diff --git a/yesod/scaffold/project.cabal.cg b/yesod/scaffold/project.cabal.cg
index 60f9afbd..6a0ab995 100644
--- a/yesod/scaffold/project.cabal.cg
+++ b/yesod/scaffold/project.cabal.cg
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ executable         ~project~
         cpp-options:   -DDEVELOPMENT
         ghc-options:   -Wall -threaded -O0
     else
-        ghc-options:   -Wall -threaded
+        ghc-options:   -Wall -threaded -02
 
     main-is:       main.hs
 
diff --git a/yesod/scaffold/tiny/project.cabal.cg b/yesod/scaffold/tiny/project.cabal.cg
index 4e4ec5fc..4564eaf3 100644
--- a/yesod/scaffold/tiny/project.cabal.cg
+++ b/yesod/scaffold/tiny/project.cabal.cg
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ executable         ~project~
         cpp-options:   -DDEVELOPMENT
         ghc-options:   -Wall -threaded -O0
     else
-        ghc-options:   -Wall -threaded
+        ghc-options:   -Wall -threaded -O2
 
     main-is:       main.hs