diff --git a/src/constants.h b/src/constants.h
index d89376b7..8909824d 100644
--- a/src/constants.h
+++ b/src/constants.h
@@ -7,7 +7,13 @@
 
 inline constexpr int ENGINE_VERSION_MAJOR = 0;
 inline constexpr int ENGINE_VERSION_MINOR = 21;
-inline constexpr bool ENGINE_VERSION_INDEV = true;
+
+#ifdef NDEBUG
+inline constexpr bool ENGINE_DEBUG_BUILD = false;
+#else
+inline constexpr bool ENGINE_DEBUG_BUILD = true;
+#endif // NDEBUG
+
 inline const std::string ENGINE_VERSION_STRING = "0.21";
 
 inline constexpr int BLOCK_AIR = 0;
diff --git a/src/engine.cpp b/src/engine.cpp
index c9dc803f..54bb6fce 100644
--- a/src/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine.cpp
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Engine::Engine(EngineSettings& settings, SettingsHandler& settingsHandler, Engin
             paths->getResources()
         ));
     }
-    if (ENGINE_VERSION_INDEV) {
+    if (ENGINE_DEBUG_BUILD) {
         menus::create_version_label(this);
     }
     keepAlive(settings.ui.language.observe([=](auto lang) {
diff --git a/src/frontend/menu.cpp b/src/frontend/menu.cpp
index 2263bc23..4e98b808 100644
--- a/src/frontend/menu.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/menu.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ using namespace gui;
 
 void menus::create_version_label(Engine* engine) {
     auto gui = engine->getGUI();
-    auto text = ENGINE_VERSION_STRING+" development build";
+    auto text = ENGINE_VERSION_STRING+" debug build";
     gui->add(guiutil::create(
         "<label z-index='1000' color='#FFFFFF80' gravity='bottom-left' margin='4'>"
         +text+