diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9ed0589..1945ecdc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     "less-loader": "^4.1.0",
     "localforage": "^1.7.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
+    "lz-string": "^1.4.4",
     "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^0.4.3",
     "opn": "^5.4.0",
     "parse-prop-types": "^0.3.0",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 7acc579c..286ae1f0 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ import { render } from 'react-dom';
 import localforage from 'localforage';
 import queryString from 'query-string';
 import base64url from 'base64-url';
+import lzString from 'lz-string';
 import dedent from 'dedent';
 import Playroom from './Playroom/Playroom';
+import { createUrl } from '../utils';
 
 const playroomConfig = (window.__playroomConfig__ = __PLAYROOM_GLOBAL__CONFIG__);
 const staticTypes = __PLAYROOM_GLOBAL__STATIC_TYPES__;
@@ -24,17 +26,26 @@ const getCode = () => {
   const query = queryString.parse(hash);
   const exampleCode = dedent(playroomConfig.exampleCode || '').trim();
 
-  return query.code
-    ? Promise.resolve(query.code ? base64url.decode(query.code) : exampleCode)
-    : store.getItem('code').then(code => code || exampleCode);
+  if (query.code) {
+    try {
+      const { code } = JSON.parse(
+        lzString.decompressFromEncodedURIComponent(query.code)
+      );
+
+      return Promise.resolve(code);
+    } catch (e) {
+      // backward compatibility
+      return Promise.resolve(base64url.decode(query.code));
+    }
+  }
+
+  return store.getItem('code').then(code => code || exampleCode);
 };
 
 const updateCode = code => {
-  history.replaceState(
-    null,
-    null,
-    `#?code=${code ? base64url.encode(code) : ''}`
-  );
+  const newUrl = createUrl({ code });
+
+  history.replaceState(null, null, newUrl);
   store.setItem('code', code);
 };
 
diff --git a/utils/index.js b/utils/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75844066
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+const lzString = require('lz-string');
+
+const createUrl = ({ baseUrl, code }) => {
+  const data = JSON.stringify({ code });
+
+  const compressedData = lzString.compressToEncodedURIComponent(data);
+
+  const path = `#?code=${compressedData}`;
+
+  if (baseUrl) {
+    const trimmedBaseUrl = baseUrl.replace(/\/$/, '');
+
+    return `${trimmedBaseUrl}/${path}`;
+  }
+
+  return path;
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  createUrl
+};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4af59022..981ef229 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6391,6 +6391,11 @@ lru-cache@^4.0.1, lru-cache@^4.1.1, lru-cache@^4.1.2, lru-cache@^4.1.3:
     pseudomap "^1.0.2"
     yallist "^2.1.2"
 
+lz-string@^1.4.4:
+  version "1.4.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lz-string/-/lz-string-1.4.4.tgz#c0d8eaf36059f705796e1e344811cf4c498d3a26"
+  integrity sha1-wNjq82BZ9wV5bh40SBHPTEmNOiY=
+
 macos-release@^1.0.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/macos-release/-/macos-release-1.1.0.tgz#831945e29365b470aa8724b0ab36c8f8959d10fb"