diff --git a/deps/ox/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/ox/CMakeLists.txt
index d13b8aee..1d1c23ea 100644
--- a/deps/ox/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/ox/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ set(OX_BUILD_EXEC ${OX_BUILD_EXEC} CACHE BOOL "Build executables (ON/OFF)")
 set(OX_USE_STDLIB ${OX_USE_STDLIB} CACHE BOOL "Build libraries that need the std lib (ON/OFF)")
 set(OX_BARE_METAL ${OX_BARE_METAL} CACHE BOOL "Bare metal build (TRUE/FALSE)")
 
+if(DEFINED ENV{OX_NODEBUG})
+	set(OX_NODEBUG ON)
+endif()
+
 # can't run tests without building them
 if(NOT OX_BUILD_EXEC OR NOT OX_USE_STDLIB)
 	set(OX_BUILD_EXEC OFF)
diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/CMakeLists.txt
index 3bf0e377..7d2227a5 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ endif()
 target_compile_definitions(
 	OxStd PUBLIC
 		$<$<BOOL:${OX_USE_STDLIB}>:OX_USE_STDLIB>
-		$<$<BOOL:$ENV{OX_NODEBUG}>:OX_NODEBUG>
+		$<$<BOOL:${OX_NODEBUG}>:OX_NODEBUG>
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(