diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 98263008..ee7fc42e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 [package]
 name = "pace-rs"
-authors = ["the pace-rs team"]
 version = "0.1.0"
-edition = "2021"
-repository = "https://github.com/pace-rs/pace"
-license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+authors = ["the pace-rs team"]
 categories = ["command-line-utilities"]
+edition = "2021"
 keywords = ["cli"]
+license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+repository = "https://github.com/pace-rs/pace"
 description = "pace - timetracking for the command line"
 
 [package.metadata.wix]
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ path-guid = "441ECBBB-93E2-4DC2-9D74-F4B116EDFABE"
 license = false
 eula = false
 
-
 [dependencies]
 clap = "4"
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["serde_derive"] }
@@ -45,7 +44,61 @@ ci = ["github"]
 # The installers to generate for each app
 installers = ["shell", "powershell", "msi"]
 # Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
-targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
+targets = [
+  "aarch64-apple-darwin",
+  "x86_64-apple-darwin",
+  "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu",
+  "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl",
+  "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc",
+]
 # Publish jobs to run in CI
 pr-run-mode = "plan"
 
+# see: https://nnethercote.github.io/perf-book/build-configuration.html
+[profile.dev]
+opt-level = 0
+debug = true
+rpath = false
+lto = false
+debug-assertions = true
+codegen-units = 4
+
+# compile dependencies with optimizations in dev mode
+# see: https://doc.rust-lang.org/stable/cargo/reference/profiles.html#overrides
+[profile.dev.package."*"]
+opt-level = 3
+debug = true
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 3
+debug = false # true for profiling
+rpath = false
+lto = "fat"
+debug-assertions = false
+codegen-units = 1
+strip = true
+panic = "abort"
+
+[profile.test]
+opt-level = 1
+debug = true
+rpath = false
+lto = false
+debug-assertions = true
+codegen-units = 4
+
+[profile.bench]
+opt-level = 3
+debug = true # true for profiling
+rpath = false
+lto = true
+debug-assertions = false
+codegen-units = 1
+
+# Allows quick RPM file generation, if "cargo-generate-rpm" is installed:
+#  cargo build --release; cargo generate-rpm
+# will result in a file like target/generate-rpm/rustic-rs-0.6.1-1.x86_64.rpm
+[package.metadata.generate-rpm]
+assets = [
+  { source = "target/release/pace", dest = "/usr/bin/pace", mode = "0755", config = false, doc = false }, # user = "root", group = "root" },
+]