diff --git a/latentblending/blending_engine.py b/latentblending/blending_engine.py
index b06277d..e3373a5 100644
--- a/latentblending/blending_engine.py
+++ b/latentblending/blending_engine.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class BlendingEngine():
     def __init__(
             self,
             dh: None,
+            do_compile: bool = False,
             guidance_scale_mid_damper: float = 0.5,
             mid_compression_scaler: float = 1.2):
         r"""
@@ -80,6 +81,16 @@ class BlendingEngine():
         self.benchmark_speed()
         self.set_branching()
         
+        if do_compile:
+            print("starting compilation")
+            from sfast.compilers.diffusion_pipeline_compiler import (compile, CompilationConfig)
+            self.dh.pipe.enable_xformers_memory_efficient_attention()
+            config = CompilationConfig.Default()
+            config.enable_xformers = True
+            config.enable_triton = True
+            config.enable_cuda_graph = True
+            self.dh.pipe = compile(self.dh.pipe, config)
+        
         
         
     def benchmark_speed(self):
@@ -833,19 +844,20 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     duration_transition = 12  # In seconds
 
     # Spawn latent blending
-    lb = LatentBlending(dh)
-    lb.set_prompt1(prompt1)
-    lb.set_prompt2(prompt2)
-    lb.set_negative_prompt(negative_prompt)
+    be = BlendingEngine(dh)
+    be.set_prompt1(prompt1)
+    be.set_prompt2(prompt2)
+    be.set_negative_prompt(negative_prompt)
 
     # Run latent blending
     t0 = time.time()
-    lb.run_transition(fixed_seeds=[420, 421])
+    be.run_transition(fixed_seeds=[420, 421])
     dt = time.time() - t0
+    print(f"dt = {dt}")
 
     # Save movie
     fp_movie = f'test.mp4'
-    lb.write_movie_transition(fp_movie, duration_transition)
+    be.write_movie_transition(fp_movie, duration_transition)