diff --git a/src/Debug.cpp b/src/Debug.cpp
index 22d26e83cc31..2af8de14d20e 100644
--- a/src/Debug.cpp
+++ b/src/Debug.cpp
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ namespace Internal {
 
 int debug::debug_level() {
     static int cached_debug_level = ([]() -> int {
-        std::string lvl = get_env_variable("HL_DEBUG_CODEGEN");
-        return !lvl.empty() ? atoi(lvl.c_str()) : 0;
+        return 1;
+        // std::string lvl = get_env_variable("HL_DEBUG_CODEGEN");
+        // return !lvl.empty() ? atoi(lvl.c_str()) : 1;
     })();
     return cached_debug_level;
 }