diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 287f70a..562c9a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ edition = "2018"
 
 [dependencies]
 c_vec = "1.3.3"
+ethcore-builtin = { path = "../parity-ethereum/ethcore/builtin" }
+lazy_static = "1.3.0"
 libc = "0.2.60"
 parity-bytes = "0.1.0"
-ethcore-builtin = { path = "../parity-ethereum/ethcore/builtin" }
+rustler = "0.20.0"
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 54e8e6a..4711c25 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ DEBUG ?= 0
 ifeq ($(DEBUG), 1)
     CFLAGS =-DDEBUG=1
 else
-    CFLAGS=-DNDEBUG
+    CFLAGS=-DNDEBUG -Ofast
 endif
 
 CC = gcc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ INCLUDEPATH = -Iinclude
 
 all: test erl_ecrecover
 
-test: src/test.c src/base64.c target/debug/libecrecover.so
+test: src/test.c src/base64.c target/release/libecrecover.so
 	$(CC) -o $@ $^ $(INCLUDEPATH) $(CFLAGS) $(LDPATH)
 	./test
 
diff --git a/src/ecrecover.erl b/src/ecrecover.erl
index 91f324e..e2e277f 100644
--- a/src/ecrecover.erl
+++ b/src/ecrecover.erl
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 -module(ecrecover).
 -export([start/1, stop/0, init/1]).
 -export([ecrecover/1]).
+-export([time_taken_to_execute/1]).
+
+time_taken_to_execute(F) -> Start = os:timestamp(),
+  F(),
+  io:format("total time taken ~f seconds~n", [timer:now_diff(os:timestamp(), Start) / 1000000]).
 
 start(ExtPrg) ->
     spawn(?MODULE, init, [ExtPrg]).
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f65f203..0d297de 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,72 @@
 extern crate c_vec;
 extern crate ethcore_builtin;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate lazy_static;
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate parity_bytes;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate rustler;
 
 use std::ffi::*;
 use ethcore_builtin::EcRecover;
 use crate::ethcore_builtin::Implementation;
 use c_vec::{CVec};
 use parity_bytes::BytesRef;
+use rustler::*;
 use std::ptr::copy_nonoverlapping;
 
 const INPUT_LENGTH: usize = 512;
 const OUTPUT_LENGTH: usize = 32;
 
+mod atoms {
+    rustler_atoms! {
+        atom ok;
+    }
+}
+
+rustler_export_nifs!(
+    "nifecrecover",
+    [
+        ("ecrecover", 2, nif_ecrecover),
+    ],
+    Some(on_load)
+);
+
+struct EcrecoverResource { }
+
+#[no_mangle]
+fn on_load(env: Env, _load_info: Term) -> bool {
+    println!("on_load");
+    rustler::resource_struct_init!(EcrecoverResource, env);
+    true
+}
+
+pub fn nif_ecrecover<'a>(env: Env<'a>, args: &[Term<'a>]) -> Result<Term<'a>, Error> {
+    let input: String = args[0].decode()?;
+    let mut output: String = args[1].decode()?;
+    let mut byte_ref = Vec::new();
+    let ecrecover = EcRecover { };
+    let result = match ecrecover.execute(input.as_bytes(),
+                                         &mut BytesRef::Flexible(&mut byte_ref)) {
+        Ok(x) => x,
+        Err(e) => return Err(rustler::Error::Atom("ecrecover failed")),
+    };
+    match String::from_utf8(byte_ref) {
+        Ok(x) => {
+            output.push_str(&x);
+            Ok((atoms::ok(), true).encode(env))
+        },
+        Err(x) => Err(rustler::Error::Atom("Invalid UTF-8")),
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * C interface to the ethereum ecrecover implementation. Returns 1 on success,
+ * 0 on failure (in which case there are no guarantees as to what is in output.
+ *
+ * Memory allocated by caller, expected to be an array of bytes, as above-- 512 in,
+ * 32 out.
+ */
 #[no_mangle]
 pub unsafe extern "C" fn ecrecover(input: *const libc::c_uchar, output: *mut libc::c_uchar) -> i16 {
     let ecrecover = EcRecover { };
@@ -27,6 +81,8 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn ecrecover(input: *const libc::c_uchar, output: *mut lib
     return 1;
 }
 
+
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/nifecrecover.erl b/src/nifecrecover.erl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2444ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nifecrecover.erl
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+-module(nifecrecover).
+
+%% API
+-export([ecrecover/2]).
+
+%% Native library support
+-export([load/0]).
+-on_load(load/0).
+
+ecrecover(_Input, _Output) ->
+    not_loaded(?LINE).
+
+load() ->
+    ok = erlang:load_nif("/home/newby/projects/ethereum/ecrecover/target/debug/libecrecover", 0).
+
+not_loaded(Line) ->
+    erlang:nif_error({error, {not_loaded, [{module, ?MODULE}, {line, Line}]}}).
+
+priv()->
+  case code:priv_dir(?MODULE) of
+      {error, _} ->
+          EbinDir = filename:dirname(code:which(?MODULE)),
+          AppPath = filename:dirname(EbinDir),
+          filename:join(AppPath, "priv");
+      Path ->
+          Path
+  end.