diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 627577c..c2b9835 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ criterion = "0.5"
 [features]
 simd = ["dep:simdutf8"]
 zero-copy = []
+default = ["zero-copy", "simd"]
 
 
 [[bench]]