diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4313cebe61dcf5ac00120ad2aa52ffc9184413cb..7cab2a2080bf7726c73d8f9a17366f3e123d9f41 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib)
 SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX /usr/local)
 
 IF (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
- SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "DEBUG") 
+ SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "RELEASE") 
 ENDIF (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g -Wall -D_REENTRANT")