diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index e4a28d45d..41458d30b 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -240,6 +240,28 @@ type Client struct {
 // single goroutine) or hub methods (for concurrent programs, for example web
 // servers).
 func NewClient(options ClientOptions) (*Client, error) {
+	// The default error event sample rate for all SDKs is 1.0 (send all).
+	//
+	// In Go, the zero value (default) for float64 is 0.0, which means that
+	// constructing a client with NewClient(ClientOptions{}), or, equivalently,
+	// initializing the SDK with Init(ClientOptions{}) without an explicit
+	// SampleRate would drop all events.
+	//
+	// To retain the desired default behavior, we exceptionally flip SampleRate
+	// from 0.0 to 1.0 here. Setting the sample rate to 0.0 is not very useful
+	// anyway, and the same end result can be achieved in many other ways like
+	// not initializing the SDK, setting the DSN to the empty string or using an
+	// event processor that always returns nil.
+	//
+	// An alternative API could be such that default options don't need to be
+	// the same as Go's zero values, for example using the Functional Options
+	// pattern. That would either require a breaking change if we want to reuse
+	// the obvious NewClient name, or a new function as an alternative
+	// constructor.
+	if options.SampleRate == 0.0 {
+		options.SampleRate = 1.0
+	}
+
 	if options.Debug {
 		debugWriter := options.DebugWriter
 		if debugWriter == nil {
@@ -374,8 +396,8 @@ func (client *Client) AddEventProcessor(processor EventProcessor) {
 }
 
 // Options return ClientOptions for the current Client.
-// TODO don't access this internally to avoid creating a copy each time.
 func (client Client) Options() ClientOptions {
+	// Note: internally, consider using `client.options` instead of `client.Options()` to avoid copying the object each time.
 	return client.options
 }
 
@@ -476,7 +498,7 @@ func (client *Client) EventFromMessage(message string, level Level) *Event {
 	event.Level = level
 	event.Message = message
 
-	if client.Options().AttachStacktrace {
+	if client.options.AttachStacktrace {
 		event.Threads = []Thread{{
 			Stacktrace: NewStacktrace(),
 			Crashed:    false,
@@ -516,34 +538,10 @@ func (client *Client) processEvent(event *Event, hint *EventHint, scope EventMod
 		return client.CaptureException(err, hint, scope)
 	}
 
-	options := client.Options()
-
-	// The default error event sample rate for all SDKs is 1.0 (send all).
-	//
-	// In Go, the zero value (default) for float64 is 0.0, which means that
-	// constructing a client with NewClient(ClientOptions{}), or, equivalently,
-	// initializing the SDK with Init(ClientOptions{}) without an explicit
-	// SampleRate would drop all events.
-	//
-	// To retain the desired default behavior, we exceptionally flip SampleRate
-	// from 0.0 to 1.0 here. Setting the sample rate to 0.0 is not very useful
-	// anyway, and the same end result can be achieved in many other ways like
-	// not initializing the SDK, setting the DSN to the empty string or using an
-	// event processor that always returns nil.
-	//
-	// An alternative API could be such that default options don't need to be
-	// the same as Go's zero values, for example using the Functional Options
-	// pattern. That would either require a breaking change if we want to reuse
-	// the obvious NewClient name, or a new function as an alternative
-	// constructor.
-	if options.SampleRate == 0.0 {
-		options.SampleRate = 1.0
-	}
-
 	// Transactions are sampled by options.TracesSampleRate or
 	// options.TracesSampler when they are started. All other events
 	// (errors, messages) are sampled here.
-	if event.Type != transactionType && !sample(options.SampleRate) {
+	if event.Type != transactionType && !sample(client.options.SampleRate) {
 		Logger.Println("Event dropped due to SampleRate hit.")
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -556,15 +554,15 @@ func (client *Client) processEvent(event *Event, hint *EventHint, scope EventMod
 	if hint == nil {
 		hint = &EventHint{}
 	}
-	if event.Type == transactionType && options.BeforeSendTransaction != nil {
+	if event.Type == transactionType && client.options.BeforeSendTransaction != nil {
 		// Transaction events
-		if event = options.BeforeSendTransaction(event, hint); event == nil {
+		if event = client.options.BeforeSendTransaction(event, hint); event == nil {
 			Logger.Println("Transaction dropped due to BeforeSendTransaction callback.")
 			return nil
 		}
-	} else if event.Type != transactionType && options.BeforeSend != nil {
+	} else if event.Type != transactionType && client.options.BeforeSend != nil {
 		// All other events
-		if event = options.BeforeSend(event, hint); event == nil {
+		if event = client.options.BeforeSend(event, hint); event == nil {
 			Logger.Println("Event dropped due to BeforeSend callback.")
 			return nil
 		}
@@ -590,7 +588,7 @@ func (client *Client) prepareEvent(event *Event, hint *EventHint, scope EventMod
 	}
 
