diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b06162f9..fab064d1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ set(RECASTNAVIGATION_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 # Disabled no-register
 # Disabled unknown pragmas because Linux doesn't understand Windows pragmas.
 if(UNIX)
-	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -O2 -Wuninitialized -fPIC")
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wuninitialized -fPIC")
 	add_compile_definitions(_GLIBCXX_USE_CXX11_ABI=0 _GLIBCXX_USE_CXX17_ABI=0)
 
 	if(NOT APPLE)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if(UNIX)
 		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -ggdb")
 	endif()
 
-	set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c99 -O2 -fPIC")
+	set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -std=c99 -fPIC")
 elseif(MSVC)
 	# Skip warning for invalid conversion from size_t to uint32_t for all targets below for now
 	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index f4b173af..433d77fa 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -17,7 +17,12 @@
         "name": "ci-ubuntu-22.04",
         "displayName": "CI configure step for Ubuntu",
         "description": "Same as default, Used in GitHub actions workflow",
-        "inherits": "default"
+        "inherits": "default",
+        "cacheVariables": {
+          "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Release",
+          "CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS": "ON",
+          "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT": "-O2"
+        }
       },
       {
         "name": "ci-macos-13",