diff --git a/Plugins/PluginNowPlaying/PluginNowPlaying.vcxproj b/Plugins/PluginNowPlaying/PluginNowPlaying.vcxproj
index 19a9902e..f8e2b163 100644
--- a/Plugins/PluginNowPlaying/PluginNowPlaying.vcxproj
+++ b/Plugins/PluginNowPlaying/PluginNowPlaying.vcxproj
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>./taglib;./taglib/toolkit;./taglib/asf;./taglib/mpeg;./taglib/ogg;./taglib/ogg/flac;./taglib/flac;./taglib/mpc;./taglib/ogg/vorbis;./taglib/mpeg/id3v2;./taglib/mpeg/id3v2/frames;./taglib/mpeg/id3v1;./taglib/ape;./taglib/wavpack;.\SDKs\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4351;4800;4273;4251;4530;4996</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <ExceptionHandling Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">false</ExceptionHandling>
+      <WholeProgramOptimization Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">false</WholeProgramOptimization>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>Psapi.lib;WinInet.lib;comsuppwd.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
diff --git a/Rainmeter.props b/Rainmeter.props
index 2a824e21..8fb9b44d 100644
--- a/Rainmeter.props
+++ b/Rainmeter.props
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>