diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index 093739a5c..91969d20f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ android {
     }
     buildTypes {
         release {
-            minifyEnabled false
-            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
+            shrinkResources true
+            minifyEnabled true
+            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android-optimize.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
         }
         debug {
             applicationIdSuffix ".debug"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 4a5855f43..17b8acca5 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536m
 # Kotlin code style for this project: "official" or "obsolete":
 kotlin.code.style=official
 android.useAndroidX=true
-android.enableJetifier=true
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+android.enableJetifier=true
+android.enableR8=true
\ No newline at end of file