diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index c68853c..79881b5 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,3 +35,9 @@ name ="nuchat"
 default = [ "shutdown" ]
 all = ["shutdown"]
 shutdown = []
+
+[profile.release]
+codegen-units = 1
+lto = "fat"
+panic = "abort"
+strip = "symbols"