 	if event.ServerName == "" {
-		event.ServerName = client.Options().ServerName
+		event.ServerName = client.options.ServerName
 
 		if event.ServerName == "" {
 			event.ServerName = hostname
@@ -598,15 +596,15 @@ func (client *Client) prepareEvent(event *Event, hint *EventHint, scope EventMod
 	}
 
 	if event.Release == "" {
-		event.Release = client.Options().Release
+		event.Release = client.options.Release
 	}
 
 	if event.Dist == "" {
-		event.Dist = client.Options().Dist
+		event.Dist = client.options.Dist
 	}
 
 	if event.Environment == "" {
-		event.Environment = client.Options().Environment
+		event.Environment = client.options.Environment
 	}
 
 	event.Platform = "go"
diff --git a/dynamic_sampling_context.go b/dynamic_sampling_context.go
index fda6fdf31..15b37e316 100644
--- a/dynamic_sampling_context.go
+++ b/dynamic_sampling_context.go
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ func DynamicSamplingContextFromTransaction(span *Span) DynamicSamplingContext {
 		}
 	}
 
-	options := client.Options()
-
 	if traceID := span.TraceID.String(); traceID != "" {
 		entries["trace_id"] = traceID
 	}
@@ -66,10 +64,10 @@ func DynamicSamplingContextFromTransaction(span *Span) DynamicSamplingContext {
 			entries["public_key"] = publicKey
 		}
 	}
-	if release := options.Release; release != "" {
+	if release := client.options.Release; release != "" {
 		entries["release"] = release
 	}
-	if environment := options.Environment; environment != "" {
+	if environment := client.options.Environment; environment != "" {
 		entries["environment"] = environment
 	}
 
diff --git a/hub.go b/hub.go
index 71608df34..ee252be44 100644
--- a/hub.go
+++ b/hub.go
@@ -280,17 +280,16 @@ func (hub *Hub) AddBreadcrumb(breadcrumb *Breadcrumb, hint *BreadcrumbHint) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	options := client.Options()
-	max := options.MaxBreadcrumbs
+	max := client.options.MaxBreadcrumbs
 	if max < 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
-	if options.BeforeBreadcrumb != nil {
+	if client.options.BeforeBreadcrumb != nil {
 		if hint == nil {
 			hint = &BreadcrumbHint{}
 		}
-		if breadcrumb = options.BeforeBreadcrumb(breadcrumb, hint); breadcrumb == nil {
+		if breadcrumb = client.options.BeforeBreadcrumb(breadcrumb, hint); breadcrumb == nil {
 			Logger.Println("breadcrumb dropped due to BeforeBreadcrumb callback.")
 			return
 		}
diff --git a/integrations.go b/integrations.go
index 6a9e55a2b..5d87f6b21 100644
--- a/integrations.go
+++ b/integrations.go
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (iei *ignoreErrorsIntegration) Name() string {
 }
 
 func (iei *ignoreErrorsIntegration) SetupOnce(client *Client) {
-	iei.ignoreErrors = transformStringsIntoRegexps(client.Options().IgnoreErrors)
+	iei.ignoreErrors = transformStringsIntoRegexps(client.options.IgnoreErrors)
 	client.AddEventProcessor(iei.processor)
 }
 
diff --git a/interfaces.go b/interfaces.go
index 0292308ea..4a75ec276 100644
--- a/interfaces.go
+++ b/interfaces.go
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ func NewRequest(r *http.Request) *Request {
 	var env map[string]string
 	headers := map[string]string{}
 
-	if client := CurrentHub().Client(); client != nil && client.Options().SendDefaultPII {
+	if client := CurrentHub().Client(); client != nil && client.options.SendDefaultPII {
 		// We read only the first Cookie header because of the specification:
 		// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265#section-5.4
 		// When the user agent generates an HTTP request, the user agent MUST NOT
diff --git a/span_recorder.go b/span_recorder.go
index 137aa233e..9a58574e8 100644
--- a/span_recorder.go
+++ b/span_recorder.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ type spanRecorder struct {
 func (r *spanRecorder) record(s *Span) {
 	maxSpans := defaultMaxSpans
 	if client := CurrentHub().Client(); client != nil {
-		maxSpans = client.Options().MaxSpans
+		maxSpans = client.options.MaxSpans
 	}
 	r.mu.Lock()
 	defer r.mu.Unlock()