diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 163c716..ac79a8d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ urlencoding = "2.1"
 
 ### RUNTIME
 
-mlua = { version = "0.9.0-beta.3", features = ["luau", "serialize"] }
+mlua = { version = "0.9.0-beta.3", features = [
+    "luau",
+    "luau-jit",
+    "serialize",
+] }
 tokio = { version = "1.24", features = ["full"] }
 
 ### SERDE
diff --git a/src/lune/lua/create.rs b/src/lune/lua/create.rs
index bc5067c..dc22ec8 100644
--- a/src/lune/lua/create.rs
+++ b/src/lune/lua/create.rs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ pub fn create() -> LuaResult<&'static Lua> {
     let lua = Lua::new().into_static();
 
     // Enable jit and set global compiler options
+    lua.enable_jit(true);
     lua.set_compiler(
         LuaCompiler::default()
             .set_coverage_level(0)