diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 65469d13..5a3c59e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 .pio
-.vscode/.browse.c_cpp.db*
-.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
-.vscode/launch.json
-.vscode/ipch
-lib/libraies-master
-
+.vscode
+lib
+build.log
+build_output
+.cache
diff --git a/include/Clock.h b/include/Clock.h
index dea567c8..c083e627 100644
--- a/include/Clock.h
+++ b/include/Clock.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include "Clock.h"
 #include "Global.h"
 #include "Utils/TimeUtils.h"
-#include "Utils\SerialPrint.h"
+#include "Utils/SerialPrint.h"
 
 extern void clock_init();
 
diff --git a/include/Utils/statUtils.h b/include/Utils/StatUtils.h
similarity index 100%
rename from include/Utils/statUtils.h
rename to include/Utils/StatUtils.h
diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index 443e042f..a60ef27d 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 
 [platformio]
 default_envs = esp8266
+build_cache_dir = .cache
+
 ;=============================================================================================================================================
 [common_env_data]
+lib_ldf_mode = chain+
 lib_deps_external = 
 	bblanchon/ArduinoJson @5.*
 	thomasfredericks/Bounce2
@@ -31,7 +34,9 @@ monitor_filters = esp32_exception_decoder
 upload_speed = 921600
 monitor_speed = 115200
 board_build.filesystem = littlefs
-extra_scripts = ./tools/littlefsbuilder.py
+extra_scripts = 
+	tools/littlefsbuilder.py
+	${scripts_defaults.extra_scripts}
 ;=============================================================================================================================================
 [env:esp8266_01_1m]
 framework = arduino
@@ -65,4 +70,11 @@ monitor_filters = esp8266_exception_decoder
 upload_speed = 921600
 monitor_speed = 115200
 board_build.filesystem = littlefs
+extra_scripts = 
+	${scripts_defaults.extra_scripts}
 ;=============================================================================================================================================
+
+[scripts_defaults]
+extra_scripts = 
+	tools/name-firmware.py
+	tools/gzip-firmware.py
diff --git a/src/Utils/FileUtils.cpp b/src/Utils/FileUtils.cpp
index dd13682f..f5163d39 100644
--- a/src/Utils/FileUtils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils/FileUtils.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include "Utils/FileUtils.h"
-#include "Utils\SerialPrint.h"
+#include "Utils/SerialPrint.h"
 #include "Utils/StringUtils.h"
 
 
diff --git a/src/Utils/SerialPrint.cpp b/src/Utils/SerialPrint.cpp
index 77f6047c..7438a0b3 100644
--- a/src/Utils/SerialPrint.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils/SerialPrint.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#include "Utils\SerialPrint.h"
+#include "Utils/SerialPrint.h"
 
 #include "Global.h"
 
diff --git a/tools/gzip-firmware.py b/tools/gzip-firmware.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7df522e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gzip-firmware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Import('env')
+import os
+import shutil
+import gzip
+
+OUTPUT_DIR = "build_output{}".format(os.path.sep)
+
+def bin_gzip(source, target, env):
+    variant = str(target[0]).split(os.path.sep)[2]
+    
+    # create string with location and file names based on variant
+    bin_file = "{}firmware{}{}.bin".format(OUTPUT_DIR, os.path.sep, variant)
+    gzip_file = "{}firmware{}{}.bin.gz".format(OUTPUT_DIR, os.path.sep, variant)
+
+    # check if new target files exist and remove if necessary
+    if os.path.isfile(gzip_file): os.remove(gzip_file)
+
+    # write gzip firmware file
+    with open(bin_file,"rb") as fp:
+        with gzip.open(gzip_file, "wb", compresslevel = 9) as f:
+            shutil.copyfileobj(fp, f)
+    
+    ORG_FIRMWARE_SIZE = os.stat(bin_file).st_size
+    GZ_FIRMWARE_SIZE = os.stat(gzip_file).st_size
+
+    print("Compressed to {:.0f}% ({} bytes)".format((GZ_FIRMWARE_SIZE / ORG_FIRMWARE_SIZE) * 100, ORG_FIRMWARE_SIZE, GZ_FIRMWARE_SIZE))
+
+env.AddPostAction("$BUILD_DIR/${PROGNAME}.bin", [bin_gzip])
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diff --git a/tools/name-firmware.py b/tools/name-firmware.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a82b5579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/name-firmware.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Import('env')
+import os
+import shutil
+
+OUTPUT_DIR = "build_output{}".format(os.path.sep)
+
+def bin_map_copy(source, target, env):
+    variant = str(target[0]).split(os.path.sep)[2]
+    
+    # check if output directories exist and create if necessary
+    if not os.path.isdir(OUTPUT_DIR):
+        os.mkdir(OUTPUT_DIR)
+
+    for d in ['firmware', 'map']:
+        if not os.path.isdir("{}{}".format(OUTPUT_DIR, d)):
+            os.mkdir("{}{}".format(OUTPUT_DIR, d))
+
+    # create string with location and file names based on variant
+    map_file = "{}map{}{}.map".format(OUTPUT_DIR, os.path.sep, variant)
+    bin_file = "{}firmware{}{}.bin".format(OUTPUT_DIR, os.path.sep, variant)
+
+    # check if new target files exist and remove if necessary
+    for f in [map_file, bin_file]:
+        if os.path.isfile(f):
+            os.remove(f)
+
+    # copy firmware.bin to firmware/<variant>.bin
+    shutil.copy(str(target[0]), bin_file)
+
+    # copy firmware.map to map/<variant>.map
+    if os.path.isfile("firmware.map"):
+        shutil.move("firmware.map", map_file)
+
+env.AddPostAction("$BUILD_DIR/${PROGNAME}.bin", [bin_map_copy])
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