diff --git a/src/build/html.ts b/src/build/html.ts
index b31126b..2a8cd93 100644
--- a/src/build/html.ts
+++ b/src/build/html.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import lightningcss from 'bun-lightningcss';
 
 import { getGames } from './isGame';
 
-export async function buildHTML(game: string, production = false) {
+export async function buildHTML(game: string, production = false, portable = false) {
     const html = await Bun.file(path.resolve(import.meta.dir, '..', 'assets', 'index.html')).text();
     const bundle = await Bun.build({
         outdir: '/tmp',
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export async function buildHTML(game: string, production = false) {
         plugins: [
             imagePlugin,
             fontPlugin,
-            wasmPlugin,
+            wasmPlugin({ production, portable }),
             lightningcss(),
         ]
     });
diff --git a/src/build/server.ts b/src/build/server.ts
index d5329d2..be94617 100644
--- a/src/build/server.ts
+++ b/src/build/server.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ Bun.serve({
             case '/':
             case 'index.html':
                 try {
-                    const html = await buildHTML(game);
+                    const html = await buildHTML(
+                        game, 
+                        url.searchParams.get('production') === 'true', // to debug production builds
+                        url.searchParams.get('portable') === 'true', // to skip AssemblyScript compilation
+                    );
                     if (html) {
                         return new Response(html, {
                             headers: {
diff --git a/src/build/wasmPlugin.ts b/src/build/wasmPlugin.ts
index 6776533..e46c2cf 100644
--- a/src/build/wasmPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/build/wasmPlugin.ts
@@ -2,38 +2,54 @@ import { plugin, type BunPlugin } from "bun";
 import path from 'path';
 import asc from 'assemblyscript/asc';
 
-const wasmPlugin: BunPlugin = {
-    name: "WASM loader",
-    async setup(build) {
-        build.onLoad({ filter: /\.wasm\.ts$/ }, async (args) => {
-            const wasmPath = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, '..', '..', 'dist', 'tmp.wasm');
-            const jsPath = wasmPath.replace(/\.wasm$/, '.js');
-            const { error, stderr } = await asc.main([
-                args.path,
-                '--outFile', wasmPath,
-                '--textFile', wasmPath.replace(/\.wasm$/, '.wat'),
-                '--optimize', '--bindings', 'esm',
-            ]);
+interface WasmLoaderConfig {
+    production?: boolean;
+    portable?: boolean;
+}
 
-            if (error) {
-                console.error(stderr.toString(), error.message);
-                throw error;
-            } else {
-                const jsContent = await Bun.file(jsPath).text();
-                const wasmContent = await Bun.file(wasmPath).arrayBuffer();
-                const wasmBuffer = Buffer.from(wasmContent).toString('base64');
-                const wasmURL = `data:application/wasm;base64,${wasmBuffer}`;
+const wasmPlugin = ({ production, portable }: WasmLoaderConfig = {}): BunPlugin => {
+    const p: BunPlugin = {
+        name: "WASM loader",
+        async setup(build) {
+            build.onLoad({ filter: /\.wasm\.ts$/ }, async (args) => {
+                if (portable) {
+                    const contents = await Bun.file(args.path).text();
+                    return {
+                        contents: `import "assemblyscript/std/portable/index.js";\n${contents}`,
+                        loader: 'tsx',
+                    }
+                }
+                const wasmPath = path.resolve(import.meta.dir, '..', '..', 'dist', 'tmp.wasm');
+                const jsPath = wasmPath.replace(/\.wasm$/, '.js');
+                const ascArgs = [
+                    args.path,
+                    '--outFile', wasmPath,
+                    '--bindings', 'esm',
+                ];
+                ascArgs.push(production ? '--optimize' : '--debug');
 
-                return {
-                    loader: 'js',
-                    contents: jsContent
-                        .replace(/new URL\([^)]*\)/, `new URL(${JSON.stringify(wasmURL)})`),
-                };
-            }
-        });
-    }
+                const { error, stderr } = await asc.main(ascArgs);
+
+                if (error) {
+                    console.error(stderr.toString(), error.message);
+                    throw error;
+                } else {
+                    const jsContent = await Bun.file(jsPath).text();
+                    const wasmContent = await Bun.file(wasmPath).arrayBuffer();
+                    const wasmBuffer = Buffer.from(wasmContent).toString('base64');
+                    const wasmURL = `data:application/wasm;base64,${wasmBuffer}`;
+
+                    return {
+                        loader: 'js',
+                        contents: jsContent
+                            .replace(/new URL\([^)]*\)/, `new URL(${JSON.stringify(wasmURL)})`),
+                    };
+                }
+            });
+        }
+    };
+    plugin(p);
+    return p;
 };
 
-plugin(wasmPlugin);
-
 export default wasmPlugin;
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