diff --git a/benches/template_benchmark.rs b/benches/template_benchmark.rs
index 5199c9d9..b6467150 100644
--- a/benches/template_benchmark.rs
+++ b/benches/template_benchmark.rs
@@ -890,6 +890,43 @@ fn bench_template_memory_patterns(c: &mut Criterion) {
 // Filter Optimization Benchmarks
 // ============================================================================
 
+fn bench_to_nice_json_opt(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("to_nice_json_optimization");
+
+    let engine = TemplateEngine::new();
+    let mut vars = HashMap::new();
+
+    // Create a moderately complex JSON object
+    let data = serde_json::json!({
+        "name": "benchmark",
+        "values": (0..100).collect::<Vec<i32>>(),
+        "nested": {
+            "a": 1,
+            "b": "test",
+            "c": [1, 2, 3]
+        },
+        "list_of_objects": (0..50).map(|i| {
+            serde_json::json!({
+                "id": i,
+                "name": format!("item_{}", i)
+            })
+        }).collect::<Vec<_>>()
+    });
+
+    vars.insert("data".to_string(), data);
+
+    // Test with indent=2 (common case)
+    let template = "{{ data | to_nice_json(indent=2) }}";
+
+    group.bench_function("to_nice_json_indent_2", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            engine.render(black_box(template), black_box(&vars)).unwrap()
+        })
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
 fn bench_filter_join_opt(c: &mut Criterion) {
     let mut group = c.benchmark_group("filter_join_optimization");
 
@@ -941,6 +978,7 @@ fn bench_filter_title_opt(c: &mut Criterion) {
 
 criterion_group!(
     optimization_benches,
+    bench_to_nice_json_opt,
     bench_filter_join_opt,
     bench_filter_title_opt,
 );
diff --git a/src/modules/get_url.rs b/src/modules/get_url.rs
index 60851a62..837be7b9 100644
--- a/src/modules/get_url.rs
+++ b/src/modules/get_url.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ use super::{
 };
 use reqwest::Client;
 use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
-use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -243,6 +242,7 @@ impl Module for GetUrlModule {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use std::collections::HashMap;
 
     #[test]
     fn test_get_url_name() {
diff --git a/src/template.rs b/src/template.rs
index fd5998dd..5beb2409 100644
--- a/src/template.rs
+++ b/src/template.rs
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ impl TemplateEngine {
                 let templated = self.render_with_indexmap(s, vars)?;
 
                 // Optimization: fast check if string starts with digit or sign before attempting expensive float parse
-                let is_maybe_number = templated.as_bytes().first().map_or(false, |&c| {
+                let is_maybe_number = templated.as_bytes().first().is_some_and(|&c| {
                     c.is_ascii_digit() || c == b'-' || c == b'+' || c == b'.'
                 });
 
@@ -962,8 +962,15 @@ fn format_json_with_indent<T: serde::Serialize>(
     value: &T,
     indent: usize,
 ) -> std::result::Result<String, minijinja::Error> {
-    let mut buf = Vec::new();
-    let indent_bytes = vec![b' '; indent];
+    let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(128);
+
+    const SPACES: [u8; 32] = [b' '; 32];
+    let indent_bytes = if indent <= 32 {
+        std::borrow::Cow::Borrowed(&SPACES[0..indent])
+    } else {
+        std::borrow::Cow::Owned(vec![b' '; indent])
+    };
+
     let formatter = serde_json::ser::PrettyFormatter::with_indent(&indent_bytes);
     let mut ser = serde_json::Serializer::with_formatter(&mut buf, formatter);
     value.serialize(&mut ser).map_err(|e| {
@@ -972,12 +979,9 @@ fn format_json_with_indent<T: serde::Serialize>(
             format!("JSON serialization failed: {}", e),
         )
     })?;
-    String::from_utf8(buf).map_err(|e| {
-        minijinja::Error::new(
-            ErrorKind::InvalidOperation,
-            format!("JSON serialization failed: {}", e),
-        )
-    })
+
+    // Safety: serde_json always produces valid UTF-8
+    Ok(unsafe { String::from_utf8_unchecked(buf) })
 }
 
 fn filter_mandatory(