diff --git a/fdfd_tools/bloch.py b/fdfd_tools/bloch.py
index 1816bdc..fd5f758 100644
--- a/fdfd_tools/bloch.py
+++ b/fdfd_tools/bloch.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ from typing import Tuple, Callable
 import logging
 import numpy
 from numpy import pi, real, trace
-from numpy.fft import fftn, ifftn, fftfreq
+from numpy.fft import fftfreq
 import scipy
 import scipy.optimize
 from scipy.linalg import norm
@@ -88,6 +88,29 @@ from . import field_t
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+try:
+    import pyfftw.interfaces.numpy_fft
+    import pyfftw.interfaces
+    import multiprocessing
+
+    pyfftw.interfaces.cache.enable()
+    pyfftw.interfaces.cache.set_keepalive_time(3600)
+    fftw_args = {
+        'threads': multiprocessing.cpu_count(),
+        'overwrite_input': True,
+        'planner_effort': 'FFTW_EXHAUSTIVE',
+        }
+
+    def fftn(*args, **kwargs):
+        return pyfftw.interfaces.numpy_fft.fftn(*args, **kwargs, **fftw_args)
+
+    def ifftn(*args, **kwargs):
+        return pyfftw.interfaces.numpy_fft.ifftn(*args, **kwargs, **fftw_args)
+
+except ImportError:
+    from numpy.fft import fftn, ifftn
+
+
 def generate_kmn(k0: numpy.ndarray,
                  G_matrix: numpy.ndarray,
                  shape: numpy.ndarray