diff --git a/2001/williams/Makefile b/2001/williams/Makefile
index 6e003cf2e..95cf1373a 100644
--- a/2001/williams/Makefile
+++ b/2001/williams/Makefile
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ CINCLUDE= -I ${X11_INCDIR} -I ${X11_INCDIR}/X11
 
 # Optimization
 #
-OPT= -ggdb3
+OPT= -O3
 
 # Default flags for ANSI C compilation
 #
diff --git a/bugs.md b/bugs.md
index 28c7d8989..d61bffcaa 100644
--- a/bugs.md
+++ b/bugs.md
@@ -302,6 +302,9 @@ crashes.
 NOTE: this does NOT apply to entries under the INABIAF status (though they're
 not mutually exclusive in some cases).
 
+REMINDER: if you're debugging a crash it will be very helpful to have `-O0 -g`
+or if you can `-ggdb3` when compiling as that will help with debugging symbols.
+
 
 ## STATUS: uses gets() - change to fgets() if possible