diff --git a/Makefile.arm9 b/Makefile.arm9
index 09faf88..64a86e6 100644
--- a/Makefile.arm9
+++ b/Makefile.arm9
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 DEFINES	:=
 
+ifneq ($(strip $(NO_DEBUG)),)
+	DEFINES	:=	$(DEFINES) -DNDEBUG
+endif
+
 LDNAME	:=	arm9.ld
 
 ARCH	:=	-march=armv5te -mtune=arm946e-s -mfloat-abi=soft -marm -mthumb-interwork
diff --git a/build_public.bat b/build_public.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a74c7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_public.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+make NO_DEBUG=1
+pause
diff --git a/build_redo_public.bat b/build_redo_public.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f50e6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build_redo_public.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+make clean
+make NO_DEBUG=1
+pause
diff --git a/source/arm9/debug.c b/source/arm9/debug.c
index a237440..dde06c5 100644
--- a/source/arm9/debug.c
+++ b/source/arm9/debug.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 void hashCodeRoData()
 {
+#ifndef NDEBUG
 	extern u32 *__start__;
 	extern u32 *__exidx_start;
 	
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 	
 	for(u32 *ptr = start; ptr < end; ptr++)
 		debugHash += *ptr;
+#endif
 }
 
 noreturn void panic()