diff --git a/vvm/Makefile b/vvm/Makefile
index 9d43343..9d793f3 100644
--- a/vvm/Makefile
+++ b/vvm/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 override CFLAGS+=-Werror -Wall -g -fPIC -O2 -DNDEBUG -ftrapv -Wfloat-equal -Wundef -Wwrite-strings -Wconversion -Wuninitialized
-DEBUG+=-DDEBUG=1
+DEBUG+=-DDEBUG_ON
 PREFIX=/usr/bin
 BUILDDIR=bin/
 
diff --git a/vvm/src/vm.c b/vvm/src/vm.c
index ee2617b..780017f 100644
--- a/vvm/src/vm.c
+++ b/vvm/src/vm.c
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 #include "vm.h"
 
-#define MAX_SIZE 4096
-#define TRUE 1
-#define FALSE 0
-#define DEBUG FALSE
-
 /**
  * @brief disassemble
  * @param sp -> stack pointer
diff --git a/vvm/src/vm.h b/vvm/src/vm.h
index cb2ebae..d64c09a 100644
--- a/vvm/src/vm.h
+++ b/vvm/src/vm.h
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "opcode.h"
 
+#define MAX_SIZE 4096
+#define TRUE 1
+#define FALSE 0
+#ifdef DEBUG_ON
+  #define DEBUG TRUE
+#else
+  #define DEBUG FALSE
+#endif
+
 typedef struct{
     unsigned long length;
     int entrypoint;