diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cfe1a96..05b4a28 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ add_subdirectory(exon/src)
 
 add_library(${EXTENSION_NAME} STATIC ${EXTENSION_SOURCES})
 
+# print the CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR
+message(STATUS "CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR: ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")
+
 target_link_libraries(${EXTENSION_NAME} PUBLIC
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libexon_duckdb.a
   # ${WFA2_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e6905e3..f8a5dcb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ debug:
 release:
 	mkdir -p build/release && \
 	cmake $(GENERATOR) $(BUILD_FLAGS)  $(CLIENT_FLAGS)  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -S ./duckdb/ -B build/release && \
-	cmake --build build/release --config Release -j 8 --target cargo-prebuild_exon_duckdb && \
 	cmake --build build/release --config Release -j 8 --target cargo-build_exon_duckdb && \
 	cmake --build build/release --config Release
 
diff --git a/exon-duckdb/Cargo.toml b/exon-duckdb/Cargo.toml
index 7ecdd30..463261d 100644
--- a/exon-duckdb/Cargo.toml
+++ b/exon-duckdb/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,3 +21,7 @@ tokio = {version = "1", features = ["rt-multi-thread"]}
 
 [build-dependencies]
 cbindgen = "0.26.0"
+
+[profile.release]
+debug = true
+opt-level = 0