diff --git a/src/main/java/blue/strategic/parquet/ParquetWriter.java b/src/main/java/blue/strategic/parquet/ParquetWriter.java
index 7d75b05..eeb07d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/blue/strategic/parquet/ParquetWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/blue/strategic/parquet/ParquetWriter.java
@@ -19,11 +19,17 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
+import static org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.CompressionCodecName.SNAPPY;
+
 public final class ParquetWriter<T> implements Closeable {
 
     private final org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetWriter<T> writer;
 
     public static <T> ParquetWriter<T> writeFile(MessageType schema, File out, Dehydrator<T> dehydrator) throws IOException {
+        return writeFile(schema, out, dehydrator, SNAPPY);
+    }
+
+    public static <T> ParquetWriter<T> writeFile(MessageType schema, File out, Dehydrator<T> dehydrator, CompressionCodecName codecName) throws IOException {
         OutputFile f = new OutputFile() {
             @Override
             public PositionOutputStream create(long blockSizeHint) throws IOException {
@@ -51,18 +57,18 @@ public long defaultBlockSize() {
                 return 1024L;
             }
         };
-        return writeOutputFile(schema, f, dehydrator);
+        return writeOutputFile(schema, f, dehydrator, codecName);
     }
 
-    private static <T> ParquetWriter<T> writeOutputFile(MessageType schema, OutputFile file, Dehydrator<T> dehydrator) throws IOException {
-        return new ParquetWriter<>(file, schema, dehydrator);
+    private static <T> ParquetWriter<T> writeOutputFile(MessageType schema, OutputFile file, Dehydrator<T> dehydrator, CompressionCodecName codecName) throws IOException {
+        return new ParquetWriter<>(file, schema, dehydrator, codecName);
     }
 
-    private ParquetWriter(OutputFile outputFile, MessageType schema, Dehydrator<T> dehydrator) throws IOException {
+    private ParquetWriter(OutputFile outputFile, MessageType schema, Dehydrator<T> dehydrator, CompressionCodecName codecName) throws IOException {
         this.writer = new Builder<T>(outputFile)
                 .withType(schema)
                 .withDehydrator(dehydrator)
-                .withCompressionCodec(CompressionCodecName.SNAPPY)
+                .withCompressionCodec(codecName)
                 .withWriterVersion(ParquetProperties.WriterVersion.PARQUET_2_0)
                 .build();
     }
@@ -76,6 +82,10 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
         this.writer.close();
     }
 
+    public long getDataSize() {
+        return writer.getDataSize();
+    }
+
     private static final class Builder<T> extends org.apache.parquet.hadoop.ParquetWriter.Builder<T, ParquetWriter.Builder<T>> {
         private MessageType schema;
         private Dehydrator<T> dehydrator;
diff --git a/src/test/java/blue/strategic/parquet/ParquetReadWriteTest.java b/src/test/java/blue/strategic/parquet/ParquetReadWriteTest.java
index 26db983..58c0b23 100644
--- a/src/test/java/blue/strategic/parquet/ParquetReadWriteTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/blue/strategic/parquet/ParquetReadWriteTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package blue.strategic.parquet;
 
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.CompressionCodecName;
+import org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.ParquetMetadata;
 import org.apache.parquet.schema.LogicalTypeAnnotation;
 import org.apache.parquet.schema.MessageType;
 import org.apache.parquet.schema.Types;
@@ -16,9 +18,13 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
+import static org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.CompressionCodecName.SNAPPY;
+import static org.apache.parquet.hadoop.metadata.CompressionCodecName.ZSTD;
 import static org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.BINARY;
 import static org.apache.parquet.schema.PrimitiveType.PrimitiveTypeName.INT64;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.hasItems;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 
 public class ParquetReadWriteTest {
@@ -58,27 +64,40 @@ public Map<String, Object> finish(Map<String, Object> target) {
             }
         };
 
-        try(ParquetWriter<Object[]> writer = ParquetWriter.writeFile(schema, parquet, dehydrator)) {
-            writer.write(new Object[]{1L, "hello1"});
-            writer.write(new Object[]{2L, "hello2"});
-        }
+        for (CompressionCodecName codecName : List.of(SNAPPY, ZSTD)) {
 
-        try (Stream<Map<String, Object>> s = ParquetReader.streamContent(parquet, HydratorSupplier.constantly(hydrator))) {
-            List<Map<String, Object>> result = s.collect(Collectors.toList());
+            try(ParquetWriter<Object[]> writer = ParquetWriter.writeFile(schema, parquet, dehydrator, codecName)) {
+                writer.write(new Object[]{1L, "hello1"});
+                writer.write(new Object[]{2L, "hello2"});
 
-            //noinspection unchecked
-            assertThat(result, hasItems(
-                    Map.of("id", 1L, "email", "hello1"),
-                    Map.of("id", 2L, "email", "hello2")));
-        }
+                // TODO add better matchers to the classpath
+                assertThat("data size should be gt 10", writer.getDataSize() > 10, is(true));
+            }
 
-        try (Stream<Map<String, Object>> s = ParquetReader.streamContent(parquet, HydratorSupplier.constantly(hydrator), Collections.singleton("id"))) {
-            List<Map<String, Object>> result = s.collect(Collectors.toList());
+            ParquetMetadata metadata = ParquetReader.readMetadata(parquet);
 
-            //noinspection unchecked
-            assertThat(result, hasItems(
-                    Map.of("id", 1L),
-                    Map.of("id", 2L)));
+            assertThat(metadata.getBlocks().stream().findFirst().orElseThrow().toString(),
+                    containsString(codecName.name()));
+
+            try (Stream<Map<String, Object>> s = ParquetReader.streamContent(parquet, HydratorSupplier.constantly(hydrator))) {
+                List<Map<String, Object>> result = s.collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+                //noinspection unchecked
+                assertThat(result, hasItems(
+                        Map.of("id", 1L, "email", "hello1"),
+                        Map.of("id", 2L, "email", "hello2")));
+            }
+
+            try (Stream<Map<String, Object>> s = ParquetReader.streamContent(parquet, HydratorSupplier.constantly(hydrator), Collections.singleton("id"))) {
+                List<Map<String, Object>> result = s.collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+                //noinspection unchecked
+                assertThat(result, hasItems(
+                        Map.of("id", 1L),
+                        Map.of("id", 2L)));
+            }
         }
+
+
     }
 }
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