diff --git a/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el b/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
index 73b9d04..bc6d9d5 100644
--- a/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/emacs/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
-(setq lexical-binding t)
-(setq gc-cons-threshold 100000000)
+;; -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
+
+;; Some startup time optimizations stolen from Doom emacs
+(setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum ; 2^61 bytes
+      gc-cons-percentage 0.6)
+(defvar file-name-handler-alist-backup file-name-handler-alist)
+(setq file-name-handler-alist nil)
+(add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook
+          (lambda ()
+            (setq gc-cons-threshold 16777216 ; 16mb
+                  gc-cons-percentage 0.1
+                  file-name-handler-alist file-name-handler-alist-backup)))
 
 ;; Bootstrap the straight.el package manager
 (defvar bootstrap-version)