diff --git a/http/server.go b/http/server.go
index 6d7e14d..8b5cd93 100644
--- a/http/server.go
+++ b/http/server.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package http
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"Moonshark/routers"
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ type Server struct {
 	config         *config.Config
 	sessionManager *sessions.SessionManager
 	errorConfig    utils.ErrorPageConfig
+	ctxPool        sync.Pool
 }
 
 // New creates a new HTTP server
@@ -45,6 +47,11 @@ func New(luaRouter *routers.LuaRouter, staticRouter *routers.StaticRouter,
 			OverrideDir: overrideDir,
 			DebugMode:   debugMode,
 		},
+		ctxPool: sync.Pool{
+			New: func() any {
+				return make(map[string]any, 8)
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	server.fasthttpServer = &fasthttp.Server{
@@ -78,53 +85,49 @@ func (s *Server) Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 // handleRequest processes the HTTP request
 func (s *Server) handleRequest(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
 	start := time.Now()
-	method := string(ctx.Method())
-	path := string(ctx.Path())
+	methodBytes := ctx.Method()
+	pathBytes := ctx.Path()
+
+	// Only convert to string once
+	method := string(methodBytes)
+	path := string(pathBytes)
 
 	if s.debugMode && path == "/debug/stats" {
 		s.handleDebugStats(ctx)
-
 		if s.loggingEnabled {
-			duration := time.Since(start)
-			LogRequest(ctx.Response.StatusCode(), method, path, duration)
+			LogRequest(ctx.Response.StatusCode(), method, path, time.Since(start))
 		}
 		return
 	}
 
-	s.processRequest(ctx)
+	s.processRequest(ctx, method, path)
 
 	if s.loggingEnabled {
-		duration := time.Since(start)
-		LogRequest(ctx.Response.StatusCode(), method, path, duration)
+		LogRequest(ctx.Response.StatusCode(), method, path, time.Since(start))
 	}
 }
 
 // In server.go, modify the processRequest method
-func (s *Server) processRequest(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
-	method := string(ctx.Method())
-	path := string(ctx.Path())
-
+func (s *Server) processRequest(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx, method, path string) {
 	logger.Debug("Processing request %s %s", method, path)
 
 	params := &routers.Params{}
 	bytecode, scriptPath, routeErr, found := s.luaRouter.GetRouteInfo(method, path, params)
 
-	// Check if we found a route but it has an error or no valid bytecode
 	if found && (len(bytecode) == 0 || routeErr != nil) {
 		errorMsg := "Route exists but failed to compile. Check server logs for details."
-
 		if routeErr != nil {
 			errorMsg = routeErr.Error()
 		}
 
 		logger.Error("%s %s - %s", method, path, errorMsg)
-
 		ctx.SetContentType("text/html; charset=utf-8")
 		ctx.SetStatusCode(fasthttp.StatusInternalServerError)
-		errorHTML := utils.InternalErrorPage(s.errorConfig, path, errorMsg)
-		ctx.SetBody([]byte(errorHTML))
+		ctx.SetBody([]byte(utils.InternalErrorPage(s.errorConfig, path, errorMsg)))
 		return
-	} else if found {
+	}
+
+	if found {
 		logger.Debug("Found Lua route match for %s %s with %d params", method, path, params.Count)
 		s.handleLuaRoute(ctx, bytecode, scriptPath, params, method, path)
 		return
@@ -143,58 +146,62 @@ func (s *Server) processRequest(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
 }
 
 // handleLuaRoute executes a Lua route
-func (s *Server) handleLuaRoute(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx, bytecode []byte, scriptPath string, params *routers.Params, method string, path string) {
-	// Create context for Lua execution
+func (s *Server) handleLuaRoute(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx, bytecode []byte, scriptPath string, params *routers.Params, method, path string) {
 	luaCtx := runner.NewHTTPContext(ctx)
 	defer luaCtx.Release()
 
