diff --git a/mobile/android/app/build.gradle b/mobile/android/app/build.gradle
index b329daf6..e28c2711 100644
--- a/mobile/android/app/build.gradle
+++ b/mobile/android/app/build.gradle
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def enableSeparateBuildPerCPUArchitecture = true
 /**
  * Run Proguard to shrink the Java bytecode in release builds.
  */
-def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = false
+def enableProguardInReleaseBuilds = true
 
 /**
  * The preferred build flavor of JavaScriptCore.
diff --git a/mobile/android/app/proguard-rules.pro b/mobile/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
index 11b02572..2679cdbf 100644
--- a/mobile/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
+++ b/mobile/android/app/proguard-rules.pro
@@ -8,3 +8,8 @@
 #   http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/proguard.html
 
 # Add any project specific keep options here:
+
+# Keep some of the react-native-tor classes
+-keep class com.sifir.tor.TorServiceParam { *; }
+-keep class com.sifir.tor.TcpSocksStream { *; }
+-keep class com.sifir.tor.OwnedTorService { *; }
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