diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e46efd70c9eea47b607a3bfbe7bf21af64c2db02..ac8cf4b2eee1bae10e794cbb177ddf5b941c1d7f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.3)
 project(iri_base_algorithm)
 
+# set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "DEBUG")
+
 ## Add support for C++11, supported in ROS Kinetic and newer
 # add_definitions(-std=c++11)