diff --git a/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.PythonInterpreter/PythonInterpreterPlugin.cs b/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.PythonInterpreter/PythonInterpreterPlugin.cs
index 303ae41a7..bee046e51 100644
--- a/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.PythonInterpreter/PythonInterpreterPlugin.cs
+++ b/src/Plugins/BotSharp.Plugin.PythonInterpreter/PythonInterpreterPlugin.cs
@@ -39,16 +39,12 @@ public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
             {
                 Runtime.PythonDLL = pyLoc;
                 PythonEngine.Initialize();
-#if DEBUG
                 _pyState = PythonEngine.BeginAllowThreads();
-#endif
 
                 lifetime.ApplicationStopping.Register(() => {
                     try
                     {
-#if DEBUG
                         PythonEngine.EndAllowThreads(_pyState);
-#endif
                         PythonEngine.Shutdown();
                     }
                     catch { }