diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 937d8c9..1fcf442 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     if (res.args.encode != 0) {
         for (res.positionals) |pos| {
-            const encodedString = try base64_encode(allocator, pos);
+            const encodedString = try encode(allocator, pos);
 
             defer allocator.free(encodedString);
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             var input = try read_from_stream(allocator, stdin);
             defer input.deinit();
 
-            const encodedString = try base64_encode(allocator, input.items);
+            const encodedString = try encode(allocator, input.items);
             defer allocator.free(encodedString);
 
             try stdout.writer().print("{s}", .{encodedString});
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     if (res.args.decode != 0) {
         for (res.positionals) |pos| {
-            const decodedString = base64_decode(allocator, pos) catch |err| {
+            const decodedString = decode(allocator, pos) catch |err| {
                 std.debug.print("unable to decode string '{s}'\n", .{pos});
 
                 return err;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             };
             defer input.deinit();
 
-            const decodedString = base64_decode(allocator, input.items) catch |err| {
+            const decodedString = decode(allocator, input.items) catch |err| {
                 std.debug.print("unable to decode string '{s}'\n", .{std.mem.trim(u8, input.items, "\r\n")});
 
                 return err;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ fn read_from_stream(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, stream: std.fs.File) !std.Arra
     return input;
 }
 
-fn base64_encode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, string: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
+fn encode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, string: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
     const encoder = std.base64.standard.Encoder;
     const encoded = try allocator.alloc(u8, encoder.calcSize(string.len));
 
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ fn base64_encode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, string: []const u8) ![]const u8 {
     return encodedString;
 }
 
-fn base64_decode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, b64string: []const u8) ![]u8 {
+fn decode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, b64string: []const u8) ![]u8 {
     const decoder = std.base64.standard.Decoder;
     var decodeSize = decoder.calcSizeForSlice(b64string) catch |err| {
         return err;
@@ -159,12 +159,26 @@ fn base64_decode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, b64string: []const u8) ![]u8 {
     return decodedString;
 }
 
+fn benchmark_encode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, timer: *std.time.Timer) !void {
+    const input = "hej lksjdlkajsd laksjdlkjasd";
+    timer.reset();
+
+    std.mem.doNotOptimizeAway(try encode(allocator, input));
+}
+
+fn benchmark_decode(allocator: std.mem.Allocator, timer: *std.time.Timer) !void {
+    const input = "aGVqIGxrc2pkbGthanNkIGxha3NqZGxramFzZA==";
+    timer.reset();
+
+    std.mem.doNotOptimizeAway(try decode(allocator, input));
+}
+
 test "base64_decode() returns decoded string" {
     const test_allocator = std.testing.allocator;
     const base64String = "aGVqIGxrc2pkbGthanNkIGxha3NqZGxramFzZA==";
     var expectedString = "hej lksjdlkajsd laksjdlkjasd";
 
-    const decodedString = try base64_decode(test_allocator, base64String);
+    const decodedString = try decode(test_allocator, base64String);
     defer test_allocator.free(decodedString);
 
     try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(expectedString, decodedString);
@@ -175,7 +189,7 @@ test "base64_encode() returns encoded string" {
     const expectedEncodedString = "aGVqIGxrc2pkbGthanNkIGxha3NqZGxramFzZA==";
     var string = "hej lksjdlkajsd laksjdlkjasd";
 
-    const encodedString = try base64_encode(test_allocator, string);
+    const encodedString = try encode(test_allocator, string);
     defer test_allocator.free(encodedString);
 
     try std.testing.expectEqualStrings(expectedEncodedString, encodedString);