diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index 23b3100..0fc3131 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
   (setq gnutls-algorithm-priority
 	    "NORMAL:-VERS-TLS1.3"))
 
+(setq gc-cons-threshold 100000000)
+
 ;; fetch the list of packages available
 (unless package-archive-contents
   (package-refresh-contents))