diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6ca178ddd..93e03389b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,9 @@ members = [
     "theseus_cli",
     "theseus_gui/src-tauri"
 ]
+
+# Optimize for speed and reduce size on release builds
+[profile.release]
+codegen-units = 1
+lto = true
+strip = true
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