diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index ae4506c..3698b55 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
 MAT = "23992714-dd62-5051-b70f-ba57cb901cac"
 MutableNamedTuples = "af6c499f-54b4-48cc-bbd2-094bba7533c7"
 Plots = "91a5bcdd-55d7-5caf-9e0b-520d859cae80"
+PrecompileTools = "aea7be01-6a6a-4083-8856-8a6e6704d82a"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
 StatsBase = "2913bbd2-ae8a-5f71-8c99-4fb6c76f3a91"
 StatsPlots = "f3b207a7-027a-5e70-b257-86293d7955fd"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ LinearAlgebra = "1"
 MAT = "0.10"
 MutableNamedTuples = "0.1.3"
 Plots = "1"
+PrecompileTools = "1"
 Random = "1"
 StatsBase = "0.34"
 StatsPlots = "0.15"
diff --git a/src/BeforeIT.jl b/src/BeforeIT.jl
index b973393..51a0998 100644
--- a/src/BeforeIT.jl
+++ b/src/BeforeIT.jl
@@ -59,4 +59,7 @@ include("utils/standard_calibration_data.jl")
 
 # shocks
 include("shocks/shocks.jl")
+
+include("precompile.jl")
+
 end
diff --git a/src/precompile.jl b/src/precompile.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8ec69c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/precompile.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+using PrecompileTools
+
+@setup_workload let
+    parameters = BeforeIT.AUSTRIA2010Q1.parameters
+	initial_conditions = BeforeIT.AUSTRIA2010Q1.initial_conditions
+	T = 1
+    @compile_workload let
+        model = BeforeIT.init_model(parameters, initial_conditions, T)
+		data = BeforeIT.init_data(model);
+		BeforeIT.one_epoch!(model)
+		BeforeIT.update_data!(data, model)
+    end
+end
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