diff --git a/test-generator/test-generator.cabal b/test-generator/test-generator.cabal
index a2a0480..fcdb724 100644
--- a/test-generator/test-generator.cabal
+++ b/test-generator/test-generator.cabal
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ executable gen-tests
   build-depends:       base >=4.11 && < 4.14, ascii-progress, containers, directory, filepath, integer-gmp, random
   hs-source-dirs:      .
   default-language:    Haskell2010
-  ghc-options:         -Wall -O2 -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  ghc-options:         -Wall -O2 -fno-ignore-asserts -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N