diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index 433d77fa..3191abb6 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -18,10 +18,21 @@
         "displayName": "CI configure step for Ubuntu",
         "description": "Same as default, Used in GitHub actions workflow",
         "inherits": "default",
-        "cacheVariables": {
+        "cacheVariables": { 
           "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Release",
+          "CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS": "ON"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "debug-ubuntu-22.04",
+        "displayName": "Debug configure step for Ubuntu",
+        "description": "Used to generate debug configuration for Ubuntu",
+        "inherits": "default",
+        "cacheVariables": { 
+          "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Debug",
           "CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS": "ON",
-          "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT": "-O2"
+          "CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_INIT" : "-Og",
+          "CMAKE_C_FLAGS_INIT" : "-Og"
         }
       },
       {
@@ -65,6 +76,22 @@
         "description": "Default Build",
         "jobs": 2
       },
+      {
+        "name": "ci-ubuntu-22.04",
+        "configurePreset": "ci-ubuntu-22.04",
+        "displayName": "Linux CI Build",
+        "description": "This preset is used by the CI build on linux",
+        "configuration": "Release",
+        "jobs": 2
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "debug-ubuntu-22.04",
+        "configurePreset": "debug-ubuntu-22.04",
+        "displayName": "Linux Debug Build ",
+        "description": "This preset is used to debug the build on linux",
+        "configuration": "Debug",
+        "jobs": 2
+      },
       {
         "name": "ci-windows-2022",
         "configurePreset": "ci-windows-2022",
@@ -73,13 +100,6 @@
         "configuration": "Release",
         "jobs": 2
       },
-      {
-        "name": "ci-ubuntu-22.04",
-        "configurePreset": "ci-ubuntu-22.04",
-        "displayName": "Linux CI Build",
-        "description": "This preset is used by the CI build on linux",
-        "jobs": 2
-      },
       {
         "name": "ci-macos-13",
         "configurePreset": "ci-macos-13",
@@ -94,9 +114,23 @@
         "configurePreset": "ci-ubuntu-22.04",
         "displayName": "CI Tests on Linux",
         "description": "Runs all tests on a linux configuration",
-		"execution": {
-			"jobs": 2
-		},
+        "configuration": "Release",
+        "execution": {
+          "jobs": 2
+        },
+        "output": {
+          "outputOnFailure": true
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "name": "debug-ubuntu-22.04",
+        "configurePreset": "debug-ubuntu-22.04",
+        "displayName": "Debug Tests on Linux",
+        "description": "Runs all tests on a linux configuration",
+        "configuration": "Debug",
+        "execution": {
+          "jobs": 2
+        },
         "output": {
           "outputOnFailure": true
         }
@@ -106,9 +140,9 @@
         "configurePreset": "ci-macos-13",
         "displayName": "CI Tests on MacOS",
         "description": "Runs all tests on a Mac configuration",
-		"execution": {
-			"jobs": 2
-		},
+        "execution": {
+          "jobs": 2
+        },
         "output": {
           "outputOnFailure": true
         }
@@ -118,18 +152,18 @@
         "configurePreset": "ci-windows-2022",
         "displayName": "CI Tests on windows",
         "description": "Runs all tests on a windows configuration",
-		"configuration": "RelWithDebInfo",
-		"execution": {
-			"jobs": 2
-		},
+        "configuration": "RelWithDebInfo",
+        "execution": {
+          "jobs": 2
+        },
         "output": {
           "outputOnFailure": true
         },
-		"filter": {
-			"exclude": {
-				"name": "((example)|(minigzip))+"
-			}
-		}
+        "filter": {
+          "exclude": {
+            "name": "((example)|(minigzip))+"
+          }
+        }
       }
     ]
   }