diff --git a/src/stoe.lisp b/src/stoe.lisp
index e9d764b..cbbb53d 100644
--- a/src/stoe.lisp
+++ b/src/stoe.lisp
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
   (:export :main :quit))
 (in-package :stoe)
 
-(declaim (optimize (debug 3) (safety 3) (speed 0)))
-
 (let ((exit-main-loop nil))
   (defun main-loop (&optional unprotected)
     "Run the protected main-loop. An error will be catched with the possibility to
diff --git a/src/utils.lisp b/src/utils.lisp
index 87724af..74c80ca 100644
--- a/src/utils.lisp
+++ b/src/utils.lisp
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
            :get-command-line-option-int))
 (in-package :stoe.utils)
 
+(declaim (optimize (debug 3) (safety 3) (speed 0)))
+
 (defmacro aif (test then else)
   "Bind the result of evaluating `test' to a variable named `it', as per Paul Graham's On Lisp."
   `(let ((it ,test))
diff --git a/stoe.asd b/stoe.asd
index 76bb30b..49db159 100644
--- a/stoe.asd
+++ b/stoe.asd
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
                :cl-opengl)
   :components ((:module "src"
                 :components
-                ((:module "maths"
+                ((:file "utils")
+                 (:module "maths"
                           :components
                           ((:file "maths")
                            (:file "vector")
@@ -35,7 +36,6 @@
                            (:file "float33")
                            (:file "float44")
                            (:file "geometry")))
-                 (:file "utils")
                  (:file "thread"
                         :depends-on ("utils"))
                  (:file "containers")