diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index d1f6be9140386c7c59ce4abf3b4606f77192f053..90048d8a881db6add5fa94fa8348ca072754d6c6 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export PERL5LIB="$HOME/lib/perl:$HOME/perl/lib/perl5/x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-mul
 #screen -a -h 60000
 
 
-alias easy_install="easy_install --user"
+alias easy_install="easy_install --user --optimize"
 alias 'pythonInstall'='python setup.py install --user'
 export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/nobackup/progs/cython/Cython-0.14.1/
 export PATH=/opt/R/R-2.14.1/bin:$PATH