diff --git a/thoom-emacs/early-init.el b/thoom-emacs/early-init.el
index 384d208..1296010 100644
--- a/thoom-emacs/early-init.el
+++ b/thoom-emacs/early-init.el
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
 ;; Disable package.el in favor of straight.el
 (setq package-enable-at-startup nil)
+
+(setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum)
+
+(add-hook 'emacs-startup-hook
+          (lambda ()
+            (setq gc-cons-threshold (* 16 1024 1024))))