diff --git a/.dir-locals.el b/.dir-locals.el
index b485fa2..d3fb7d7 100644
--- a/.dir-locals.el
+++ b/.dir-locals.el
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; Directory Local Variables
 ;;; For more information see (info "(emacs) Directory Variables")
 
-((nil . ((projectile-project-compilation-cmd . "cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=1 -B build/ . && make -j8 --dir bld/ && rm -rf ~/.cache/librepresenter/Libre\ Presenter/qmlcache/")
-         (compile-command . "cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=1 -B build/ . && make -j8 --dir bld/ && rm -rf ~/.cache/librepresenter/Libre\ Presenter/qmlcache/")
+((nil . ((projectile-project-compilation-cmd . "cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -B bld/ . && make -j8 --dir bld/ && rm -rf ~/.cache/librepresenter/Libre\ Presenter/qmlcache/")
+         (compile-command . "cmake -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=1 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -B bld/ . && make -j8 --dir bld/ && rm -rf ~/.cache/librepresenter/Libre\ Presenter/qmlcache/")
          (projectile-project-run-cmd . "./bld/bin/presenter")))
  (c++-mode . ((aggressive-indent-mode . nil))))