diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e1cb59a..d27a91c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-function
 CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-but-set-variable -Wno-unused-value -Wno-unused-label
 CFLAGS += -Wno-unused-result -Wno-unused-const-variable
 
-ifneq ($(DEBUG), 1)
+ifeq ($(RELEASE), 1)
 CFLAGS += -fno-exceptions -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-ident
 CFLAGS += -fno-unwind-tables -fno-stack-protector -fno-plt -fno-pic
 CFLAGS += -O3 -std=c99 -march=native -mtune=native -fomit-frame-pointer
diff --git a/ringbuf.c b/ringbuf.c
index 5c004ba..bd9c26e 100644
--- a/ringbuf.c
+++ b/ringbuf.c
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ rb_init(struct RingBuf *rb, rb_size_t capacity, ALLOC_T malloc_fn,
   rb->write_head = rb->buffer;
   rb->read_head = rb->buffer;
 
+  // Read from buffer at max position to force a segfault if theres an issue
   DEBUG_PRINT("Reading from buffer at position %d\n",
               rb->capacity * rb->struct_size);
-
-  // Read from buffer at max position to force a segfault if theres an issue
   void *top = rb->buffer + (rb->capacity * rb->struct_size);
-
   DEBUG_PRINT("Buffer top successfully read at virtual address: %p\n", &top);
 
   DEBUG_PRINT(