diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3901428..df9d6fe 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ include(CTest)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-    message(STATUS "No build type selected, default to release")
-    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "release")
+    message(STATUS "No build type selected, default to RelWithDebInfo")
+    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "RelWithDebInfo")
 endif()
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
diff --git a/scripts/clean-build.sh b/scripts/clean-build.sh
index fb05249..3e1e766 100755
--- a/scripts/clean-build.sh
+++ b/scripts/clean-build.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ cleanup
 
 mkdir build || rm -rf build/*
 cd build
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
+cmake ..
 VERBOSE=1 make -j10
 VERBOSE=1 make test
 cd ..