diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index c25edcb..20815ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,18 @@ env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
 
 jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Check format
+        run: cargo fmt --check
+      - name: Clippy
+        run: cargo clippy
+
   build:
+    needs: lint
     name: Build and Test
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
@@ -37,8 +48,6 @@ jobs:
           - '--all-features'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Check format
-        run: cargo fmt --check
       - name: Build Library
         run: cargo build --verbose
       - name: Build Examples
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index db134e0..af8fad8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -24,12 +24,27 @@ version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aligned-vec"
 version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4aa90d7ce82d4be67b64039a3d588d38dbcc6736577de4a847025ce5b0c468d1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anes"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4b46cbb362ab8752921c97e041f5e366ee6297bd428a31275b9fcf1e380f7299"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.14"
@@ -194,6 +209,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8f1fe948ff07f4bd06c30984e69f5b4899c516a3ef74f34df92a2df2ab535495"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cast"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "37b2a672a2cb129a2e41c10b1224bb368f9f37a2b16b612598138befd7b37eb5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cc"
 version = "1.0.98"
@@ -221,6 +242,33 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42e69ffd6f0917f5c029256a24d0161db17cea3997d185db0d35926308770f0e"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "ciborium-ll",
+ "serde",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-io"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05afea1e0a06c9be33d539b876f1ce3692f4afea2cb41f740e7743225ed1c757"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "ciborium-ll"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "57663b653d948a338bfb3eeba9bb2fd5fcfaecb9e199e87e1eda4d9e8b240fd9"
+dependencies = [
+ "ciborium-io",
+ "half",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.4"
@@ -291,6 +339,42 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2b12d017a929603d80db1831cd3a24082f8137ce19c69e6447f54f5fc8d692f"
+dependencies = [
+ "anes",
+ "cast",
+ "ciborium",
+ "clap",
+ "criterion-plot",
+ "is-terminal",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+ "num-traits",
+ "once_cell",
+ "oorandom",
+ "plotters",
+ "rayon",
+ "regex",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "tinytemplate",
+ "walkdir",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "criterion-plot"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6b50826342786a51a89e2da3a28f1c32b06e387201bc2d19791f622c673706b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cast",
+ "itertools 0.10.5",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -423,6 +507,12 @@ version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2304e00983f87ffb38b55b444b5e3b60a884b5d30c0fca7d82fe33449bbe55ea"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hermit-abi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d231dfb89cfffdbc30e7fc41579ed6066ad03abda9e567ccafae602b97ec5024"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "image"
 version = "0.25.1"
@@ -466,7 +556,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "approx",
  "getrandom",
  "image",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "nalgebra",
  "num",
  "rand",
@@ -502,12 +592,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "is-terminal"
+version = "0.4.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f23ff5ef2b80d608d61efee834934d862cd92461afc0560dedf493e4c033738b"
+dependencies = [
+ "hermit-abi",
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "is_terminal_polyfill"
 version = "1.70.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f8478577c03552c21db0e2724ffb8986a5ce7af88107e6be5d2ee6e158c12800"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itertools"
+version = "0.10.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b0fd2260e829bddf4cb6ea802289de2f86d6a7a690192fbe91b3f46e0f2c8473"
+dependencies = [
+ "either",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itertools"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -517,6 +627,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "either",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itoa"
+version = "1.0.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jobserver"
 version = "0.1.31"
@@ -771,6 +887,12 @@ version = "1.19.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3fdb12b2476b595f9358c5161aa467c2438859caa136dec86c26fdd2efe17b92"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "oorandom"
+version = "11.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0ab1bc2a289d34bd04a330323ac98a1b4bc82c9d9fcb1e66b63caa84da26b575"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "owned_ttf_parser"
 version = "0.21.0"
@@ -792,6 +914,34 @@ version = "0.3.30"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d231b230927b5e4ad203db57bbcbee2802f6bce620b1e4a9024a07d94e2907ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a15b6eccb8484002195a3e44fe65a4ce8e93a625797a063735536fd59cb01cf3"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-traits",
+ "plotters-backend",
+ "plotters-svg",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "web-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-backend"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "414cec62c6634ae900ea1c56128dfe87cf63e7caece0852ec76aba307cebadb7"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "plotters-svg"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81b30686a7d9c3e010b84284bdd26a29f2138574f52f5eb6f794fc0ad924e705"
+dependencies = [
+ "plotters-backend",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "png"
 version = "0.17.13"
@@ -917,7 +1067,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "built",
  "cfg-if",
  "interpolate_name",
- "itertools",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "libc",
  "libfuzzer-sys",
  "log",
@@ -979,6 +1129,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "crossbeam-utils",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.10.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c117dbdfde9c8308975b6a18d71f3f385c89461f7b3fb054288ecf2a2058ba4c"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "86b83b8b9847f9bf95ef68afb0b8e6cdb80f498442f5179a29fad448fcc1eaea"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "adad44e29e4c806119491a7f06f03de4d1af22c3a680dd47f1e6e179439d1f56"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rgb"
 version = "0.8.37"
@@ -988,6 +1167,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ryu"
+version = "1.0.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f3cb5ba0dc43242ce17de99c180e96db90b235b8a9fdc9543c96d2209116bd9f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "safe_arch"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -997,6 +1182,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -1047,6 +1241,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_json"
+version = "1.0.117"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "455182ea6142b14f93f4bc5320a2b31c1f266b66a4a5c858b013302a5d8cbfc3"
+dependencies = [
+ "itoa",
+ "ryu",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_spanned"
 version = "0.6.6"
@@ -1104,6 +1309,7 @@ name = "stroke-width-transform"
 version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
+ "criterion",
  "image",
  "imageproc",
  "num-traits",
@@ -1177,6 +1383,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "weezl",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinytemplate"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be4d6b5f19ff7664e8c98d03e2139cb510db9b0a60b55f8e8709b689d939b6bc"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "toml"
 version = "0.8.13"
@@ -1258,6 +1474,16 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "852e951cb7832cb45cb1169900d19760cfa39b82bc0ea9c0e5a14ae88411c98b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29790946404f91d9c5d06f9874efddea1dc06c5efe94541a7d6863108e3a5e4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
@@ -1318,6 +1544,16 @@ version = "0.2.92"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af190c94f2773fdb3729c55b007a722abb5384da03bc0986df4c289bf5567e96"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "web-sys"
+version = "0.3.69"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77afa9a11836342370f4817622a2f0f418b134426d91a82dfb48f532d2ec13ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "weezl"
 version = "0.1.8"
@@ -1334,6 +1570,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "safe_arch",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4d4cc384e1e73b93bafa6fb4f1df8c41695c8a91cf9c4c64358067d15a7b6c6b"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.52.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7120c77..7269805 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ crate-type = ["bin"]
 name = "profile"
 crate-type = ["bin"]
 
