diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b627e2e..aea5b13 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -161,5 +161,6 @@ target
 **/mutants.out*/
 
 .local/
+.act/
 
 certs/
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 4330597..6928399 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dev-master *ARGS:
 
 dev-agent *ARGS:
     @echo "🔧 Starting Rust agent..."
-    cargo watch -w apps/nxmesh-agent -x 'run --bin nxmesh-agent -- {{ ARGS }}'
+    cargo watch -w apps/nxmesh-agent -x 'run --bin nxmesh-agent --release -- {{ ARGS }}'
 
 # Start Vite frontend development server
 dev-frontend: