diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8896f07..f50e128 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,3 +29,10 @@ tokio = { version = "1.32.0", features = [
 [[bin]]
 name = "nmb"
 path = "src/main.rs"
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 'z'   # Optimize for size
+lto = true        # Enable link-time optimization
+codegen-units = 1 # Reduce number of codegen units to increase optimizations
+panic = 'abort'   # Abort on panic
+strip = true      # Strip symbols from binary*