diff --git a/lain/.emacs.d/config.org b/lain/.emacs.d/config.org
index 80f9f34..73df382 100644
--- a/lain/.emacs.d/config.org
+++ b/lain/.emacs.d/config.org
@@ -354,6 +354,14 @@ Print more stuff when running =C-x C-e= or =(eval-last-sexp)=
 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
   (setq eval-expression-print-level 100)
 #+END_SRC
+*** GC in Minibuffer
+Don't garbage collect while the minibuffer is open, as heavy
+things like completion and searches are happening and will
+slow down with many garbage collections.
+#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
+  (add-hook 'minibuffer-setup-hook #'jf-inhibit-gc)
+  (add-hook 'minibuffer-exit-hook  #'jf-resume-gc)
+#+END_SRC
 ** UI
 *** Font
 Engage a nice coding font.
@@ -414,7 +422,10 @@ Show a cool custom dashboard buffer on startup.
 
     :custom
     (dashboard-startup-banner 'logo)
-    (dashboard-banner-logo-title "Welcome to Electronic Macs")
+    (dashboard-banner-logo-title
+     (format "Welcome to Electronic Macs. Ready in %.2f seconds with %d GCs."
+             (float-time (time-subtract after-init-time before-init-time))
+             gcs-done))
     (dashboard-items
      '((recents . 5)
        (agenda)
diff --git a/lain/.emacs.d/init.el b/lain/.emacs.d/init.el
index 38de94a..6ee2991 100755
--- a/lain/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/lain/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@
 (defvar jf-config-file (expand-file-name "config.org" user-emacs-directory))
 (defvar jf-init-file (expand-file-name "init.el" user-emacs-directory))
 (defvar jf-load-path (expand-file-name "lisp/" user-emacs-directory))
+(defvar jf-gc-threshold 20000000) ; 20MB up from 800KB
 
-(message "Initializing Electronic Macs...")
+(defun jf-inhibit-gc ()
+  (setq gc-cons-threshold most-positive-fixnum))
+(defun jf-resume-gc ()
+  (setq gc-cons-threshold jf-gc-threshold))
+
+
+(message "-> Initializing Electronic Macs...")
+
+;; Don't garbage collect during init
+(jf-inhibit-gc)
 (org-babel-load-file jf-config-file)
+(jf-resume-gc)
+
+(message "-> Initialized in %s" (emacs-init-time))