diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a00dde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cpu.out
+linkheader.test
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 2a82a13..ce3b24a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func (l Links) FilterByRel(r string) Links {
 // String returns the string representation of multiple Links
 // for use in HTTP responses etc
 func (l Links) String() string {
-	strs := make([]string, 0)
+	var strs []string
 	for _, link := range l {
 		strs = append(strs, link.String())
 	}
diff --git a/main_test.go b/main_test.go
index 7b7ac77..6c8a4a0 100644
--- a/main_test.go
+++ b/main_test.go
@@ -145,3 +145,14 @@ func TestLinksToString(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Want `%s`, have `%s`", want, have)
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkParse(b *testing.B) {
+
+	header := "<https://api.github.com/user/9287/repos?page=3&per_page=100>; rel=\"next\", " +
+		"<https://api.github.com/user/9287/repos?page=1&per_page=100>; rel=\"prev\"; pet=\"cat\", " +
+		"<https://api.github.com/user/9287/repos?page=5&per_page=100>; rel=\"last\""
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		_ = Parse(header)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/script/lint b/script/lint
index 82bd64c..dfed93a 100755
--- a/script/lint
+++ b/script/lint
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 PROJDIR=$(cd `dirname $0`/.. && pwd)
 
-cd ${PROJDIR} && gometalinter
+cd ${PROJDIR}
+go get
+gometalinter
diff --git a/script/profile b/script/profile
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f5b92ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/profile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+PROJDIR=$(cd `dirname $0`/.. && pwd)
+cd ${PROJDIR}
+
+go test -bench . -benchmem -cpuprofile cpu.out
+go tool pprof linkheader.test cpu.out