diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index bf5a7f0..5792fe0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 project(src)
 
+set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebugInfo)
 #set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug)
+
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
 
 # Set the OpenALPR version in cmake, and also add it as a DEFINE for the code to access