diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 681ac3c..8e39793 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,5 +14,11 @@ dist
 .parcel-cache
 .dub
 trace.*
+*.exe
+*.lib
+*.a
+*.dll
+*.o
+*.obj
 
 test/fixtures/**/*-minified.json
diff --git a/benchmark/benchmark.d b/benchmark/benchmark.d
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e57fd27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/benchmark.d
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module minijson.benchmark;
+
+import minijson.lib: minifyFiles;
+
+import std.datetime.stopwatch: benchmark;
+import std: dirEntries, array, SpanMode, writeln, map;
+
+void main() {
+  const string[] files = dirEntries("./test/fixtures/standard", SpanMode.shallow).map!(entry => entry.name).array();
+
+  void minifyFilesCaller() {
+    minifyFiles(files);
+  }
+  auto result = benchmark!(minifyFilesCaller)(1);
+
+  writeln(result);
+}
diff --git a/dub.sdl b/dub.sdl
index 3d45f72..6e3d796 100644
--- a/dub.sdl
+++ b/dub.sdl
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ configuration "library" {
   targetName "minijson"
 }
 
+configuration "benchmark" {
+  targetType "executable"
+  targetName "minijson-benchmark"
+  mainSourceFile "./benchmark/benchmark.d"
+  excludedSourceFiles "src/native/cli.d" "src/native/libc.d"
+}
+
 # -------- Build Options and configurations --------
 
 // enables all disp except =nosharedaccess
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ab2d6c6..4b0318e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,16 +19,17 @@
     "test.lint": "eslint .",
     "test": "jasmine ./test/index-test.mjs",
     "clean": "shx rm -rf dist",
-    "build.native": "dub build --config=executable",
-    "build.native.release": "pnpm build.native -- --build release-nobounds --compiler=ldc2",
-    "build.native.profile": "pnpm build.native -- --build profile --compiler=ldc2 && node ./src/node/build.js && npm run build.node.js",
+    "build": "dub build --config=executable",
+    "build.release": "pnpm build.native -- --build release-nobounds --compiler=ldc2",
+    "build.profile": "pnpm build.native -- --build profile --compiler=ldc2 && node ./src/node/build.js && npm run build.node.js",
+    "build.benchmark": "dub build --config=benchmark --build release-nobounds --compiler=ldc2",
     "start.profile": "shx rm -rf ./trace.* && npm run start.benchmark && profdump.exe --dot trace.log trace.dot && dot -Tsvg trace.dot -o trace.svg && ./trace.svg",
     "build.node": "npm run build.native.release && node ./src/node/build.js && npm run build.node.js",
     "build.node.js": "tsc -p ./src/node/tsconfig.json",
     "build.wasm": "ldc2 ./src/wasm/wasm.d ./src/native/lib.d --od ./dist --O3 --mtriple=wasm32-unknown-unknown-wasm",
     "build.browser": "npm run build.wasm && parcel build --target browser ./src/browser/index.html",
     "start.browser": "servor ./dist/ --browse --reload",
-    "start.benchmark": "node ./benchmark/native-benchmark.mjs",
+    "start.benchmark.node": "node ./benchmark/native-benchmark.mjs",
     "start.node": "node ./dist/node/cli.js",
     "zip": "zip -9 -j ./dist/minijson-windows-x64.zip ./dist/win32-x64/minijson.exe && zip -9 -j ./dist/minijson-macos-x64.zip ./dist/darwin-x64/minijson && zip -9 -j ./dist/minijson-linux-x64.zip ./dist/linux-x64/minijson",
     "prepublishOnly": "shx rm -rf ./dist/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo ./dist/build.*"
diff --git a/src/native/lib.d b/src/native/lib.d
index fdee184..00611a4 100644
--- a/src/native/lib.d
+++ b/src/native/lib.d
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ string minifyString(in string jsonString, in bool hasComment = false) @trusted
       {
         leftContextSubstr = leftContextSubstr.replaceAll(spaceOrBreakRegex, "");
       }
-      if (!noLeftContext) {
+      if (!noLeftContext)
+      {
         result ~= leftContextSubstr;
       }