diff --git a/sw/deployer/Cargo.lock b/sw/deployer/Cargo.lock
index 4939c32..2a7e898 100644
--- a/sw/deployer/Cargo.lock
+++ b/sw/deployer/Cargo.lock
@@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "adler32"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aae1277d39aeec15cb388266ecc24b11c80469deae6067e17a1a7aa9e5c1f234"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ahash"
 version = "0.7.6"
@@ -536,6 +542,40 @@ dependencies = [
  "tiff",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "include-flate"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2e11569346406931d20276cc460215ee2826e7cad43aa986999cb244dd7adb0"
+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 = "io-lifetimes"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -590,9 +630,29 @@ checksum = "03087c2bad5e1034e8cace5926dec053fb3790248370865f5117a7d0213354c8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.139"
+version = "0.2.140"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "201de327520df007757c1f0adce6e827fe8562fbc28bfd9c15571c66ca1f5f79"
+checksum = "99227334921fae1a979cf0bfdfcc6b3e5ce376ef57e16fb6fb3ea2ed6095f80c"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libflate"
+version = "1.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "97822bf791bd4d5b403713886a5fbe8bf49520fe78e323b0dc480ca1a03e50b0"
+dependencies = [
+ "adler32",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "libflate_lz77",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "libflate_lz77"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a52d3a8bfc85f250440e4424db7d857e241a3aebbbe301f3eb606ab15c39acbf"
+dependencies = [
+ "rle-decode-fast",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libudev"
@@ -847,6 +907,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "version_check",
 ]
 
+[[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 = "1.0.51"
@@ -904,6 +970,12 @@ version = "0.6.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "456c603be3e8d448b072f410900c09faf164fbce2d480456f50eea6e25f9c848"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rle-decode-fast"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3582f63211428f83597b51b2ddb88e2a91a9d52d12831f9d08f5e624e8977422"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rust-ini"
 version = "0.18.0"
@@ -941,6 +1013,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "encoding_rs",
  "hex",
  "image",
+ "include-flate",
  "md5",
  "panic-message",
  "rust-ini",
diff --git a/sw/deployer/Cargo.toml b/sw/deployer/Cargo.toml
index f162c8a..00933d1 100644
--- a/sw/deployer/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sw/deployer/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ ctrlc = "3.2.5"
 encoding_rs = "0.8.32"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 image = "0.24.5"
+include-flate = { version = "0.2.0", features = ["stable"] }
 md5 = "0.7.0"
 panic-message = "0.3.0"
 rust-ini = "0.18.0"
 serialport = { git = "https://github.com/serialport/serialport-rs", branch = "main" }
+
+[profile.release]
+lto = true
+strip = true
diff --git a/sw/deployer/src/n64.rs b/sw/deployer/src/n64.rs
index 0f681ff..63537a6 100644
--- a/sw/deployer/src/n64.rs
+++ b/sw/deployer/src/n64.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+use include_flate::flate;
 use std::io::{Error, Read, Seek, SeekFrom};
 
+flate!(static MUPEN64PLUS_INI: str from "data/mupen64plus.ini");
+
 pub enum SaveType {
     None,
     Eeprom4k,
@@ -67,8 +70,7 @@ pub fn guess_save_type<T: Read + Seek>(
 
     let hash = hex::encode_upper(hasher.compute().0);
 
-    let database_ini = include_str!("../data/mupen64plus.ini");
-    let database = ini::Ini::load_from_str(database_ini)
+    let database = ini::Ini::load_from_str(MUPEN64PLUS_INI.as_str())
         .expect("Error during mupen64plus.ini parse operation");
     if let Some(section) = database.section(Some(hash)) {
         let save_type = section.get("SaveType").map_or(SaveType::None, |t| match t {