diff --git a/bfps/cpp/particles.cpp b/bfps/cpp/particles.cpp
index 8a4848a78d93a6bd5d3c1d8c54a5e17f14f0f79e..6d7e14290f1bd69decff1ffa5c38d0e015001d90 100644
--- a/bfps/cpp/particles.cpp
+++ b/bfps/cpp/particles.cpp
@@ -22,10 +22,9 @@
 *                                                                     *
 **********************************************************************/
 
-// code is generally compiled via setuptools, therefore NDEBUG is present
-//#ifdef NDEBUG
-//#undef NDEBUG
-//#endif//NDEBUG
+
+
+#define NDEBUG
 
 
 #include <cmath>