diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f674579..e96f6ec 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = "fat"
+panic = "abort"
+opt-level = "z"
 
 [features]
 default = ["alsa-widget", "pulseaudio-widget", "yaml-cfg", "json-cfg"]