diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index afe29b5..2721e1c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,8 @@ serde_cbor = "0.9.0"
 serde_json = "1.0.111"
 bendy = "0.3.3"
 generic-array = "1.0.0"
-anyhow = "1.0.79"
\ No newline at end of file
+anyhow = "1.0.79"
+
+[build-dependencies]
+rand = "0.6.5"
+generic-array = "1.0.0"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e576481
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+use std::path::Path;
+use crate::gf256::GF256;
+
+#[path="src/gf.rs"]
+mod gf;
+#[path="src/gf256.rs"]
+mod gf256;
+
+fn write_tbl(path: impl AsRef<Path>, name: &str, tbl: &[u8; 256]) {
+    let mut res = format!("const INV_TBL: [{name}; {tbl_len}] = [\n", tbl_len=tbl.len());
+    for v in tbl {
+        res += &format!("\t{name}({v}),\n");
+    }
+    res += "];\n";
+
+    std::fs::write(path, res).unwrap();
+}
+
+pub fn main() {
+    let mut gf256_inv_tbl = [0;256];
+    for i in 0..256 {
+        gf256_inv_tbl[i] = u8::from(GF256::from(i as u8).minv_slow());
+    }
+    let mut out_file = std::path::PathBuf::from(std::env::var_os("OUT_DIR").unwrap());
+    out_file.push("gf256_inv.rs");
+    write_tbl(&out_file, "GF256", &gf256_inv_tbl);
+
+    println!("cargo::rustc-cfg=rssss_have_codegen")
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/gf256.rs b/src/gf256.rs
index 56e1965..c04efed 100644
--- a/src/gf256.rs
+++ b/src/gf256.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ use std::fmt::{Debug, Display, Formatter};
 use std::ops::{Add, AddAssign, Sub, SubAssign, Mul, MulAssign, Div, DivAssign};
 use generic_array::GenericArray;
 use generic_array::typenum::U1;
-use rand::distributions::{Standard};
+use rand::distributions::Standard;
 use rand::prelude::Distribution;
 use rand::Rng;
+
+#[cfg(rssss_have_codegen)]
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use crate::gf::GF;
 
@@ -15,9 +17,12 @@ use crate::gf::GF;
 ///
 /// Multiplication is performed modulo $x^8 + x^4 + x^3 + x + 1$, or `{11B}`
 ///
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[cfg_attr(rssss_have_codegen, derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub struct GF256(u8);
 
+#[cfg(rssss_have_codegen)]
+include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/gf256_inv.rs"));
+
 impl GF256 {
 
     /// Multiply by x, reducing modulo 14E
@@ -27,6 +32,19 @@ impl GF256 {
         GF256(poly << 1 ^ (0x1B & mask))
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn minv_slow(self) -> Self {
+        let mut res = self;
+        let mut factor = 1;
+        for _ in 0..6 {
+            res = res * res * self;
+            factor = factor * 2 + 1;
+        }
+        res = res * res;
+        factor = factor*2;
+        //assert_eq!(factor, 254);
+
+        res
+    }
 }
 
 impl GF for GF256 {
@@ -38,19 +56,13 @@ impl GF for GF256 {
 
     /// Multiplicative inverse
     /// Note that this is an expensive operation
+    #[cfg(rssss_have_codegen)]
     fn minv(self) -> Self {
-        // For constant time evaluation, we compute self**254
-        let mut res = self;
-        let mut factor = 1;
-        for _ in 0..6 {
-            res = res * res * self;
-            factor = factor * 2 + 1;
-        }
-        res = res * res;
-        factor = factor*2;
-        assert_eq!(factor, 254);
-
-        res
+        INV_TBL[self.0 as usize]
+    }
+    #[cfg(not(rssss_have_codegen))]
+    fn minv(self) -> Self {
+        self.minv_slow()
     }
 
     fn decode(chunk: GenericArray<u8, Self::ChunkSize>) -> Self {
@@ -154,7 +166,7 @@ impl TryFrom<usize> for GF256 {
 
 // Utility functions
 /// Unsigned negate
-fn uneg(v: u8) -> u8 {
+const fn uneg(v: u8) -> u8 {
     (-(v as i8)) as u8
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7bcbc44..f60f8cc 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ impl Command for GenShare {
         let mut rng = rand::rngs::OsRng::new()?;
 
         let share = rssss::s4::Share::new((self.share_no as u8).into(), poly.as_slice());
-        eprintln!("{share:?}");
+        // eprintln!("{share:?}");
         share.write_to(io::stdout())?;
         Ok(())
     }