diff --git a/thot.lisp b/thot.lisp
index af52893..88440de 100644
--- a/thot.lisp
+++ b/thot.lisp
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@
the return value of CONT, which should be either :
:KEEP-ALIVE if the connection is to be kept alive for next request, or
NIL if the request stream is to be closed after reply."
+ (declare (optimize (speed 3) (safety 0) (debug 0)))
(let ((stream (request-stream request))
(buffer (string-output-stream))
(name "")