diff --git a/cmake/X3D_Compilers.cmake b/cmake/X3D_Compilers.cmake
index ede56f585a89ead611a0322ed79725126309603e..a443c3b6478641c4e21862f0584a9ce1644b5218 100644
--- a/cmake/X3D_Compilers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/X3D_Compilers.cmake
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ message(STATUS "Fortran compiler version ${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_VERSION}")
 
 set(CMAKE_Fortran_PREPROCESS ON)
 if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "DEBUG")
-  add_definitions("-DDEBUG -DDEBG")
+  add_definitions("-DDEBUG")
 endif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "DEBUG")
 
 if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "DEV")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "The code is not ready for DEV builds")
+  add_definitions("-DDEBUG -DDEBG")
 endif (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "DEV")
 
 if (ENABLE_INPLACE)