diff --git a/bark/generation.py b/bark/generation.py
index 54f98709..3a15b8b2 100644
--- a/bark/generation.py
+++ b/bark/generation.py
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ def _cast_bool_env_var(s):
 USE_SMALL_MODELS = _cast_bool_env_var(os.environ.get("SUNO_USE_SMALL_MODELS", "False"))
 GLOBAL_ENABLE_MPS = _cast_bool_env_var(os.environ.get("SUNO_ENABLE_MPS", "False"))
 OFFLOAD_CPU = _cast_bool_env_var(os.environ.get("SUNO_OFFLOAD_CPU", "False"))
-
+DISABLE_COMPILE = _cast_bool_env_var(os.environ.get("SUNO_DISABLE_COMPILE", "False"))
 
 REMOTE_MODEL_PATHS = {
     "text_small": {
@@ -254,6 +254,11 @@ def _load_codec_model(device):
     model.set_target_bandwidth(6.0)
     model.eval()
     model.to(device)
+    if callable(getattr(torch, "compile")) and not DISABLE_COMPILE:
+        logger.info("torch.compile available, compiling codec model.")
+        model = torch.compile(model)
+    else:
+        logger.info("torch.compile *not* available, you will get better performance if you use pytorch >= 2.0.")
     _clear_cuda_cache()
     return model