diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 44106930b..5bc48c98d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ os:
 # Run setup to build ninja/gyp/etc and actually build xenia.
 before_script:
   - travis_retry ./xenia-build.py setup
-  - ./xenia-build.py build
+  - ./xenia-build.py build --debug
 
 # Run test suite.
 script: ./test/run-tests.sh
diff --git a/xenia-build.py b/xenia-build.py
index 248128236..ff5fd32d6 100755
--- a/xenia-build.py
+++ b/xenia-build.py
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ class BuildCommand(Command):
     # TODO(benvanik): add arguments:
     # --force
     debug = '--debug' in args
-    config = 'debug' if debug else 'release'
+    config = 'Debug' if debug else 'Release'
 
     print('Building %s...' % (config))
     print('')