diff --git a/app/src/delay_buffer.c b/app/src/delay_buffer.c
index f6141b35..b27d4939 100644
--- a/app/src/delay_buffer.c
+++ b/app/src/delay_buffer.c
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 #include "util/log.h"
 
-#define SC_BUFFERING_NDEBUG // comment to debug
-
 /** Downcast frame_sink to sc_delay_buffer */
 #define DOWNCAST(SINK) container_of(SINK, struct sc_delay_buffer, frame_sink)
 
diff --git a/app/src/delay_buffer.h b/app/src/delay_buffer.h
index 53592372..f0fe97d3 100644
--- a/app/src/delay_buffer.h
+++ b/app/src/delay_buffer.h
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@
 #include "util/tick.h"
 #include "util/vecdeque.h"
 
+#define SC_BUFFERING_NDEBUG // comment to debug
+
 // forward declarations
 typedef struct AVFrame AVFrame;
 
 struct sc_delayed_frame {
     AVFrame *frame;
-#ifndef NDEBUG
+#ifndef SC_BUFFERING_NDEBUG
     sc_tick push_date;
 #endif
 };