+[[bench]]
+name = "swt"
+path = "benches/bench_swt.rs"
+harness = false
+
 [dependencies]
 image = "0.25.1"
 num-traits = "0.2.19"
@@ -26,6 +31,7 @@ rayon = { version = "1.10.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive"] }
+criterion = "0.5.1"
 imageproc = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["display-window"] }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/benches/bench_swt.rs b/benches/bench_swt.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d1b506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/bench_swt.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use stroke_width_transform::StrokeWidthTransform;
+
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("SWT (ocr.png)", |b| {
+        let img = image::open("images/ocr.png")
+            .expect("test image is missing")
+            .into_rgb8();
+        let swt = StrokeWidthTransform::default();
+        b.iter(|| swt.apply(black_box(&img)))
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index bd883c3..ea11dcf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -239,7 +239,11 @@ impl StrokeWidthTransform {
                 let gx = gx[0].to_f32().unwrap();
                 let gy = gy[0].to_f32().unwrap();
 
-                let inv_norm = 1. / (gx * gx + gy * gy).sqrt();
+                let mut inv_norm = 1. / (gx * gx + gy * gy).sqrt();
+                if !inv_norm.is_finite() {
+                    inv_norm = 1.0;
+                }
+
                 let gx = gx * inv_norm;
                 let gy = gy * inv_norm;