diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 778f1a3..8fdaecf 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -940,40 +940,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "tiff",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "include-flate"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dfdcb449c721557c1cf89bbd3412bf33fa963289e26e9badbd824a960912e148"
-dependencies = [
- "include-flate-codegen-exports",
- "lazy_static",
- "libflate",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "include-flate-codegen"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3a7d6e1419fa3129eb0802b4c99603c0d425c79fb5d76191d5a20d0ab0d664e8"
-dependencies = [
- "libflate",
- "proc-macro-hack",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "include-flate-codegen-exports"
-version = "0.1.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "75657043ffe3d8280f1cb8aef0f505532b392ed7758e0baeac22edadcee31a03"
-dependencies = [
- "include-flate-codegen",
- "proc-macro-hack",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "1.9.2"
@@ -1089,26 +1055,6 @@ version = "0.2.139"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "201de327520df007757c1f0adce6e827fe8562fbc28bfd9c15571c66ca1f5f79"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "libflate"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "05605ab2bce11bcfc0e9c635ff29ef8b2ea83f29be257ee7d730cac3ee373093"
-dependencies = [
- "adler32",
- "crc32fast",
- "libflate_lz77",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "libflate_lz77"
-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "39a734c0493409afcd49deee13c006a04e3586b9761a03543c6272c9c51f2f5a"
-dependencies = [
- "rle-decode-fast",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "libloading"
 version = "0.7.4"
@@ -1570,12 +1516,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "toml_edit",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-hack"
-version = "0.5.20+deprecated"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dc375e1527247fe1a97d8b7156678dfe7c1af2fc075c9a4db3690ecd2a148068"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.50"
@@ -1678,19 +1618,12 @@ version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f1382d1f0a252c4bf97dc20d979a2fdd05b024acd7c2ed0f7595d7817666a157"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rle-decode-fast"
-version = "1.0.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3582f63211428f83597b51b2ddb88e2a91a9d52d12831f9d08f5e624e8977422"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-embed"
 version = "6.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "283ffe2f866869428c92e0d61c2f35dfb4355293cdfdc48f49e895c15f1333d1"
 dependencies = [
- "include-flate",
  "rust-embed-impl",
  "rust-embed-utils",
  "walkdir",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b6f9907..e281a34 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 name = "wgpu-renderer"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
+[profile.dev]
+opt-level = 1 # loading gltf is super slow without this
+
 [dependencies]
 winit = "0.27.5"
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ tobj = { version = "3.2.1", features = ["async"] }
 gltf = "1.0.0"
 wgpu-types = "0.14.1"
 regex = "1.7.1"
-rust-embed = { version = "6.4.2", features = ["debug-embed", "compression"]}
+rust-embed = { version = "6.4.2", features = ["debug-embed"]}
 cfg-if = "1"
 instant = "0.1.12"