diff --git a/exporter/shadow-cljs.edn b/exporter/shadow-cljs.edn
index f728e38c4..526d65bed 100644
--- a/exporter/shadow-cljs.edn
+++ b/exporter/shadow-cljs.edn
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     :compiler-options
     {:fn-invoke-direct true
      :source-map true
-     :optimizations :whitespace
+     :optimizations #shadow/env ["PENPOT_BUILD_OPTIMIZATIONS" :as :keyword :default :simple]
      :pseudo-names true
      :pretty-print true
      :anon-fn-naming-policy :off