-	host := string(ctx.Host())
+	// Get pooled map for session data
+	sessionMap := s.ctxPool.Get().(map[string]any)
+	defer func() {
+		// Clear and return to pool
+		for k := range sessionMap {
+			delete(sessionMap, k)
+		}
+		s.ctxPool.Put(sessionMap)
+	}()
+
+	session := s.sessionManager.GetSessionFromRequest(ctx)
+	sessionMap["id"] = session.ID
+	sessionMap["data"] = session.Data
 
 	luaCtx.Set("method", method)
 	luaCtx.Set("path", path)
-	luaCtx.Set("host", host)
-
-	session := s.sessionManager.GetSessionFromRequest(ctx)
-	luaCtx.Set("session", map[string]any{
-		"id":   session.ID,
-		"data": session.Data,
-	})
+	luaCtx.Set("host", string(ctx.Host())) // Only convert when needed
+	luaCtx.Set("session", sessionMap)
 
+	// Optimize params handling
 	if params.Count > 0 {
-		paramMap := make(map[string]any, params.Count)
+		paramMap := make(map[string]any, params.Count) // Pre-size
 		for i, key := range params.Keys {
 			paramMap[key] = params.Values[i]
 		}
 		luaCtx.Set("params", paramMap)
 	} else {
-		luaCtx.Set("params", make(map[string]any))
+		luaCtx.Set("params", emptyMap) // Reuse empty map
 	}
 
+	// Optimize form handling for POST methods
 	if method == "POST" || method == "PUT" || method == "PATCH" {
-		formData, err := ParseForm(ctx)
-		if err == nil && len(formData) > 0 {
+		if formData, err := ParseForm(ctx); err == nil {
 			luaCtx.Set("form", formData)
-		} else if err != nil {
-			logger.Warning("Error parsing form: %v", err)
-			luaCtx.Set("form", make(map[string]any))
 		} else {
-			luaCtx.Set("form", make(map[string]any))
+			logger.Warning("Error parsing form: %v", err)
+			luaCtx.Set("form", emptyMap)
 		}
 	} else {
-		luaCtx.Set("form", make(map[string]any))
+		luaCtx.Set("form", emptyMap)
 	}
 
 	response, err := s.luaRunner.Run(bytecode, luaCtx, scriptPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error("Error executing Lua route: %v", err)
-
 		ctx.SetContentType("text/html; charset=utf-8")
 		ctx.SetStatusCode(fasthttp.StatusInternalServerError)
-		errorHTML := utils.InternalErrorPage(s.errorConfig, path, err.Error())
-		ctx.SetBody([]byte(errorHTML))
+		ctx.SetBody([]byte(utils.InternalErrorPage(s.errorConfig, path, err.Error())))
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Session handling optimization
 	if _, clearAll := response.SessionData["__clear_all"]; clearAll {
 		session.Clear()
 		delete(response.SessionData, "__clear_all")
@@ -207,8 +214,8 @@ func (s *Server) handleLuaRoute(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx, bytecode []byte, scrip
 			session.Set(k, v)
 		}
 	}
-	s.sessionManager.ApplySessionCookie(ctx, session)
 
+	s.sessionManager.ApplySessionCookie(ctx, session)
 	runner.ApplyResponse(response, ctx)
 	runner.ReleaseResponse(response)
 }
diff --git a/http/utils.go b/http/utils.go
index 2618dad..5a734be 100644
--- a/http/utils.go
+++ b/http/utils.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"mime/multipart"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"Moonshark/utils/logger"
@@ -13,63 +14,91 @@ import (
 	"github.com/valyala/fasthttp"
 )
 
+var emptyMap = make(map[string]any)
+
+var (
+	stringPool = sync.Pool{
+		New: func() any {
+			return make([]string, 0, 4)
+		},
+	}
+	formDataPool = sync.Pool{
+		New: func() any {
+			return make(map[string]any, 16)
+		},
+	}
+)
+
 // LogRequest logs an HTTP request with its status code and duration
 func LogRequest(statusCode int, method, path string, duration time.Duration) {
-	var statusColor, resetColor, methodColor string
+	var statusColor, methodColor string
 
