diff --git a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/overseer/template/user/cmake_generate.lua b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/overseer/template/user/cmake_generate.lua
index cb3b406..f922107 100644
--- a/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/overseer/template/user/cmake_generate.lua
+++ b/nvim/.config/nvim/lua/overseer/template/user/cmake_generate.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ return {
                 "RelWithDebInfo",
                 "MinSizeRel"
             },
-            default = "Debug"
+            default = "Release"
         },
         generator = {
             type = "enum",