diff --git a/src/utils/SignalManager.cpp b/src/utils/SignalManager.cpp
index cd3c4251029b7dcc3c9aaee81627b96deea4e40f..c2e518a47297bc1cb5eb25d23f38b6e7afebe5a6 100644
--- a/src/utils/SignalManager.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/SignalManager.cpp
@@ -33,23 +33,28 @@ std::string SignalManager::signalName(const int& signal)
 
 void SignalManager::pauseForDebug(const int& signal)
 {
-
-  pout() << "\n======================================\n";
-  pout() << rang::style::reset
-       << rang::fg::reset
-       << rang::style::bold;
-  pout() << "to attach gdb to this process run\n";
-  pout() << "\tgdb -pid "
-       << rang::fg::red
-       << getpid()
-       << rang::fg::reset
-       << '\n';
-  pout() << "else press Control-C to exit\n";
-  pout() << rang::style::reset;
-  pout() << "======================================\n";
-  pout() << std::flush;
-
-  pause();
+  if (std::string(PASTIS_BUILD_TYPE) != "Release") {
+    if ((ConsoleManager::isTerminal(pout()) and
+         (s_pause_on_error == "auto")) or
+        (s_pause_on_error == "yes")) {
+      pout() << "\n======================================\n";
+      pout() << rang::style::reset
+             << rang::fg::reset
+             << rang::style::bold;
+      pout() << "to attach gdb to this process run\n";
+      pout() << "\tgdb -pid "
+             << rang::fg::red
+             << getpid()
+             << rang::fg::reset
+             << '\n';
+      pout() << "else press Control-C to exit\n";
+      pout() << rang::style::reset;
+      pout() << "======================================\n";
+      pout() << std::flush;
+
+      pause();
+    }
+  }
   std::exit(signal);
 }
 
@@ -89,13 +94,7 @@ void SignalManager::handler(int signal)
   BacktraceManager bm;
   perr() << bm << '\n';
 
-  if ((ConsoleManager::isTerminal(pout()) and
-       (s_pause_on_error == "auto")) or
-      (s_pause_on_error == "yes")) {
-    SignalManager::pauseForDebug(signal);
-  } else {
-    std::exit(signal);
-  }
+  SignalManager::pauseForDebug(signal);
  }
 
 void SignalManager::init(const bool& enable)