diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b88329e54feab78e39bd79be0a129030098e216a..60807df560510ad4cfacfdd2b178aca957306439 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ class CMakeBuild(build_ext):
         # used to launch setup.py to setup PythonInterp
         param_py = "-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=" + sys.executable
 
+        compile_type = 'Debug'
         install_path = os.path.join(sys.prefix, "lib", "libAidge")  if "AIDGE_INSTALL" not in os.environ else os.environ["AIDGE_INSTALL"]
 
-        self.spawn(['cmake', str(cwd), param_py, '-DTEST=OFF', f'-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH={install_path}'])
+        self.spawn(['cmake', str(cwd), param_py, '-DTEST=OFF', f'-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH={install_path}', f'-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE={compile_type}'])
         if not self.dry_run:
-            self.spawn(['cmake', '--build', '.', '--config', 'Debug', '-j', max_jobs])
-            self.spawn(['cmake', '--install', '.', '--config', 'Debug'])
+            self.spawn(['cmake', '--build', '.', '--config', compile_type, '-j', max_jobs])
+            self.spawn(['cmake', '--install', '.', '--config', compile_type])
         os.chdir(str(cwd))
 
         aidge_package = build_lib / (get_project_name())