diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 75a15ab9..be3c4406 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ members = [
 # we leave debug = true on so that sentry can give us line numbers
 debug = true
 # TODO: enable lto (and maybe other things proven with benchmarks) once rapid development is done
-#lto = true
+lto = true
 
 # TODO: we can't do panic = abort because the websockets disconnect by panicking sometimes