diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 421ecf8..eb5e930 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 name = "recmap"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
-
-# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+license = "MIT"
+authors = ["Vince Buffalo <vsbuffalo@gmail.com>"]
+keywords = ["genomics", "bioinformatics", "compbio"]
+categories = ["science"]
+repository = "https://github.com/vsbuffalo/recmap"
+description = "A library for reading and working with recombination maps in Rust"
 
 [dependencies]
 csv = "1.3.0"
@@ -18,3 +22,9 @@ thiserror = "1.0.56"
 [dev-dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.4.18", features = ["derive"] }
 tempfile = "3.10.0"
+
+[profile.release]
+opt-level = 3
+
+[profile.dev]
+opt-level = 3
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d6524d..ae942b6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# RecMap Library for reading and working with recombination maps in Rust
+# RecMap library for reading and working with recombination maps in Rust
 
 `RecMap` objects can be created from reading in a HapMap-formatted 
 recombination map. Note that since the HapMap recombination format does