diff --git a/device/community/device-samsung-espresso10/APKBUILD b/device/community/device-samsung-espresso10/APKBUILD
index a8233e50c..612473522 100644
--- a/device/community/device-samsung-espresso10/APKBUILD
+++ b/device/community/device-samsung-espresso10/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 maintainer="Mithil Bavishi <bavishimithil@gmail.com>"
 pkgname=device-samsung-espresso10
 pkgdesc="Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (10.1 inch)"
-pkgver=7
+pkgver=8
 pkgrel=0
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 license="MIT"
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ package() {
 }
 
 sha512sums="
-82d2bb832411d9ef220d3be02bf84b7a6be2c5177b48549d8e90f10c651962ba5721ad35ab153a195e8ec26ceccb37dc23318b5d72b5cf1b0014a3fe07fa3a1e  deviceinfo
+37fec9ba27a4139c17ccae0ccb5123b8e37a5a2c4430de3396ad09102e9f2ea7813c5b6e805ccc95147720f9b8375c1a49b888523167cc25fc16327e3a1c7cf2  deviceinfo
 "
diff --git a/device/community/device-samsung-espresso10/deviceinfo b/device/community/device-samsung-espresso10/deviceinfo
index 2568f892a..b7b22a97e 100644
--- a/device/community/device-samsung-espresso10/deviceinfo
+++ b/device/community/device-samsung-espresso10/deviceinfo
@@ -27,4 +27,6 @@ deviceinfo_flash_offset_tags="0x00000100"
 deviceinfo_flash_pagesize="2048"
 deviceinfo_flash_heimdall_partition_rootfs="FACTORYFS"
 
+# boot.img size savers
 deviceinfo_create_initfs_extra="true"
+deviceinfo_initfs_compression="lzma"
diff --git a/device/community/device-samsung-espresso7/APKBUILD b/device/community/device-samsung-espresso7/APKBUILD
index c14f665c4..1d136344a 100644
--- a/device/community/device-samsung-espresso7/APKBUILD
+++ b/device/community/device-samsung-espresso7/APKBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 maintainer="Mithil Bavishi <bavishimithil@gmail.com>"
 pkgname=device-samsung-espresso7
 pkgdesc="Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (7.0 inch)"
-pkgver=8
+pkgver=9
 pkgrel=0
 url="https://postmarketos.org"
 license="MIT"
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@ package() {
 }
 
 sha512sums="
-b9ff401a7ea1a2e9037cd5ef392a6a5eafbb6bb164d1a6ba7ac74bf39de3cddc92db536e0e3fed83a7b74a6036cad3c1703e4b6791fef43d3b560a776e09cfe3  deviceinfo
+a6123bd79af39a869eac8b099e259340f95909550de10830609a2551e742a36598a7f6ff8a1c65b8eba568c6afdfbe26dd723b8d9d5f95bb0e43e2465461de5e  deviceinfo
 "
diff --git a/device/community/device-samsung-espresso7/deviceinfo b/device/community/device-samsung-espresso7/deviceinfo
index 9a960193b..4e128a046 100644
--- a/device/community/device-samsung-espresso7/deviceinfo
+++ b/device/community/device-samsung-espresso7/deviceinfo
@@ -28,4 +28,6 @@ deviceinfo_flash_offset_tags="0x00000100"
 deviceinfo_flash_pagesize="2048"
 deviceinfo_flash_heimdall_partition_rootfs="FACTORYFS"
 
+# boot.img size savers
 deviceinfo_create_initfs_extra="true"
+deviceinfo_initfs_compression="lzma"