diff --git a/lib_com/options.h b/lib_com/options.h
index 8c46419b816308610ca5a7be78e42c0eeaa3d23a..f42831dc4dbabd2a40670886851fa71ab5d931bb 100644
--- a/lib_com/options.h
+++ b/lib_com/options.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 /* ################### Start DEBUGGING switches ########################### */
 
 #ifndef RELEASE
-/*#define DEBUGGING*/                           /* Activate debugging part of the code */
+#define DEBUGGING                           /* Activate debugging part of the code */
 #endif
 /*#define WMOPS*/                               /* Activate complexity and memory counters */
 /*#define WMOPS_PER_FRAME*/                     /* Output per-frame complexity (writes one float value per frame to the file "wmops_analysis") */