diff --git a/projects/ION/options b/projects/ION/options
index 32d7b18d01..d58bd3297b 100644
--- a/projects/ION/options
+++ b/projects/ION/options
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
   esac
 
 # Build optimizations (size/normal/speed)
-  OPTIMIZATIONS="size"
+  OPTIMIZATIONS="speed"
 
 # Project CFLAGS
   PROJECT_CFLAGS="-mfpmath=sse -ftree-vectorize -mmovbe"