diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index e46ad28..0fd34b4 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 {
     "version": "2.0.0",
+    "options": {
+        "env": {
+            "DEBUG": "1"
+        }
+    },
     "tasks": [
         {
             "type": "shell",
diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 055cf0d..a84ce23 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -4,9 +4,15 @@ NAME = sdl_template
 CC := clang
 STD := c17
 LANG = c
-CFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags sdl2) -Wall -g -pedantic
+CFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --cflags sdl2) -Wall -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wno-pointer-arith
 LDFLAGS := $(shell pkg-config --libs sdl2) -lm
 
+ifeq ($(DEBUG),1)
+CFLAGS += -Og -g
+else
+REL_FLAGS += -O3
+endif
+
 # file locations
 DIR_BIN := bin
 DIR_OBJ := obj