diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 09e61f0..b312fb2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,10 +12,13 @@ project(project_name_here
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS 1)
 
 # allowances for debugging
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-g")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-Og")
+
+# release optimizations
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "-O2")
 
 # generally useful
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -pedantic -Wextra -Wfloat-equal -Wundef -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wstrict-overflow=2 -Wunreachable-code")
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-Wall -pedantic -Wextra -Wfloat-equal -Wundef -Wpointer-arith -Wcast-align -Wstrict-overflow=2 -Wunreachable-code -fsanitize=address,undefined -g3")
 # for convenience if they're needed
 #find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
 #find_package(fmt REQUIRED)