diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 45f2f3c30..9eeb1849a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,16 +32,21 @@ opt-level = 2 # fast and small wasm, basically same as `opt-level = 's'`
 
 # debug = true # include debug symbols, useful when profiling wasm
 
+panic = "abort" # This leads to better optimizations and smaller binaries (and is the default in Wasm anyways).
+
 
 [profile.dev]
 # Can't leave this on by default, because it breaks the Windows build. Related: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/4897
 # split-debuginfo = "unpacked" # faster debug builds on mac
 # opt-level = 1                # Make debug builds run faster
 
-# Optimize all dependencies even in debug builds (does not affect workspace packages):
+panic = "abort" # This leads to better optimizations and smaller binaries (and is the default in Wasm anyways).
+
 [profile.dev.package."*"]
+# Optimize all dependencies even in debug builds (does not affect workspace packages):
 opt-level = 2
 
+
 [workspace.dependencies]
 puffin = "0.18"
 raw-window-handle = "0.5.0"