default_value = "1", help = "Set initial window scaling")]
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
index ec59669..d890ba9 100644
--- a/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+use std::io::Read;
+
 use crate::RES;
 use anyhow::Result;
+use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
 use pixels::Pixels;
+use std::fs::File;
 use winit::{
     event::MouseButton,
     event_loop::EventLoopWindowTarget,
@@ -54,9 +58,15 @@ pub fn build_gamepad_map() -> InputMap<NesInput> {
 }
 
 pub fn read_u16s_from_file(file_path: &str) -> Result<Vec<u16>> {
-    use std::io::{BufReader, Read};
-    let file = std::fs::File::open(file_path)?;
-    let mut reader = BufReader::new(file);
+    let mut file = File::open(file_path)?;
+    if file_path.ends_with(".gz") {
+        read_u16s_to_buffer(&mut GzDecoder::new(file))
+    } else {
+        read_u16s_to_buffer(&mut file)
+    }
+}
+
+fn read_u16s_to_buffer<T: Read>(reader: &mut T) -> Result<Vec<u16>> {
     let mut buffer = [0u8; 2];
     let mut u16s = Vec::new();
     while reader.read_exact(&mut buffer).is_ok() {