diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d2cb943..6778449 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ cd libcurl.js/client
 ```
 Make sure you have emscripten, git, and the various C build tools installed. The build script will generate `client/out/libcurl.js` as well as `client/out/libcurl_module.mjs`, which is an ES6 module.
 
+You can supply the following arguments to the build script to control the build:
+- `release` - Use all optimizations.
+- `single_file` - Include the WASM binary in the outputted JS using base64.
+
 ## Javascript API:
 
 ### Importing the Library:
diff --git a/client/build.sh b/client/build.sh
index d5743e1..4c1d452 100755
--- a/client/build.sh
+++ b/client/build.sh
@@ -20,13 +20,18 @@ RUNTIME_METHODS="addFunction,removeFunction,allocate,ALLOC_NORMAL"
 COMPILER_OPTIONS="-o $MODULE_FILE -lcurl -lssl -lcrypto -lcjson -lz -lbrotlidec -lbrotlicommon -lnghttp2 -I $INCLUDE_DIR -L $LIB_DIR"
 EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS="-lwebsocket.js -sASSERTIONS=1 -sALLOW_TABLE_GROWTH -sALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH -sEXPORTED_FUNCTIONS=$EXPORTED_FUNCS -sEXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=$RUNTIME_METHODS"
 
-if [ "$1" = "release" ]; then
+if [[ "$*" == *"release"* ]]; then
   COMPILER_OPTIONS="-Oz -flto $COMPILER_OPTIONS"
-  #EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS="-sSINGLE_FILE $EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS"
+  echo "note: building with release optimizations"
 else
   COMPILER_OPTIONS="$COMPILER_OPTIONS --profiling"
 fi
 
+if [[ "$*" == *"single_file"* ]]; then
+  EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS="-sSINGLE_FILE $EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS"
+  echo "note: building as a single js file"
+fi
+
 #ensure deps are compiled
 tools/all_deps.sh
 tools/generate_cert.sh
@@ -39,6 +44,7 @@ mkdir -p out
 COMPILE_CMD="emcc main.c $COMPILER_OPTIONS $EMSCRIPTEN_OPTIONS"
 echo $COMPILE_CMD
 $COMPILE_CMD
+mv $COMPILED_FILE $WASM_FILE || true
 
 #merge compiled emscripten module and wrapper code
 cp $WRAPPER_SOURCE $OUT_FILE
diff --git a/client/fragments/load_later.js b/client/fragments/load_later.js
index 9412bd4..79087a1 100644
--- a/client/fragments/load_later.js
+++ b/client/fragments/load_later.js
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ var asm ?= ?createWasm\(\);
 */
 var asm = null;
 
+/* REPLACE
+var wasmExports ?= ?createWasm\(\);
+*/
+var wasmExports = null;
+
 /* DELETE
 run\(\);\n\n
 */