diff --git a/examples/phrasebook/Compile.hs b/examples/phrasebook/Compile.hs
index 5945e62e6..a3b7d2048 100644
--- a/examples/phrasebook/Compile.hs
+++ b/examples/phrasebook/Compile.hs
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ mainmodu = "Phrasebook"
 main = do
   (opts,langs) <- getArgs >>= return . partition ((=='-') . head)
   let modus = [mkFile la | la <- langs]
+  let opt = elem "-opt" opts
   putStrLn $ unwords modus
   if notElem "-link" opts 
-    then mapM_ compileOne modus >> return ()
+    then mapM_ (compileOne opt) modus >> return ()
     else return ()
   case opts of
     _ | elem "-make" opts || elem "-link" opts -> do
@@ -35,8 +36,9 @@ main = do
       return () 
     _ -> return ()
 
-compileOne modu = do
-  let comm = "gf -make -s -optimize-pgf -name=" ++ 
+compileOne opt modu = do
+  let optim = if opt then " -optimize-pgf" else ""
+      comm = "gf -make -s" ++ optim ++ " -name=" ++ 
              modu ++ " " ++ modu ++ ".gf" ++
              " +RTS -K32M"
   putStrLn comm
diff --git a/examples/phrasebook/Makefile b/examples/phrasebook/Makefile
index 9af86ccfb..b2788cda2 100644
--- a/examples/phrasebook/Makefile
+++ b/examples/phrasebook/Makefile
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@ all: fin demo missing
 demo: compdemo linkdemo
 
 compdemo:
-	$(compile) Bul Cat Dan Dut Eng Fre Ger Ita Nor Pol Ron Rus Spa Swe Tha Urd DisambPhrasebookEng
+	$(compile) Bul Dan Dut Nor Pol Ron Spa
+	$(compile) -opt Cat Eng Fre Ger Rus Swe Tha Urd DisambPhrasebookEng
+#	$(compile) -opt Bul Cat Dan Dut Eng Fre Ger Ita Nor Pol Ron Rus Spa Swe Tha Urd DisambPhrasebookEng
 
 linkdemo:
-	$(compile) -link Eng Bul Cat Dan Dut Fin Fre Ger Ita Nor Pol Ron Rus Spa Swe Tha Urd DisambPhrasebookEng 
+	$(compile) -link Eng Bul Cat Dan Dut Fin Fre Ger Ita Nor Pol Rus Spa Swe Tha Urd DisambPhrasebookEng 
+#	$(compile) -link Eng Bul Cat Dan Dut Fin Fre Ger Ita Nor Pol Ron Rus Spa Swe Tha Urd DisambPhrasebookEng 
 
 #separate, because slow...
 fin:
-	$(compile) Fin
+	$(compile) -opt Fin
 
 missing:
 	echo "pg -missing | wf -file=missing.txt" | gf -run Phrasebook.pgf