diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 822bf6d..0a701a7 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
 #define WRITE_AFTER_FREE_CHECK true
 #define SLOT_RANDOMIZE true
 #define ZERO_ON_FREE true
+#define SLAB_CANARY true
 
 #endif
diff --git a/malloc.c b/malloc.c
index a0cd0e4..0a5f743 100644
--- a/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static_assert(sizeof(void *) == 8, "64-bit only");
 static_assert(!WRITE_AFTER_FREE_CHECK || ZERO_ON_FREE, "WRITE_AFTER_FREE_CHECK depends on ZERO_ON_FREE");
 
 // either sizeof(uint64_t) or 0
-static const size_t canary_size = sizeof(uint64_t);
+static const size_t canary_size = SLAB_CANARY ? sizeof(uint64_t) : 0;
 
 #define CACHELINE_SIZE 64