diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5118f358b..1854190fb 100644
Binary files a/Cargo.lock and b/Cargo.lock differ
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bf23e5190..c8a312cc0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ image               = "0.24.9"                                       # Update bl
 itertools           = "0.13.0"
 lending-stream      = "1.0"
 libc                = "0.2"
+mimalloc            = "0.1.43"
 normpath            = "1.2"
 once_cell           = "1.19"
 pin-project-lite    = "0.2.14"
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index dbf441ec7..49d7ded48 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ tauri-plugin-os      = "=2.0.0-rc.0"
 tauri-plugin-shell   = "=2.0.0-rc.0"
 tauri-plugin-updater = "=2.0.0-rc.0"
 
+# memory allocator
+mimalloc = { workspace = true }
+
 [dependencies.tauri]
 features = ["linux-libxdo", "macos-private-api", "native-tls-vendored", "unstable"]
 version  = "=2.0.0-rc.2"
diff --git a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs
index b4fde3828..a1701893e 100644
--- a/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/desktop/src-tauri/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 	windows_subsystem = "windows"
 )]
 
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
+
 use std::{fs, path::PathBuf, process::Command, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
 
 use menu::{set_enabled, MenuEvent};