diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7395ade..cba75f3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,10 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 crossterm = "0.26.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
+
+[profile.release]
+#opt-level = "z"
+lto = true
+strip = true
+panic = "abort"
+codegen-units = 1
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 28109f4..ecd332c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ This is my first project in rust so the code is probably great.
 
 Play the game:
 ```
-cargo run
+cargo run --release
 ```
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1128800..c1f27a6 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     let mut direction: Direction = Direction::Left;
     let mut score = 0;
     let mut lost = false;
+    let origin = Point { x: 0, y: 0 };
 
     screen.queue(MoveTo(head_x, head_y))?;
     
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
             if head_x == apples[i].x && head_y == apples[i].y {
                 score += 1;
                 apples[i] = Point { x: thread_rng().gen_range(0..cols), y: thread_rng().gen_range(0..rows)};
-                snake.push(Point { x: 0, y: 0 });
+                snake.push(Point { x: (*(snake.last().unwrap_or(&origin))).x, y: (*(snake.last().unwrap_or(&origin))).y });
             }
             screen.queue(MoveTo(apples[i].x, apples[i].y))?;
             screen.queue(Print("*".to_string()))?;