diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index aa13d97..9a6105a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -60,10 +60,14 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "base64"
-version = "0.21.7"
+name = "base64-simd"
+version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d297deb1925b89f2ccc13d7635fa0714f12c87adce1c75356b39ca9b7178567"
+checksum = "339abbe78e73178762e23bea9dfd08e697eb3f3301cd4be981c0f78ba5859195"
+dependencies = [
+ "outref",
+ "vsimd",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bit-set"
@@ -199,6 +203,12 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "outref"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4030760ffd992bef45b0ae3f10ce1aba99e33464c90d14dd7c039884963ddc7a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "path-absolutize"
 version = "3.1.1"
@@ -254,18 +264,18 @@ checksum = "c08c74e62047bb2de4ff487b251e4a92e24f48745648451635cec7d591162d9f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
-version = "1.0.195"
+version = "1.0.197"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "63261df402c67811e9ac6def069e4786148c4563f4b50fd4bf30aa370d626b02"
+checksum = "3fb1c873e1b9b056a4dc4c0c198b24c3ffa059243875552b2bd0933b1aee4ce2"
 dependencies = [
  "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
-version = "1.0.195"
+version = "1.0.197"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "46fe8f8603d81ba86327b23a2e9cdf49e1255fb94a4c5f297f6ee0547178ea2c"
+checksum = "7eb0b34b42edc17f6b7cac84a52a1c5f0e1bb2227e997ca9011ea3dd34e8610b"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -291,7 +301,7 @@ checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 name = "swift-precompiler"
 version = "0.1.3"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64-simd",
  "clap",
  "colored",
  "fancy-regex",
@@ -314,9 +324,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
-version = "0.8.8"
+version = "0.8.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a1a195ec8c9da26928f773888e0742ca3ca1040c6cd859c919c9f59c1954ab35"
+checksum = "9a9aad4a3066010876e8dcf5a8a06e70a558751117a145c6ce2b82c2e2054290"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
@@ -335,9 +345,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "toml_edit"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.22.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d34d383cd00a163b4a5b85053df514d45bc330f6de7737edfe0a93311d1eaa03"
+checksum = "2c1b5fd4128cc8d3e0cb74d4ed9a9cc7c7284becd4df68f5f940e1ad123606f6"
 dependencies = [
  "indexmap",
  "serde",
@@ -358,6 +368,12 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vsimd"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c3082ca00d5a5ef149bb8b555a72ae84c9c59f7250f013ac822ac2e49b19c64"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
@@ -492,9 +508,9 @@ checksum = "dff9641d1cd4be8d1a070daf9e3773c5f67e78b4d9d42263020c057706765c04"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "winnow"
-version = "0.5.34"
+version = "0.6.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b7cf47b659b318dccbd69cc4797a39ae128f533dce7902a1096044d1967b9c16"
+checksum = "dffa400e67ed5a4dd237983829e66475f0a4a26938c4b04c21baede6262215b8"
 dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 05b127b..86f1c22 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,17 +11,19 @@ repository = "https://github.com/ciderapp/swift-precompiler"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
-base64 = "0.21.7"
 clap = { version = "4.4.14", features = ["derive"] }
 colored = "2.1.0"
 fancy-regex = "0.13.0"
 glob = "0.3.1"
 path-absolutize = "3.1.1"
-toml = "0.8.8"
-serde = { version = "1.0.195", features = ["derive"] }
+toml = "0.8.10"
+serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
+base64-simd = "0.8.0"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "swift-precompiler"
 
 [profile.release]
-lto = true
\ No newline at end of file
+opt-level = 3
+lto = "fat"
+codegen-units = 1
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f3d58a1..d216140 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::exit;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
-use base64::Engine;
-use base64::prelude::BASE64_STANDARD;
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand, ValueHint};
 use colored::Colorize;
 use fancy_regex::Regex;
@@ -222,7 +220,7 @@ fn main() {
                                                     precompile_file_data = precompile_file_data.replace(&*format!("// <{}>", placeholder), &*format!("\
         // <{}>
         case \"{}\":
-            content = \"{}\"\n", placeholder, include_str_og_path.as_str(), BASE64_STANDARD.encode(content_of_file.to_owned())));
+            content = \"{}\"\n", placeholder, include_str_og_path.as_str(), base64_simd::STANDARD.encode_to_string(content_of_file.to_owned())));
                                                 });
                                         }