diff --git a/voicegardens/static/voicegardens.js b/voicegardens/static/voicegardens.js
index 8f1f147..e035b1e 100644
--- a/voicegardens/static/voicegardens.js
+++ b/voicegardens/static/voicegardens.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 // Voicegardens front-end Javascript
 //
 
+// https://github.com/processing/p5.js/wiki/Optimizing-p5.js-Code-for-Performance
+p5.disableFriendlyErrors = true; // disables FES
+
 // The entire canvas
 var _canvas;