diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 4ea8ea3c0..5d4fb5272 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_RPATH="@loader_path" \
             -DLLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS=ON \
             -DGGML_METAL_USE_BF16=ON \
-            -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=ON \
+            -DGGML_METAL_EMBED_LIBRARY=OFF \
+            -DGGML_METAL_SHADER_DEBUG=ON \
             -DGGML_RPC=ON
           cmake --build build --config Release -j $(sysctl -n hw.logicalcpu)
 
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
index 77187efc1..0ca8a3c55 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-metal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,9 @@ else()
         # note: adding -fno-inline fixes the tests when using MTL_SHADER_VALIDATION=1
         # note: unfortunately, we have to call it default.metallib instead of ggml.metallib
         #       ref: https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.cpp/issues/1720
-        set(XC_FLAGS -fno-fast-math -fno-inline -g)
+        # note: adding -g causes segmentation fault during compile
+        #set(XC_FLAGS -fno-fast-math -fno-inline -g)
+        set(XC_FLAGS -fno-fast-math -fno-inline)
     else()
         set(XC_FLAGS -O3)
     endif()
@@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ else()
     add_custom_command(
         OUTPUT ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/default.metallib
         COMMAND xcrun -sdk macosx metal ${XC_FLAGS} -c ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.metal -o - |
-            xcrun -sdk macosx metallib - -o ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/default.metallib
+                xcrun -sdk macosx metallib        - -o ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/default.metallib
         COMMAND rm -f ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-common.h
         COMMAND rm -f ${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/ggml-metal.metal
         DEPENDS ggml-metal.metal ${METALLIB_COMMON}