diff --git a/init.el b/init.el
index b655b25..07ea54c 100644
--- a/init.el
+++ b/init.el
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 (setq custom-file (concat user-emacs-directory "custom.el"))
 (when (file-exists-p custom-file) (load custom-file))
 
+;; Performance improvements
+(load (concat user-emacs-directory "performance.el"))
 ;; Writing behavior and packages
 (load (concat user-emacs-directory "writing.el"))
 ;; Navigation behavior and packages
diff --git a/navigation.el b/navigation.el
index df39764..e556161 100644
--- a/navigation.el
+++ b/navigation.el
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 ;;; Code:
 
 ;; Smooth scrolling
-(setq bidi-paragraph-direction 'left-to-right
+(setq bidi-display-reordering 'left-to-right
+      bidi-paragraph-direction 'left-to-right
       bidi-inhibit-bpa t
       bidi-display-reordering nil)
 
diff --git a/performance.el b/performance.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4edfba0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/performance.el
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+;;; performance.el --- Performance tweaks -*- lexical-binding: t -*-
+
+;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs
+
+;; This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;; (at your option) any later version.
+
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; commentary
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(setq read-process-output-max (* 4 1024 1024))
+
+(provide 'performance)
+
+;;; performance.el ends here
diff --git a/writing.el b/writing.el
index 10840ef..4cb8c39 100644
--- a/writing.el
+++ b/writing.el
@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@
 
 ;;; Code:
 
+;; Save interprogram copies
+(setq save-interprogram-paste-before-kill t)
+
+;; Prevent duplicates in the kill ring
+(setq kill-do-not-save-duplicates t)
+
+;; Save kill ring between sessions
+(setq savehist-additional-variables
+      '(search-ring regexp-search-ring kill-ring))
+
+;; Remove text properties from the saved killring
+(add-hook 'savehist-save-hook
+          (lambda ()
+            (setq kill-ring
+                  (mapcar #'substring-no-properties
+                          (cl-remove-if-not #'stringp kill-ring)))))
+
 ;; Save place in file
 (save-place-mode 1)