diff --git a/examples/EchoServer.cpp b/examples/EchoServer.cpp
index c029a28..928160b 100644
--- a/examples/EchoServer.cpp
+++ b/examples/EchoServer.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ int main() {
 
         },
         .message = [](auto *ws, std::string_view message, uWS::OpCode opCode) {
-            ws->send(message, opCode, true);
+            /* This is the opposite of what you probably want; compress if message is LARGER than 16 kb
+             * the reason we do the opposite here; compress if SMALLER than 16 kb is to allow for 
+             * benchmarking of large message sending without compression */
+            ws->send(message, opCode, message.length() < 16 * 1024);
         },
         .drain = [](auto */*ws*/) {
             /* Check ws->getBufferedAmount() here */