diff --git a/mysql/scripts/database-dump-tables b/mysql/scripts/database-dump-tables
index b19843e..c472299 100644
--- a/mysql/scripts/database-dump-tables
+++ b/mysql/scripts/database-dump-tables
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 DATABASE=$1
 DUMP_DIR=$2
 
-mtk table list ${DATABASE} | xargs -I {} sh -c "mtk dump ${DATABASE} '{}' > '${DUMP_DIR}/{}.sql'"
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+mtk table list ${DATABASE} | xargs -I {} sh -c "mtk dump ${DATABASE} '{}' | gzip > '${DUMP_DIR}/{}.sql.gz'"
diff --git a/mysql/scripts/database-import-tables b/mysql/scripts/database-import-tables
index 28700a6..59ee8c0 100644
--- a/mysql/scripts/database-import-tables
+++ b/mysql/scripts/database-import-tables
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ DUMP_DIR=$2
 
 mysql-drop-tables ${MYSQL_USERNAME} ${MYSQL_PASSWORD} ${MYSQL_HOSTNAME} ${DATABASE}
 
-for i in ${DUMP_DIR}/*.sql
+for i in ${DUMP_DIR}/*.sql.gz
 do
   echo "Starting to import: $i"
   start=$(date +%s)
-  MYSQL_PWD="${MYSQL_PASSWORD}" mysql --user=${MYSQL_USERNAME} --host=${MYSQL_HOSTNAME} ${DATABASE} < $i
+  zcat ${i} | MYSQL_PWD="${MYSQL_PASSWORD}" mysql --user=${MYSQL_USERNAME} --host=${MYSQL_HOSTNAME} ${DATABASE}
   end=$(date +%s)
   echo "Finished importing $i in: $(($end-$start)) seconds"
-done
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+done