-	if statusCode >= 200 && statusCode < 300 {
+	// Simplified color assignment
+	switch {
+	case statusCode < 300:
 		statusColor = "\u001b[32m" // Green for 2xx
-	} else if statusCode >= 300 && statusCode < 400 {
+	case statusCode < 400:
 		statusColor = "\u001b[36m" // Cyan for 3xx
-	} else if statusCode >= 400 && statusCode < 500 {
+	case statusCode < 500:
 		statusColor = "\u001b[33m" // Yellow for 4xx
-	} else {
-		statusColor = "\u001b[31m" // Red for 5xx and others
+	default:
+		statusColor = "\u001b[31m" // Red for 5xx+
 	}
 
 	switch method {
 	case "GET":
-		methodColor = "\u001b[32m" // Green
+		methodColor = "\u001b[32m"
 	case "POST":
-		methodColor = "\u001b[34m" // Blue
+		methodColor = "\u001b[34m"
 	case "PUT":
-		methodColor = "\u001b[33m" // Yellow
+		methodColor = "\u001b[33m"
 	case "DELETE":
-		methodColor = "\u001b[31m" // Red
+		methodColor = "\u001b[31m"
 	default:
-		methodColor = "\u001b[35m" // Magenta for others
+		methodColor = "\u001b[35m"
 	}
 
-	resetColor = "\u001b[0m"
-
+	// Optimized duration formatting
 	var durationStr string
-	if duration.Milliseconds() < 1 {
-		durationStr = fmt.Sprintf("%.2fµs", float64(duration.Microseconds()))
-	} else if duration.Milliseconds() < 1000 {
-		durationStr = fmt.Sprintf("%.2fms", float64(duration.Microseconds())/1000)
+	micros := duration.Microseconds()
+	if micros < 1000 {
+		durationStr = fmt.Sprintf("%.0fµs", float64(micros))
+	} else if micros < 1000000 {
+		durationStr = fmt.Sprintf("%.1fms", float64(micros)/1000)
 	} else {
 		durationStr = fmt.Sprintf("%.2fs", duration.Seconds())
 	}
 
-	logger.Server("%s%d%s %s%s%s %s %s",
-		statusColor, statusCode, resetColor,
-		methodColor, method, resetColor,
+	logger.Server("%s%d\u001b[0m %s%s\u001b[0m %s %s",
+		statusColor, statusCode,
+		methodColor, method,
 		path, durationStr)
 }
 
 // QueryToLua converts HTTP query args to a Lua-friendly map
 func QueryToLua(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) map[string]any {
-	queryMap := make(map[string]any)
+	args := ctx.QueryArgs()
+	if args.Len() == 0 {
+		return emptyMap
+	}
 
-	ctx.QueryArgs().VisitAll(func(key, value []byte) {
+	queryMap := make(map[string]any, args.Len()) // Pre-size
+
+	args.VisitAll(func(key, value []byte) {
 		k := string(key)
 		v := string(value)
 
-		if existing, ok := queryMap[k]; ok {
-			if arr, ok := existing.([]string); ok {
-				queryMap[k] = append(arr, v)
-			} else if str, ok := existing.(string); ok {
-				queryMap[k] = []string{str, v}
+		if existing, exists := queryMap[k]; exists {
+			// Handle multiple values more efficiently
+			switch typed := existing.(type) {
+			case []string:
+				queryMap[k] = append(typed, v)
+			case string:
+				// Get slice from pool
+				slice := stringPool.Get().([]string)
+				slice = slice[:0] // Reset length
+				slice = append(slice, typed, v)
+				queryMap[k] = slice
 			}
 		} else {
 			queryMap[k] = v
@@ -81,21 +110,36 @@ func QueryToLua(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) map[string]any {
 
 // ParseForm extracts form data from a request
 func ParseForm(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) (map[string]any, error) {
-	formData := make(map[string]any)
+	contentType := string(ctx.Request.Header.ContentType())
 
-	if strings.Contains(string(ctx.Request.Header.ContentType()), "multipart/form-data") {
+	if strings.Contains(contentType, "multipart/form-data") {
 		return parseMultipartForm(ctx)
 	}
 
-	ctx.PostArgs().VisitAll(func(key, value []byte) {
+	args := ctx.PostArgs()
+	if args.Len() == 0 {
+		return emptyMap, nil
+	}
+
+	formData := formDataPool.Get().(map[string]any)
+	// Clear the map (should already be clean from pool)
+	for k := range formData {
+		delete(formData, k)
+	}
+
+	args.VisitAll(func(key, value []byte) {
 		k := string(key)
 		v := string(value)
 
