diff --git a/cmake/compiler_options.cmake b/cmake/compiler_options.cmake
index 6032cffe6b..bd7e074398 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler_options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler_options.cmake
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ include_directories(${PDAL_SRC_DIR})
 include_directories(${PDAL_IO_DIR})
 include_directories(${PDAL_KERNEL_DIR})
 include_directories(${PDAL_FILTER_DIR})
+
+set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo CACHE STRING
+      "Choose the type of build, options are: None Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel" FORCE)
+
 if (WIN32)
     include (${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/win32_compiler_options.cmake)
 else()
diff --git a/cmake/win32_compiler_options.cmake b/cmake/win32_compiler_options.cmake
index ffb91eb585..ecbcc1a394 100644
--- a/cmake/win32_compiler_options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/win32_compiler_options.cmake
@@ -68,15 +68,6 @@ if (MSVC)
 endif(MSVC)
 add_definitions(-DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN)
 
-# note we default to debug mode
-#if(NOT MSVC_IDE)
-#  if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
-#  set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Debug CACHE STRING
-#    "Choose the type of build, options are: None Debug Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel" FORCE)
-#  endif()
-#  message(STATUS "Setting PDAL build type - ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
-#endif()
-
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH "c:/OSGeo4W64/include;$ENV{CMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH}")
 set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH "c:/OSGeo4W64/lib;$ENV{CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH}")
 set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "c:/OSGeo4W64/cmake;$ENV{CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH}")
diff --git a/src/Kernel.cpp b/src/Kernel.cpp
index 59371a6724..de07cac40f 100644
--- a/src/Kernel.cpp
+++ b/src/Kernel.cpp
@@ -239,10 +239,11 @@ void Kernel::collectExtraOptions()
             option_split.push_back(boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(ti));
         if (!(option_split.size() == 2))
         {
-            std::ostringstream oss;
-            oss << "option '" << o << "' did not split correctly. Is it "
-                "in the form --readers.las.option=foo?";
-            throw app_usage_error(oss.str());
+//             std::ostringstream oss;
+//             oss << "option '" << o << "' did not split correctly. Is it "
+//                 "in the form --readers.las.option=foo?";
+//             throw app_usage_error(oss.str());
+            continue;
         }
 
         std::string option_value(option_split[1]);