diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 59f82f0751a469d54b4fd45f0684cfa1e1583f6b..f9b464aa779aedc535014b78cee37db4f5b31251 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ 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)
 MESSAGE(STATUS "Compilation type: ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")