diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ac95acf..a087e12 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 enabled = true
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-fast = ["fig-kiwi==0.1.0"]
-dev = ["black==24.2.0", "mypy==0.991", "pytest==8.2.0", "fig-kiwi==0.1.0"]
+fast = ["fig-kiwi==0.1.1"]
+dev = ["black==24.2.0", "mypy==0.991", "pytest==8.2.0", "fig-kiwi==0.1.1"]
 
 [tool.black]
 line-length = 99
diff --git a/src/figformat/decodefig.py b/src/figformat/decodefig.py
index 99e7def..c18e617 100644
--- a/src/figformat/decodefig.py
+++ b/src/figformat/decodefig.py
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ def decode(path):
     if header == b"PK":
         fig_zip = zipfile.ZipFile(reader)
 
-    # try:
-    #     import fig_kiwi
+    try:
+        import fig_kiwi
 
-    #     logging.debug("Using fast (rust) kiwi reader")
-    #     return fig_kiwi.decode(path, type_converters), fig_zip
+        logging.debug("Using fast (rust) kiwi reader")
+        return fig_kiwi.decode(path, type_converters), fig_zip
 
-    # except ImportError:
-    #     logging.debug("Falling back to slow (python) kiwi reader")
+    except ImportError:
+        logging.debug("Falling back to slow (python) kiwi reader")
 
     if fig_zip:
         reader = fig_zip.open("canvas.fig")