diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d84546d..abcff705 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ CFLAGS += \
 LDFLAGS += -Wl,-gc-sections
 
 debug: CFLAGS += -Og -g
-release: CFLAGS += -DNDEBUG -O3
+release: CFLAGS += -DNDEBUG -O3 -g
 win: CC = i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32
 win: AS = $(CC)
 win: CFLAGS += -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0A00 -DWINVER=0x0A00 -DNTDDI_VERSION=NTDDI_WIN10
diff --git a/src/ssb.c b/src/ssb.c
index 85656958..df11afcf 100644
--- a/src/ssb.c
+++ b/src/ssb.c
@@ -2063,6 +2063,7 @@ tf_ssb_connection_t* tf_ssb_connection_create(tf_ssb_t* ssb, const char* host, c
 	if (result)
 	{
 		printf("uv_tcp_connect(%s): %s\n", host, uv_strerror(result));
+		connection->connect.data = NULL;
 		_tf_ssb_connection_destroy(connection, "connect failed");
 	}
 	else
diff --git a/src/ssb.db.c b/src/ssb.db.c
index 4e854826..b053ffd4 100644
--- a/src/ssb.db.c
+++ b/src/ssb.db.c
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ bool tf_ssb_db_store_message(tf_ssb_t* ssb, JSContext* context, const char* id,
 					last_row_id = sqlite3_last_insert_rowid(db);
 				}
 			}
+			else
+			{
+				printf("bind failed\n");
+			}
 			sqlite3_finalize(statement);
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/src/ssb.js.c b/src/ssb.js.c
index 0241ea3e..cf411b1b 100644
--- a/src/ssb.js.c
+++ b/src/ssb.js.c
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ static JSValue _tf_ssb_storeMessage(JSContext* context, JSValueConst this_val, i
 		{
 			tf_ssb_notify_message_added(ssb, id);
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			printf("Failed to store message.\n");
+		}
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/src/ssb.tests.c b/src/ssb.tests.c
index e5f60676..98e945eb 100644
--- a/src/ssb.tests.c
+++ b/src/ssb.tests.c
@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ void tf_ssb_test_id_conversion(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 	(void)bin;
 	(void)str;
 	(void)k_id;
-	assert(tf_ssb_id_str_to_bin(bin, k_id));
-	assert(tf_ssb_id_bin_to_str(str, sizeof(str), bin));
-	assert(strcmp(str, k_id) == 0);
+	bool b = tf_ssb_id_str_to_bin(bin, k_id);
+	(void)b;
+	assert(b);
+	b = tf_ssb_id_bin_to_str(str, sizeof(str), bin);
+	assert(b);
+	b = strcmp(str, k_id) == 0;
+	assert(b);
 }
 
 typedef struct _test_t {
@@ -107,8 +111,11 @@ void tf_ssb_test_ssb(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 	sqlite3* db0 = NULL;
 	sqlite3* db1 = NULL;
 
-	assert(sqlite3_open(":memory:", &db0) == SQLITE_OK);
-	assert(sqlite3_open(":memory:", &db1) == SQLITE_OK);
+	int r = sqlite3_open(":memory:", &db0);
+	(void)r;
+	assert(r == SQLITE_OK);
+	r = sqlite3_open(":memory:", &db1);
+	assert(r == SQLITE_OK);
 
 	uv_loop_t loop = { 0 };
 	uv_loop_init(&loop);
@@ -166,8 +173,10 @@ void tf_ssb_test_ssb(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 	tf_ssb_append_message(ssb0, message);
 	JS_FreeValue(context, message);
 
-	assert(tf_ssb_db_blob_get(ssb0, blob_id, NULL, NULL));
-	assert(!tf_ssb_db_blob_get(ssb1, blob_id, NULL, NULL));
+	b = tf_ssb_db_blob_get(ssb0, blob_id, NULL, NULL);
+	assert(b);
+	b = !tf_ssb_db_blob_get(ssb1, blob_id, NULL, NULL);
+	assert(b);
 	tf_ssb_server_open(ssb0, 12347);
 
 	uint8_t id0bin[k_id_bin_len];
@@ -234,7 +243,9 @@ void tf_ssb_test_following(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 {
 	printf("Testing following.\n");
 	sqlite3* db0 = NULL;
-	assert(sqlite3_open(":memory:", &db0) == SQLITE_OK);
+	int r = sqlite3_open(":memory:", &db0);
+	(void)r;
+	assert(r == SQLITE_OK);
 
 	uv_loop_t loop = { 0 };
 	uv_loop_init(&loop);