diff --git a/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.Common/CompileElm.cs b/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.Common/CompileElm.cs
index 7bc5b151..d478ce91 100644
--- a/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.Common/CompileElm.cs
+++ b/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.Common/CompileElm.cs
@@ -209,7 +209,16 @@ static public string WithImportsAdded(
 
             var firstImportMatch = Regex.Match(originalElmModuleText, @"^import\s", RegexOptions.Multiline);
 
-            return originalElmModuleText.Insert(firstImportMatch.Index, importsText + "\n");
+            var moduleSyntaxMatch = Regex.Match(originalElmModuleText, @"^module\s[\d\w\.\s\(\)_]+$", RegexOptions.Multiline);
+
+            var insertLocation =
+                firstImportMatch.Success
+                ?
+                firstImportMatch.Index
+                :
+                (moduleSyntaxMatch.Index + moduleSyntaxMatch.Length);
+
+            return originalElmModuleText.Insert(insertLocation, "\n" + importsText + "\n");
         }
 
         static public string WithFunctionAdded(
diff --git a/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.Common/ElmApp.cs b/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.Common/ElmApp.cs
index 892f7b4d..c8c62b8a 100644
--- a/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.Common/ElmApp.cs
+++ b/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.Common/ElmApp.cs
@@ -156,26 +156,45 @@ byte[] BuildFrontendWebHtml(string elmMakeCommandAppendix)
                 return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(frontendWebHtml);
             }
 
-            var elmMakeCommandFromFunctionName =
-                ImmutableDictionary.Create<string, string>()
-                .SetItem("elm_make_frontendWeb_html", null)
-                .SetItem("elm_make_frontendWeb_html_debug", "--debug");
+            string fileExpression(string elmMakeCommandAppendix, bool encodingBase64)
+            {
+                var htmlFile = BuildFrontendWebHtml(elmMakeCommandAppendix: elmMakeCommandAppendix);
+
+                var fileAsBase64 = Convert.ToBase64String(htmlFile);
+
+                var base64Expression = "\"" + fileAsBase64 + "\"";
+
+                if (encodingBase64)
+                    return base64Expression;
+
+                return
+                    base64Expression +
+                    @"|> Base64.toBytes |> Maybe.withDefault (""Failed to convert from base64"" |> Bytes.Encode.string |> Bytes.Encode.encode)";
+            }
+
+            /*
+            2020-06-07
+            I saw apps spending a lot of time on encoding the `Bytes.Bytes` value to base64 when building HTTP responses.
+            As a quick way to optimize runtimes expenses, offer a base64 string directly so that apps can avoid the roundtrip to and from `Bytes.Bytes`.
+            This should become obsolete with a better engine running the Elm code: These values could be cached, but the current engine does not do that.
+            */
+
+            var fileExpressionFromFunctionName =
+                ImmutableDictionary.Create<string, Func<string>>()
+                .SetItem("elm_make_frontendWeb_html", () => fileExpression(elmMakeCommandAppendix: null, encodingBase64: false))
+                .SetItem("elm_make_frontendWeb_html_debug", () => fileExpression(elmMakeCommandAppendix: "--debug", encodingBase64: false))
+                .SetItem("elm_make_frontendWeb_html_base64", () => fileExpression(elmMakeCommandAppendix: null, encodingBase64: true))
+                .SetItem("elm_make_frontendWeb_html_debug_base64", () => fileExpression(elmMakeCommandAppendix: "--debug", encodingBase64: true));
 
             IImmutableDictionary<IImmutableList<string>, IImmutableList<byte>> replaceFunction(
                 IImmutableDictionary<IImmutableList<string>, IImmutableList<byte>> previousAppFiles,
                 string functionName,
                 string originalFunctionText)
             {
-                if (!elmMakeCommandFromFunctionName.TryGetValue(functionName, out var elmMakeCommandAppendix))
+                if (!fileExpressionFromFunctionName.TryGetValue(functionName, out var getFileExpression))
                     return previousAppFiles;
 
-                var htmlFile = BuildFrontendWebHtml(elmMakeCommandAppendix: elmMakeCommandAppendix);
-
-                var fileAsBase64 = Convert.ToBase64String(htmlFile);
-
-                var fileExpression = "\"" + fileAsBase64 + @"""|> Base64.toBytes |> Maybe.withDefault (""Failed to convert from base64"" |> Bytes.Encode.string |> Bytes.Encode.encode)";
-
-                var newFunctionBody = CompileElmValueSerializer.IndentElmCodeLines(1, fileExpression);
+                var newFunctionBody = CompileElmValueSerializer.IndentElmCodeLines(1, getFileExpression());
 
                 var originalFunctionTextLines =
                     originalFunctionText.Replace("\r", "").Split("\n");
diff --git a/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.WebHost/StartupPublicApp.cs b/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.WebHost/StartupPublicApp.cs
index 092f0b75..40b302b5 100644
--- a/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.WebHost/StartupPublicApp.cs
+++ b/implement/PersistentProcess/PersistentProcess.WebHost/StartupPublicApp.cs
@@ -275,12 +275,22 @@ void processEventAndResultingRequests(InterfaceToHost.Event interfaceEvent)
                         if (headerContentType != null)
                             context.Response.ContentType = headerContentType;
 
-                        var contentAsByteArray =
-                            httpResponse?.bodyAsBase64 == null
-                            ?
-                            null
-                            :
-                            Convert.FromBase64String(httpResponse.bodyAsBase64);
+                        byte[] contentAsByteArray = null;
+
+                        if (httpResponse?.bodyAsBase64 != null)
+                        {
+                            var buffer = new byte[httpResponse.bodyAsBase64.Length * 3 / 4];
+
+                            if (!Convert.TryFromBase64String(httpResponse.bodyAsBase64, buffer, out var bytesWritten))
+                            {
+                                throw new FormatException(
+                                    "Failed to convert from base64. bytesWritten=" + bytesWritten +
+                                    ", input.length=" + httpResponse.bodyAsBase64.Length + ", input:\n" +
+                                    httpResponse.bodyAsBase64);
+                            }
+
+                            contentAsByteArray = buffer.AsSpan(0, bytesWritten).ToArray();
+                        }
 
                         context.Response.ContentLength = contentAsByteArray?.Length ?? 0;