diff --git a/CompileHowto.txt b/CompileHowto.txt
index 621cf8fd..9f419709 100644
--- a/CompileHowto.txt
+++ b/CompileHowto.txt
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ mkdir "$HYPERION_DIR/build"
 cd "$HYPERION_DIR/build"
 
 # run cmake to generate make files on the raspberry pi
-cmake ..
+cmake  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Wno-dev ..
 # or if you are not compiling on the raspberry pi and need to disable the Dispmanx grabber and support for spi devices
-cmake -DENABLE_DISPMANX=OFF -DENABLE_SPIDEV=OFF -DENABLE_X11=ON ..
+cmake -DENABLE_DISPMANX=OFF -DENABLE_SPIDEV=OFF -DENABLE_X11=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Wno-dev ..
 # as an alternative for the dispmanx grabber on non-rpi devices (e.g. cubox-i) you could try the framebuffer grabber
-cmake -DENABLE_DISPMANX=OFF -DENABLE_SPIDEV=OFF -DENABLE_FB=ON ..
+cmake -DENABLE_DISPMANX=OFF -DENABLE_SPIDEV=OFF -DENABLE_FB=ON  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -Wno-dev ..
 # for OSX build you need XCode, qt4 libraries and cmake. You can use macport (homebrew might work too) to install them
 sudo port install qt4-mac
 sudo port install cmake
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ cmake -DENABLE_DISPMANX=OFF -DENABLE_SPIDEV=OFF -DENABLE_V4L2=OFF -DENABLE_OSX=O
 
 # run make to build Hyperion
 make
+# or if you have a system with more then 1 cpu core
+make -j 4
+# "4" is  the number of cpu cores (e.g. 4 on RPi2), this makes compile faster
+
+#after compile, to remove any stuff not needed for a release version.
+strip bin/*
 
 # The binaries are build in "$HYPERION_DIR/build/bin". You could copy those to /usr/bin
 sudo cp ./bin/hyperion-remote /usr/bin/