diff --git a/crates/rqbit/Cargo.toml b/crates/rqbit/Cargo.toml
index 6e651da..4e49a7d 100644
--- a/crates/rqbit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rqbit/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ postgres = ["librqbit/postgres"]
 disable-upload = ["librqbit/disable-upload"]
 
 [dependencies]
+mimalloc = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 librqbit = { version = "8.1.1", path = "../librqbit", default-features = false, features = [
     "http-api",
     "http-api-client",
diff --git a/crates/rqbit/src/main.rs b/crates/rqbit/src/main.rs
index dde6707..d41211a 100644
--- a/crates/rqbit/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/rqbit/src/main.rs
@@ -922,3 +922,6 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL_ALLOCATOR: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;