diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 104c75df..da68dbc9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build code
         run: cmake --build build --parallel
       - name: Test code
-        run: ctest --test-dir build -V
+        run: ctest --test-dir build -V --build-config Debug
       - name: collect code coverage
         run: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) || echo "codecov failure"
diff --git a/cmake/testing.cmake b/cmake/testing.cmake
index e6297e9a..932648a0 100644
--- a/cmake/testing.cmake
+++ b/cmake/testing.cmake
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if (ENABLE_UNIT_TESTS)
   add_library(googletest INTERFACE IMPORTED)
   target_link_libraries(googletest INTERFACE gtest_main)
 
-  if(ENABLE_TEST_COVERAGE)
+  if(ENABLE_COVERAGE)
     target_compile_options(googletest INTERFACE -O0 -g -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage)
     target_link_options(googletest INTERFACE -fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage)
   endif()