diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8ec2a12..1393479 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ default-members = [
     "src/app",
 ]
 
-[profile.release]
+[profile.dist]
+inherits = "release"
 opt-level = "z"     # Optimize for minimum binary size
-lto = "fat"         # Enable Link-Time Optimization (removes dead code across crate boundaries)
-codegen-units = 1   # Maximize optimization at the cost of slower compile times
-strip = true        # Strip debug symbols and DWARF tables from the final binary
-panic = "abort"     # Remove unwinding code to reduce binary size
+lto = "fat"         # Enable aggressive Fat LTO for production builds
+codegen-units = 1   # Maximize optimization for production
+strip = true        # Strip debug symbols
+panic = "abort"     # Remove unwinding code to further reduce size
 
 [workspace.package]
 authors = ["omnect@conplement.de"]
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 38ee4fb..2cec766 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ COPY --from=vue-build /usr/src/app/dist ./src/ui/dist
 # Cache mounts persist compiled dependencies across builds
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry,id=cargo-registry-${TARGETARCH} \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/work/build,id=cargo-build-${TARGETARCH} \
-    cargo auditable build ${OMNECT_UI_BUILD_ARG} --release -p omnect-ui --target-dir ./build && \
-    cp ./build/release/omnect-ui /work/omnect-ui-bin
+    cargo auditable build ${OMNECT_UI_BUILD_ARG} --profile dist -p omnect-ui --target-dir ./build && \
+    cp ./build/dist/omnect-ui /work/omnect-ui-bin
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
 RUN <<EOT
diff --git a/src/app/Cargo.toml b/src/app/Cargo.toml
index 6bc11d5..06dfc48 100644
--- a/src/app/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/app/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ license.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 version.workspace = true
 
-[package.metadata.wasm-pack.profile.release]
-wasm-opt = false
-
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["lib", "cdylib"]
 name = "omnect_ui_core"