diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 95f451a..7d14540 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ gem "tzinfo-data", platforms: %i[windows jruby]
 # Reduces boot times through caching; required in config/boot.rb
 gem "bootsnap", require: false
 
+# Add HTTP asset caching/compression and X-Sendfile acceleration to Puma [https://github.com/basecamp/thruster/]
+gem "thruster", require: false
+
 # Use Active Storage variants [https://guides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html#transforming-images]
 # gem "image_processing", "~> 1.2"
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 5c36b72..359dd0a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -514,6 +514,11 @@ GEM
     terminal-table (3.0.2)
       unicode-display_width (>= 1.1.1, < 3)
     thor (1.3.1)
+    thruster (0.1.8)
+    thruster (0.1.8-aarch64-linux)
+    thruster (0.1.8-arm64-darwin)
+    thruster (0.1.8-x86_64-darwin)
+    thruster (0.1.8-x86_64-linux)
     timeout (0.4.1)
     turbo-rails (2.0.5)
       actionpack (>= 6.0.0)
@@ -595,6 +600,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   sqlite3 (~> 1.4)
   standard (>= 1.35.1)
   stimulus-rails
+  thruster
   turbo-rails
   tzinfo-data
   view_component (~> 3.7)
diff --git a/bin/docker-entrypoint b/bin/docker-entrypoint
index 67ef493..57567d6 100755
--- a/bin/docker-entrypoint
+++ b/bin/docker-entrypoint
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash -e
 
+# Enable jemalloc for reduced memory usage and latency.
+if [ -z "${LD_PRELOAD+x}" ]; then
+    LD_PRELOAD=$(find /usr/lib -name libjemalloc.so.2 -print -quit)
+    export LD_PRELOAD
+fi
+
 # If running the rails server then create or migrate existing database
-if [ "${1}" == "./bin/rails" ] && [ "${2}" == "server" ]; then
+if [ "${@: -2:1}" == "./bin/rails" ] && [ "${@: -1:1}" == "server" ]; then
   ./bin/rails db:prepare
 fi
 
diff --git a/bin/thrust b/bin/thrust
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..36bde2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/thrust
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+require "rubygems"
+require "bundler/setup"
+
+load Gem.bin_path("thruster", "thrust")