diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/Compiler.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/Compiler.java
index cc8b197cd..edb7f84f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/Compiler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/Compiler.java
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ public class Compiler {
    private int upliftCombinations = 100;
 
    /** Enable the zero-page coalesce pass. It takes a lot of time, but limits the zero page usage significantly. */
-   private boolean enableZeroPageCoalasce = false;
+   private boolean enableZeroPageCoalesce = false;
+
+   /** Disables coalesce completely, which reduces compile time significantly. */
+   private boolean disableCoalesce = false;
 
    /** Disable the entire register uplift. This will create significantly less optimized ASM since registers are not utilized. */
    private boolean disableUplift = false;
@@ -81,7 +84,11 @@ public class Compiler {
    }
 
    public void enableZeroPageCoalesce() {
-      this.enableZeroPageCoalasce = true;
+      this.enableZeroPageCoalesce = true;
+   }
+
+   public void disableCoalesce() {
+      this.disableCoalesce = true;
    }
 
    void enableLoopHeadConstant() {
@@ -712,12 +719,15 @@ public class Compiler {
       // Register coalesce on assignment (saving bytes & cycles)
       new Pass4MemoryCoalesceAssignment(program).coalesce();
 
-      // Register coalesce on call graph (saving ZP)
-      new Pass4MemoryCoalesceCallGraph(program).coalesce();
+      // Coalesce can be completely disabled for compilation speed reasons during programming and testing.
+      if(!disableCoalesce) {
+         // Register coalesce on call graph (saving ZP)
+         new Pass4MemoryCoalesceCallGraph(program).coalesce();
 
-      if(enableZeroPageCoalasce) {
-         // Register coalesce using exhaustive search (saving even more ZP - but slow)
-         new Pass4MemoryCoalesceExhaustive(program).coalesce();
+         if (enableZeroPageCoalesce) {
+            // Register coalesce using exhaustive search (saving even more ZP - but slow)
+            new Pass4MemoryCoalesceExhaustive(program).coalesce();
+         }
       }
       new Pass4RegistersFinalize(program).allocate(true, true);
       new Pass4AssertZeropageAllocation(program).check();
diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/KickC.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/KickC.java
index e79bf722c..5202df9de 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/KickC.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/KickC.java
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@ public class KickC implements Callable<Integer> {
    @CommandLine.Option(names = {"-Ocoalesce"}, description = "Optimization Option. Enables zero-page coalesce pass which limits zero-page usage significantly, but takes a lot of compile time.")
    private boolean optimizeZeroPageCoalesce = false;
 
+   @CommandLine.Option(names = {"-Ofastcoalesce"}, description = "Optimization Option. Enables zero-page only coalesce, which reduces compile time significantly, but with less coalesce optimimzation.")
+   private boolean optimizeFastCoalesce = false;
+
+   @CommandLine.Option(names = {"-Onocoalesce"}, description = "Optimization Option. Disables coalesce completely, which reduces compile time significantly.")
+   private boolean optimizeNoCoalesce = false;
+
    @CommandLine.Option(names = {"-Oloophead"}, description = "Optimization Option. Enabled experimental loop-head constant pass which identifies loops where the condition is constant on the first iteration.")
    private boolean optimizeLoopHeadConstant = false;
 
@@ -319,6 +325,8 @@ public class KickC implements Callable<Integer> {
 
          if(optimizeZeroPageCoalesce)
             compiler.enableZeroPageCoalesce();
+         if(optimizeNoCoalesce)
+            compiler.disableCoalesce();
 
          if(optimizeLoopHeadConstant)
             compiler.enableLoopHeadConstant();
diff --git a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass4MemoryCoalesce.java b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass4MemoryCoalesce.java
index 29163d077..65974bb6f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass4MemoryCoalesce.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dk/camelot64/kickc/passes/Pass4MemoryCoalesce.java
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ public abstract class Pass4MemoryCoalesce extends Pass2Base {
       // Check the both registers are in memory
       if(!register1.isMem() || !register2.isMem())
          return false;
-      // Check the both registers have the same type
-      if(!register1.getType().equals(register2.getType()))
-         return false;
       if(register1.getType() == Registers.RegisterType.MAIN_MEM)
          return false;
       // Check the both registers have the same size