diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 377e308..2b6d02c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ target_compile_features(test_quicktex PUBLIC cxx_std_20 c_std_11)
 set_project_warnings(_quicktex)
 set_project_warnings(test_quicktex)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -O3")
+set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
 
 if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES ".*Clang")
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -stdlib=libc++ -lc++abi")