diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6a40459..a8885fb 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@ opt-level = 1
 # Enable high optimizations for dependencies (incl. Bevy), but not for our code:
 [profile.dev.package."*"]
 opt-level = 3
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 'z'