-		if existing, ok := formData[k]; ok {
-			if arr, ok := existing.([]string); ok {
-				formData[k] = append(arr, v)
-			} else if str, ok := existing.(string); ok {
-				formData[k] = []string{str, v}
+		if existing, exists := formData[k]; exists {
+			switch typed := existing.(type) {
+			case []string:
+				formData[k] = append(typed, v)
+			case string:
+				slice := stringPool.Get().([]string)
+				slice = slice[:0]
+				slice = append(slice, typed, v)
+				formData[k] = slice
 			}
 		} else {
 			formData[k] = v
@@ -107,36 +151,43 @@ func ParseForm(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) (map[string]any, error) {
 
 // parseMultipartForm handles multipart/form-data requests
 func parseMultipartForm(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) (map[string]any, error) {
-	formData := make(map[string]any)
-
 	form, err := ctx.MultipartForm()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	formData := formDataPool.Get().(map[string]any)
+	for k := range formData {
+		delete(formData, k)
+	}
+
+	// Process form values
 	for key, values := range form.Value {
-		if len(values) == 1 {
+		switch len(values) {
+		case 0:
+			// Skip empty
+		case 1:
 			formData[key] = values[0]
-		} else if len(values) > 1 {
+		default:
 			formData[key] = values
 		}
 	}
 
+	// Process files if present
 	if len(form.File) > 0 {
-		files := make(map[string]any)
-
+		files := make(map[string]any, len(form.File))
 		for fieldName, fileHeaders := range form.File {
-			if len(fileHeaders) == 1 {
+			switch len(fileHeaders) {
+			case 1:
 				files[fieldName] = fileInfoToMap(fileHeaders[0])
-			} else if len(fileHeaders) > 1 {
-				fileInfos := make([]map[string]any, 0, len(fileHeaders))
-				for _, fh := range fileHeaders {
-					fileInfos = append(fileInfos, fileInfoToMap(fh))
+			default:
+				fileInfos := make([]map[string]any, len(fileHeaders))
+				for i, fh := range fileHeaders {
+					fileInfos[i] = fileInfoToMap(fh)
 				}
 				files[fieldName] = fileInfos
 			}
 		}
-
 		formData["_files"] = files
 	}
 
diff --git a/runner/lua/sandbox.lua b/runner/lua/sandbox.lua
index 97d67c7..fd00ce8 100644
--- a/runner/lua/sandbox.lua
+++ b/runner/lua/sandbox.lua
@@ -438,17 +438,14 @@ _G.render = function(template_str, env)
 
 	local pos, chunks = 1, {}
 	while pos <= #template_str do
-		local escaped_start = template_str:find("<%?", pos, true)
-		local unescaped_start = template_str:find("<!", pos, true)
-		local code_start = template_str:find("<%", pos, true)
+		local unescaped_start = template_str:find("{{{", pos, true)
+		local escaped_start = template_str:find("{{", pos, true)
 
 		local start, tag_type, open_len
-		if escaped_start and (not unescaped_start or escaped_start < unescaped_start) and (not code_start or escaped_start < code_start) then
+		if unescaped_start and (not escaped_start or unescaped_start <= escaped_start) then
+			start, tag_type, open_len = unescaped_start, "-", 3
+		elseif escaped_start then
 			start, tag_type, open_len = escaped_start, "=", 2
-		elseif unescaped_start and (not code_start or unescaped_start < code_start) then
-			start, tag_type, open_len = unescaped_start, "-", 2
-		elseif code_start then
-			start, tag_type, open_len = code_start, "code", 2
 		else
 			table.insert(chunks, template_str:sub(pos))
 			break
@@ -459,25 +456,19 @@ _G.render = function(template_str, env)
 		end
 
 		pos = start + open_len
-		local close_tag = tag_type == "=" and "?>" or tag_type == "-" and "!>" or "%>"
+		local close_tag = tag_type == "-" and "}}}" or "}}"
 		local close_start, close_stop = template_str:find(close_tag, pos, true)
 		if not close_start then
 			error("Failed to find closing tag at position " .. pos)
 		end
 
