diff --git a/openmetrics_udpserver/Cargo.toml b/openmetrics_udpserver/Cargo.toml
index 3fa30e1..639625a 100644
--- a/openmetrics_udpserver/Cargo.toml
+++ b/openmetrics_udpserver/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@ openmetrics_udpserver_lib = { path = "../openmetrics_udpserver_lib" }
 # servedensity specific deps
 md5 = "0.7.*"
 reqwest = { version = "0.11.*", default-features = false, features = ["rustls-tls", "rustls-tls-native-roots", "blocking"] }
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = true
+strip = true
+panic = 'abort'
+opt-level = 'z'
+codegen-units = 1