diff --git a/scripts/run_docker_compare.bash b/scripts/run_docker_compare.bash
index 428e23e1..e77491df 100755
--- a/scripts/run_docker_compare.bash
+++ b/scripts/run_docker_compare.bash
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 : ${TRACE:="NO"} # or YES to send traces to jaeger
 : ${BACKTRACE:="NO"} # or YES to print a rust backtrace when panicking
 : ${NO_COLOR:=""} # Set to anything to disable color output
+: ${PROFILE:="release-lto"}
 
 REALPATH=$(command -v uu-realpath || command -v realpath)
 MAKE=$(command -v gmake || command -v make)
@@ -67,6 +68,14 @@ function launch_container {
     local features_joined
     features_joined=$(IFS=","; echo "${features[*]}")
 
+    local build_flags=()
+    if [ "$PROFILE" = "dev" ] || [ "$PROFILE" = "debug" ]; then
+        PROFILE="debug"
+    else
+        build_flags+=(--profile "$PROFILE")
+    fi
+
+
     if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
         # If we passed in args, we need to forward them along
         for path in "${@}"; do
@@ -76,11 +85,10 @@ function launch_container {
 set -euo pipefail
 IFS=\$'\n\t'
 
-cargo build --bin compare --no-default-features --features "$features_joined"
-exec /target/debug/compare "/input${full_path}"
+cargo build --bin compare --no-default-features --features "$features_joined" ${build_flags[@]}
+exec /target/${PROFILE}/compare "/input${full_path}"
 EOF
                        )
-            log "INIT SCRIPT: $init_script"
             docker run "${additional_flags[@]}" --init --rm -i --mount type=tmpfs,destination=/tmp -v "/:/input:ro"  -v "$($REALPATH "$DIR/../"):/source:ro" --mount source=cargo-cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry --mount source=rust-cache,target=/target --env CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/target -w /source --entrypoint "" organic-test sh -c "$init_script"
         done
     else
@@ -90,9 +98,9 @@ EOF
 set -euo pipefail
 IFS=\$'\n\t'
 
-cargo build --bin compare --no-default-features --features "$features_joined"
+cargo build --bin compare --no-default-features --features "$features_joined" ${build_flags[@]}
 cd /input${current_directory}
-exec /target/debug/compare
+exec /target/${PROFILE}/compare
 EOF
                        )