-		local trim_newline = false
-		if template_str:sub(close_start-1, close_start-1) == "-" then
-			close_start = close_start - 1
-			trim_newline = true
-		end
-
-		local code = template_str:sub(pos, close_start-1)
-		table.insert(chunks, {tag_type, code, pos})
-
+		local code = template_str:sub(pos, close_start-1):match("^%s*(.-)%s*$")
+		
+		-- Check if it's a simple variable name for escaped output
+		local is_simple_var = tag_type == "=" and code:match("^[%w_]+$")
+		
+		table.insert(chunks, {tag_type, code, pos, is_simple_var})
 		pos = close_stop + 1
-		if trim_newline and template_str:sub(pos, pos) == "\n" then
-			pos = pos + 1
-		end
 	end
 
 	local buffer = {"local _tostring, _escape, _b, _b_i = ...\n"}
@@ -488,16 +479,16 @@ _G.render = function(template_str, env)
 			table.insert(buffer, "_b[_b_i] = " .. string.format("%q", chunk) .. "\n")
 		else
 			t = chunk[1]
-			if t == "code" then
-				table.insert(buffer, "--[[" .. chunk[3] .. "]] " .. chunk[2] .. "\n")
-			elseif t == "=" or t == "-" then
-				table.insert(buffer, "_b_i = _b_i + 1\n")
-				table.insert(buffer, "--[[" .. chunk[3] .. "]] _b[_b_i] = ")
-				if t == "=" then
-					table.insert(buffer, "_escape(_tostring(" .. chunk[2] .. "))\n")
+			if t == "=" then
+				if chunk[4] then -- is_simple_var
+					table.insert(buffer, "_b_i = _b_i + 1\n")
+					table.insert(buffer, "--[[" .. chunk[3] .. "]] _b[_b_i] = _escape(_tostring(" .. chunk[2] .. "))\n")
 				else
-					table.insert(buffer, "_tostring(" .. chunk[2] .. ")\n")
+					table.insert(buffer, "--[[" .. chunk[3] .. "]] " .. chunk[2] .. "\n")
 				end
+			elseif t == "-" then
+				table.insert(buffer, "_b_i = _b_i + 1\n")
+				table.insert(buffer, "--[[" .. chunk[3] .. "]] _b[_b_i] = _tostring(" .. chunk[2] .. ")\n")
 			end
 		end
 	end
@@ -521,14 +512,14 @@ _G.parse = function(template_str, env)
 	env = env or {}
 
 	while pos <= #template_str do
-		local escaped_start, escaped_end, escaped_name = template_str:find("<%?%s*([%w_]+)%s*%?>", pos)
-		local unescaped_start, unescaped_end, unescaped_name = template_str:find("<!%s*([%w_]+)%s*!>", pos)
+		local unescaped_start, unescaped_end, unescaped_name = template_str:find("{{{%s*([%w_]+)%s*}}}", pos)
+		local escaped_start, escaped_end, escaped_name = template_str:find("{{%s*([%w_]+)%s*}}", pos)
 
 		local next_pos, placeholder_end, name, escaped
-		if escaped_start and (not unescaped_start or escaped_start < unescaped_start) then
-			next_pos, placeholder_end, name, escaped = escaped_start, escaped_end, escaped_name, true
-		elseif unescaped_start then
+		if unescaped_start and (not escaped_start or unescaped_start <= escaped_start) then
 			next_pos, placeholder_end, name, escaped = unescaped_start, unescaped_end, unescaped_name, false
+		elseif escaped_start then
+			next_pos, placeholder_end, name, escaped = escaped_start, escaped_end, escaped_name, true
 		else
 			local text = template_str:sub(pos)
 			if text and #text > 0 then
@@ -561,14 +552,14 @@ _G.iparse = function(template_str, values)
 	values = values or {}
 
 	while pos <= #template_str do
-		local escaped_start, escaped_end = template_str:find("<%?>", pos, true)
-		local unescaped_start, unescaped_end = template_str:find("<!>", pos, true)
+		local unescaped_start, unescaped_end = template_str:find("{{{}}}", pos, true)
+		local escaped_start, escaped_end = template_str:find("{{}}", pos, true)
 
 		local next_pos, placeholder_end, escaped
-		if escaped_start and (not unescaped_start or escaped_start < unescaped_start) then
-			next_pos, placeholder_end, escaped = escaped_start, escaped_end, true
-		elseif unescaped_start then
+		if unescaped_start and (not escaped_start or unescaped_start <= escaped_start) then
 			next_pos, placeholder_end, escaped = unescaped_start, unescaped_end, false
+		elseif escaped_start then
+			next_pos, placeholder_end, escaped = escaped_start, escaped_end, true
 		else
 			local text = template_str:sub(pos)
 			if text and #text > 0 then