diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index c03a854..1a0e7a5 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-SUBDIRS = external/openssl src man
-
-# Set of files to be formatted.
+# Set of files to be formatted
 FORMATSOURCES = src/*.c src/*.h
+
 format:
 	clang-format -i -style=file $(FORMATSOURCES)
 
@@ -9,17 +8,17 @@ check-format:
 	clang-format -i -style=file $(FORMATSOURCES) && git diff --exit-code
 
 # Add a rule to build OpenSSL first
-all: build-openssl $(SUBDIRS)
+all: build-openssl
 
 build-openssl:
 	cd external/openssl && ./Configure linux-x86_64 no-shared no-comp no-engine no-md4 no-md2 no-ripemd no-whirlpool \
-  no-dsa no-dh no-ec no-ecdsa no-ecdh no-sm2 no-sm3 no-sm4 no-aria \
-  no-cast no-camellia no-seed no-rc2 no-rc4 no-rc5 no-des no-blake2 no-poly1305 \
-  no-chacha no-scrypt no-siphash no-ssl no-tls no-tls1 no-tls1_1 no-tls1_2 no-tls1_3 \
-  no-dtls no-dtls1 no-dtls1_2 no-nextprotoneg no-ocsp no-srp no-srtp no-psk \
-  no-deprecated no-legacy no-tests no-shared no-dso no-async no-atexit no-autoalginit \
-  no-autoload-config no-static-engine no-ui-console no-filenames \
-  --prefix=$(abs_top_srcdir)/external/openssl/build && make && make install_sw
-
-
+	no-dsa no-dh no-ec no-ecdsa no-ecdh no-sm2 no-sm3 no-sm4 no-aria \
+	no-cast no-camellia no-seed no-rc2 no-rc4 no-rc5 no-des no-blake2 no-poly1305 \
+	no-chacha no-scrypt no-siphash no-ssl no-tls no-tls1_1 no-tls1_2 no-tls1_3 \
+	no-dtls no-dtls1 no-dtls1_2 no-nextprotoneg no-ocsp no-srp no-srtp no-psk \
+	no-deprecated no-legacy no-tests no-shared no-dso no-async no-atexit no-autoalginit \
+	no-autoload-config no-static-engine no-ui-console no-filenames \
+	--prefix=$(abs_top_srcdir)/external/openssl/build && make -j$(shell nproc) && make install_sw
 
+$(SUBDIRS):
+	$(MAKE) -C $@ -j$(NUM_PROCS)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 559636d..3c2bc41 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Include directories and linker flags for OpenSSL
-AM_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/external/openssl/build/include
+AM_CFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/external/openssl/build/include -Wl,--gc-sections -flto -Os -s -fno-ident 
 AM_LDFLAGS = -L$(top_srcdir)/external/openssl/build/lib64 -l:libssl.a -l:libcrypto.a
 
 # List of binaries to be built